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From Floppy Disks to Dongles: The Insane History of 80s & 90s Game Copy Protection

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Ever wondered how game developers protected their software before the internet age? This deep dive explores the wild and creative anti-piracy methods from the 1980s and 1990s - from Microsoft Adventure's custom file allocation tables to Nintendo's physical disk engravings, and everything in between!

🎮 TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - About Piracy
1:02 - Microsoft Adventure: The First Protected Game (1979)
3:30 - How Floppy Disk Copy Protection Actually Worked
04:43 - Nintendo's protection
4:10 - Nick Andrews: The World's First Game Cracker
5:30 - Kamikaze Disk Holes & Other Simple Tricks
6:45 - Nintendo's Physical Disk System Protection
8:20 - Star Tropics Water Letter Mystery Explained
9:45 - Ultima and Manual Input Protection & Code Lookups
11:15 - Populous Coat of Arms System
12:30 - Metal Gear Solid Frequency Reference
13:20 - Carmen Sandiego's Massive Almanac
14:10 - Ultima VII's Rune Map Coordinates
15:25 - Code Wheels: Medieval Ciphers Meet Gaming
16:20 - Lenslok Lenses: The Most Hated Protection
17:10 - RoboCop 3 Dongles & Final Thoughts

From kamikaze disk holes to impossible-to-photocopy colored manuals, developers got incredibly creative trying to stop pirates. But as this video shows, every protection method was eventually cracked - often within hours or days!

Whether you're interested in retro gaming history, software security, or just love hearing about the wild west days of personal computing, this video covers it all. Learn about the ingenious (and sometimes terrible) methods that shaped early PC gaming culture.

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