jms@antares.UUCP (joe smith) (10/14/88)
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. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TYMNET:JMS@F29 CA:"POPJ P," UUCP:{ames|pyramid}oliveb!tymix!antares!jms | | INTERNET: (Office-1.ARPA is no more) PHONE:Joe Smith @ (408)922-6220 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+