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From: sss10@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Napalm)
Subject: Re: Copy protection {Psygnosis: PLEASE READ} (Re: Lemmings)
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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1991 04:49:03 GMT

In article <1991Mar31.115656.16840@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
>
> kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk) writes:
>> I have been able to run TKGS demo, but it is the only thing from
>> Psygnosis that has booted up and run - at all. I have trouble
>> believing I am the only one with this problem.
>
>My luck hasn't been quite this bad, but I let myself be seduced one time
>too many, and my copy of The Killing Game Show was dead on arrival; it
>would not boot on either my A1000 or my A2000.  You are not alone.  I'm
>much too mad to cope with trying to get a working copy, since I'm quite
>convinced no copy will work.  In the meantime, the place I bought it,
>Go Amigo, was bought out and no longer, I'm told, maintain a store front.
>
>Lots of luck trying to get my money back by mail!
>
>Psygnosis - just say NO!
>
>Kent, the man from xanth.
><xanthian@Zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <xanthian@well.sf.ca.us>
>--
>Lost Turrican I in four hours of play time, too.  Grrr.
>Nuke Copy Protection! Up the Jolly Roger!

I have had no horror stories about any games, being that I only have a 
stock 500P and the only psygnosis games Ive played with on my machine were
Nitro and Lemmings. I like lemmings but the only way I can keep backups of it
is if I use my friends pirated copy <which incidentally is trained which makes
it ALOT easier to play but thats another story> and use the pirated disks for
backups. a few levels dont seem to work but ive heard thats because old 
original lemmings disks fuck up too, its not due to the fact that its a crack.
Anyway, the original makes my drives gronk alot and make horrid noises which 
bother the fuck out of me and for no good reason. This would be the PERFECT 
game to multitask, i mean it has a pause, it doesnt continue untill you press
the button to advance to the next level, and you can play continuously for 
about 5 minutes, which would be a boon to those who had HD's and lots of ram.
Its a shame that psygnosis thinks using ndos disks will stop anyone- it sure 
didnt prevent me from obtaining a pirated copy and wont. I figure once I buy
Populous and maybe 1 other game, then I'll stick to buying games without copy
protection <and perhaps games that dont nuke the OS too and multitask but Ill
take it 1 step at a time>