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Re:The Making of Elite by Nanzikambe on Saturday June 14, 2014 @10:34AM (#7892838)
That's hilarious, I was a huge fan of the game, but didn't ever try this. I presume the encryption was copy protection?
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Re:The Making of Elite by jacquesm on Saturday June 14, 2014 @01:25PM (#7893179)
It was to stop your from changing your 'status' to Elite without playing the game. They had a kind of contest going.
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