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From: sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Copy protection
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Date: Fri, 24-Apr-87 21:55:05 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 24 21:55:05 1987
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>  The most obnoxious copy protection I've seen so far on the Amiga is
>  for Balance of Power (which is quite a game, by the way).  First, it makes
>  you type something from the manual each time you play, which is enough in
>  itself.  But then, the disk cannot be copied (and the program constantly
>  accesses it).  And finally, you cannot run the game with the disk write-
>  protected because the game writes on it periodically!!!

1.  Agreed; Balance of Power (B.O.P.) is a *super* strategy game.

2.  Marauder II successfully copies B.O.P., producing a
non-copy-protected copy that doesn't ask you to type anything.  It was
worth getting Marauder II just to copy B.O.P.

>  Not to mention that it does not work with 1.2 so that the game cannot
>  be put into my extra meg of ram...

3.  B.O.P. works fine on my Amiga with Workbench 1.2; it's the extra
RAM that confuses it.  I am forced to switch off my extra 1 MB of RAM,
start up the game, and then switch my 1 MB RAM on again.  


Steven Litvintchouk
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