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Tell me what it means (lemm.ee)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Huh? What does this mean?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

Old anti piracy measure.

Games were on floppies and could be copied trivially. Games also came with a printed instruction manual. If you bought it, you'd have the manual. If you're just playing a copy you wouldn't. So type one word from a specific page so we know you own the game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

It was anti-piracy; you had to have the physical manual to know the correct word.