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From: wilson@nova.laic.uucp (Robin Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Another (long) F/A-18 Interceptor review
Summary: Beat the code wheel!
Message-ID: <278@laic.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jun 88 01:49:14 GMT
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In article <3019@louie.udel.EDU>, smith@nrl-aic.arpa (Russ Smith) writes:

> First, copy protection. I thought that the use of a "code wheel" was a
> good way to protect misuse of a program while at the same way allowing
> infinite copies/hard-disk versions. Electronic Arts has managed quite
> handily to ruin that impression.
> 
> Interceptor doesn't just require the use of the code wheel on program
> INVOCATION, it requires the damn thing to be used over and over and over
> again throughout the use of the program. This made my mood go from
> shocked surprise that the wheel was required "again?", to frustration
> when I misread the hard-to-read OCR-type font, to gross disappointment
> in the lack of forethought of the writers. The code wheel, being composed
> of three disks of thin cardboard attached together with a rivet, will
> wear out long before the user is ready to stop using the game, that is
> if the user doesn't throw the game out in anger (I think I used the wheel
> 20+ times at one sitting in the space of about two hours that I tried
> the package out...YOU extrapolate that). No good at all.



Why doesn't somebody out there just write a quick and dirty program that
simulates the code wheel.  At the very least you would have a backup
incase yours got lost or stolen.  If someone were really clever they
could write one that multitasks with interceptor so that the "cardboard"
one would no longer be needed.

R.D. Wilson  (My views.....etc.)  "Just a wild hair up my ***."

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