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Anyone remember the Unreal Tournament 2003 (or was it 2004?) Demo, which had an exe that was compatible with original retail release as a DRM free copy. Of cou
by Plasmoid2000ad 7y ago
Anyone remember the Unreal Tournament 2003 (or was it 2004?) Demo, which had an exe that was compatible with original retail release as a DRM free copy.
Of course, Unreal Tournament was a mostly online multiplayer game, and relied on cdkeys as well.
I'm surprised with everything i've heard about release pressure and crunch time that this doesn't happen more often.
- dannyz 7y agoFor the original unreal tournament (1999) you could download the demo and then apply the "nodelta" official update to get the full version of the game.
- danudey 7y agoI remember installing a copy of QuarkXPress (3.1 I think?) way back in the day. It was an upgrade copy, so it wouldn't install unless I pointed it to an existing QuarkXPress executable, but it was a freshly installed system so I didn't have one handy (and didn't fancy digging out the original floppies for 3.0). On a whim, I pointed the installer to the application on the install floppy, which it happily accepted and proceeded with the installer. TL;DR bad DRM has existed since DRM existed.