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From: fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Silent Service
Message-ID: <153@jc3b21.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Sep-87 23:21:04 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  3 23:21:04 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 5-Sep-87 18:21:05 EDT
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Organization: St. Petersburg Jr. College, FL
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Summary: To enjoy the game you have to break the copy protection.


     Jonathon Crone posted a long article complaining about the problems
caused by the copy protection on Silent Service (MicroProse).  He is
absolutely right!  I would never have bought the game if I hadn't been able
to defeat the copy protection.  Fortunately Marauder II does a fine job.
It not only gives you a non-protected copy on a standard DOS disk, it
strips out the "Identify the silhouette" protection scheme.

     Silent Service is a great game but the copy protection doubles its
cost, because you also have to buy Marauder II.  MicroProse would sell a
lot more of them if they didn't have such an objectionable copy protection
scheme.

     It's a real shame when legitimate users who purchase a program have to
turn to programs like Marauder II (which, incidentally, is a fine program)
to protect their investment in software.  That kind of additional cost
shouldn't be necessary.  But because of firms like MicroProse lots of
people who aren't pirates have to buy Marauder II.


--Fabbian Dufoe
  350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South
  St. Petersburg, Florida  33705
  813-823-2350

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