​Making stuff is hard. Being creative is a tough business, especially in an age when any stupid young (and probably fat) nerd can log onto Kazaa or whatever you crazy kids are using these days and experience for no money what many of us have slaved for long and hard to make. Videogames have had to contend with illegal distribution since the beginning. But unlike the makers of music and film, game designers have larger capabilities when it comes to circumventing would-be software pirates (not to be confused with would-be software ninjas, who would totally beat the software pirates in a fight). Nowadays most will just use a verifiable product code or something else just as effective, and just as boring. The 5 Most Hilarious Forms of Software Copy Protection – Topless Robot. They really did the most to curb software pirating back in the day. I totally remember the “Dial a Pirate” pad! I also remember looking up the 3rd word on line 5 on page 5 of my PHOTOCOPY of the Prince of Persia...

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