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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Path: sparky!uunet!srg!spica!dpipes
- From: dpipes@spica.srg (Dave Pipes x4552)
- Subject: Re: M1 Tank Platoon Help!
- Organization: just me
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 13:28:27 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.132827.17727@srg.srg.af.mil>
- Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- References: <1992Nov18.082522.44902@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Sender: news@srg.srg.af.mil (Usenet news user)
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- In article <1992Nov18.082522.44902@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2huxsting@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
- >First off, let me state that I am not a pirate, and would never even ask
- >this except for the bullshit that I recieved from Microprose.
- >I am the unhappy owner of M1 Tank Platoon, which uses the insidious
- >"key disk" method of copy protection. While this at first was annoying,
- >it later became a pain in the ass when I upgraded to a new system which
- >lacked the 5 1/4" drive needed for said disk. After agonizing for a while,
- >I purchased a 5 1/4" drive just for the key disk on M1. This worked a while,
- >until one day the key disk, which cannot be backed up, went bad.
- >Several calls to Microprose later, after being told that I would be sent a new
- >disk for only "$19.99 + shipping", I told them to f*ck off.
- >The point, therefore, is to ask if someone knows of a crack for the key disk
- >copy protection, and could tell me where I might be able to find it. It
- >would make life much better if I could play a game which I legitimately
- >purchased.
- >Thanks in advance.
- >
-
- MicroProse has had such a crack for all of their key-disk games for
- quite a while. They are available on the MicroProse BBS.
-
- I have never been told that replacing a key-disk would be $20.
-
- David Pipes
- robear@digex.com
-