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minus-squareRose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·18 days agoYes, it was! In fact, this wasn’t uncommon! Several early PC titles would ask you questions and point you to the page in the manual. Another one was Code Rings, cardboard discs you had to align words/symbols on to get the code to play the game. If you lost your manual/ring, or bought a second hand copy without one, you were absolutely fucked on playing your game.
Yes, it was! In fact, this wasn’t uncommon! Several early PC titles would ask you questions and point you to the page in the manual.
Another one was Code Rings, cardboard discs you had to align words/symbols on to get the code to play the game.
If you lost your manual/ring, or bought a second hand copy without one, you were absolutely fucked on playing your game.