Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!rochester!rutgers!mailrus!ames!oliveb!tymix!antares!jms
From: jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Obnoxious copy protection schemes
Summary: Kill the color codes!
Message-ID: <202@antares.UUCP>
Date: 14 Oct 88 08:45:11 GMT
References: <999@netxcom.UUCP> <820@applix.UUCP> <821@super.ORG>
Reply-To: jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith)
Organization: Tymnet QSATS, San Jose CA
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In article <821@super.ORG> rminnich@duper.UUCP (Ronald G Minnich) writes:
>Electronic Arts and their crummy copy protection schemes. The code 
>wheel is just about the most rotten deal imaginable.

There is an even worse copy protection scheme.  A new Asteroids-like
game was demonstrated at the FAUG meeting that uses a color lookup code.
The game puts 16 colored rectangles on the screen.  You have to compare
them with what is in the manual, and then type in 8 letter.  If you don't
get it perfect the first time, you get dumped back to the CLI.  The
person giving the demo failed 3 times.  Then he brought up the guy
that has the highest score on the game, and he failed!

The disclaimer on the package basically treats color-blind people the
same as pirates by denying them the use of this game.
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