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[–] 12 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Although Napster and music downloading really put it into the public eye, the first thing pirated, was definitely a game. We used to have to look up code words in the instruction manual to prove that we bought the game LOOONG before most people knew the high seas even existed.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    I remember photocopying game manuals at school to get around this. Lol

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  • [–] 8 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    LucasArts and I think Sierra games would put red/blue text blocks where you had to put the red film over the text to read it. Photocopying yielded a black box.

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