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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: "Look up a word in the manual" copy protection
Message-ID: <8706271618.AA13698@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Sat, 27-Jun-87 12:18:23 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 27 12:18:23 1987
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>Word can't express the frustration at having to pull out a manual that I
>don't even need after reading it once, and having to look up a word to
>continue with the program.  What's the point of having a hard disk if it
>takes two minutes to locate your manual and look up the word?

	As far as games go, this type of copy-protection suits me just fine.. 
it means they don't have to copy protect the disk which means you can back the
thing up and use the backup and THAT is more important to me that taking 10
seconds to lookup and type a word.

	So the question to all you gamesters out there:  Would *you* rather
use this method, or a copyprotected disk bound to fail? 

	BTW Startglider is a well done game... I splurged and bought it
yesterday.  Too give you an idea, it is sort of like Arctic Fox combined with
the Star Wars arcade game.   It Uses color stick objects with hidden line
removal on a per object basis, as well as animating some of the objects.
The game *screams*.  They *tell* you to back it up and use only the backup. 
My all around favorite, however, is Marble Madness.

				-Matt