Old-School PC Copy Protection Schemes (2006)

Re:Old-School PC Copy Protection Schemes (2006) by evantahler on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @02:39AM (#12120203)

My favorite were the old age verification systems. I remember my dad had the original? Leasure Suit Lary, and you had to prove you were both authentic and of age.

Authentic: enter the 5th word on page 7 of the instructions (easily foiled by a copy machine)

Of Age: who won the 1978 World Series? What is a 6th grader to do there? Phone an uncle? Go to a library or book store? I breakable... Pre internet anyway :)

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Re:Old-School PC Copy Protection Schemes (2006) by throwaway7767 on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @09:09AM (#12121487)

The best part was how US-centric all the age verification questions were. Questions about US politicians, american football scores etc.

Luckily they were all multiple-choice so over time fourteen year old me learned the answers.

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Re:Old-School PC Copy Protection Schemes (2006) by laksjd on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @05:58AM (#12120844)

The age verification question is a nice reminder of just how incredible the Internet is.

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Re:Old-School PC Copy Protection Schemes (2006) by Nr7 on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @07:02AM (#12121004)

Leisure Suit Larry 1 (and 3) also had a secret key combination that you could press to skip the age verification check completely.

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Re:Old-School PC Copy Protection Schemes (2006) by flukus on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @02:44AM (#12120216)

There weren't a lot of questions on LSL though, so you could get memorize the right answers with trial and error.

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Re:Old-School PC Copy Protection Schemes (2006) by rangibaby on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @08:08AM (#12121230)

Trial and error. I literally memorized the correct answers as a 2nd grader. It's not like there was anything else to do but be bored, hehe

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