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Every version of DOS classic "The Games" since 1991 subtly broken due to copyright protection

Rob Beschizza
Apr 28, 2025
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The Games

The Games: Winter Challenge, was a 1991 DOS game with an unusually cunning copyright protection system that checks repeatedly for special variables set by the original challenge. As a result, every version released since, including the current one of GOG, subjects the player to subtle and annoying problems. Only one cracked version works—the on…

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