zatoicchi
18.06.08, 04:34
These days, although DRM is almost universally hated, it’s not a new reaction - people have always hated it. We take a look at an innovative device designed to thwart 1980’s pirates and hope and pray that no-one reintroduces this one. Love it or hate it, it’s one of the most intrusive DRM systems ever seen.
he device is a few inches long, rectangular, with two folding hinges on either side supporting a specially engineered prism-like lens. At certain points in the game the user can go no further until he holds it over some strange on-screen blotches, which become miraculously readable when viewed through the special lenses of the device. Type in the now-visible code and the player can continue. Surely this is pushing way past the limits of acceptable DRM?
Crazy Video Game DRM Prism, 1980’s Style | TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/crazy-video-game-drm-prism-1980s-style-080617/)
he device is a few inches long, rectangular, with two folding hinges on either side supporting a specially engineered prism-like lens. At certain points in the game the user can go no further until he holds it over some strange on-screen blotches, which become miraculously readable when viewed through the special lenses of the device. Type in the now-visible code and the player can continue. Surely this is pushing way past the limits of acceptable DRM?
Crazy Video Game DRM Prism, 1980’s Style | TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/crazy-video-game-drm-prism-1980s-style-080617/)