Password DRM consisted usually of being given two symbols that corresponded to a password chart written on super dark and hard to read paper so you couldn’t copy it and give it to a friend. Does anyone remember WIBARM? It’s older than I am, so probably not, but getting into that game was a pain. Alternatively, you’d go to launch the program and have to find two passwords in order to start. You’d be playing a game when suddenly you’d get a password prompt if you wanted to continue. Some of the younger audience may not remember this, but I promise it used to be a thing. PASSWORD CHARTS TO PLAY A GAME (OR OTHER OUTSIDE INPUTS) This box may be a recurring theme for my day.Ģ. So while I prefer this over some of the other DRM, it’s still a pain when I want to play Diablo II for the first time in 2 years and realize I’ve moved a few times and have no idea where that CD is. With No-CD patches (I wonder why they’re still mostly called this when we’ve been on DVD for so long) abound, this just feels like something to crack or get around just for convenience’s sake. Understandable in theory, this is just frustrating if you’ve multiple games with this DRM on a laptop or you’ve lost a disc while moving or so on. Well, except that the game refuses to let you play it without the disc. You’ve entered the Key for the game in the installer, everything is completely on your system, and there’s no real reason to even need that CD/DVD/etc anymore. While we have mostly migrated away from this problem to other forms of DRM, like how a disc of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim just did a faster install and was launched through Steam, it’s still a frustrating example. This is my current woe, so it’s at the top of the list. REQUIRING A CD TO PLAY AFTER INSTALLATION With that in mind, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of our favorite interference tools outside of cats and tiny humans: it’s DRM we hate!ġ. Nothing’s worse than getting delayed from your nice, relaxing night. Sometimes though, a little thing called DRM gets in the way of our romantic LAN of murdering through clans of evildoers. While for some yesterday meant going out to the 5-Star restaurants or proposals or wine on a beach or whatever, others instead sat back and played a game (with or without a special someone).
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