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- Code_wheel abstract "A code wheel is a type of copy protection used on older computer games, often those published in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It evolved from the original "manual protection" system in which the program would require the user to enter a specific word from the manual before the game would start up or continue beyond a certain point. This system was popular because it allowed the actual media to be backed up and replaced freely while retaining security, but with the increased availability of photocopiers, pirates simply started copying the manuals along with the games to defeat the measure.Although whole code wheels could not be directly photocopied, the component wheels could be disassembled and individually photocopied; these components could then be crafted together into a duplicate wheel. The contents of code wheels could also be copied onto paper and the user of a pirated copy could simply apply a mathematical formula to the presented challenges to calculate the correct response. Once a suitable formula was found, code wheels actually made the process of copying easier since the amount of information they could contain was low compared to a manual of potentially unlimited size. Thus, code wheels were rapidly phased out in favor of regular manual protection and protection based around color, as public access to color photocopying at the time was expensive and uncommon. This was itself made obsolete by a return to protection based on the game media itself, when CD-ROMs were introduced.".
- Code_wheel thumbnail Secret_of_Monkey_Island_Manual_&_Dial-a-Pirate.jpg?width=300.
- Code_wheel wikiPageExternalLink codewheel.
- Code_wheel wikiPageID "7172936".
- Code_wheel wikiPageLength "4431".
- Code_wheel wikiPageOutDegree "13".
- Code_wheel wikiPageRevisionID "679016585".
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Amiga.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink CD-ROM.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Carbon_paper.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Authentication_methods.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Category:Copy_protection.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Computer_game.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Copy_protection.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink File:Secret_of_Monkey_Island_Manual_&_Dial-a-Pirate.jpg.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink PC_game.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Photocopier.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Photocopiers.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Rocket_Ranger.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Star_Control.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink Starflight.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLink The_Fools_Errand.
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLinkText "Code wheel".
- Code_wheel wikiPageWikiLinkText "code wheel".
- Code_wheel hasPhotoCollection Code_wheel.
- Code_wheel wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Refimprove.
- Code_wheel subject Category:Authentication_methods.
- Code_wheel subject Category:Copy_protection.
- Code_wheel hypernym Protection.
- Code_wheel type Article.
- Code_wheel type Organisation.
- Code_wheel type Article.
- Code_wheel type Method.
- Code_wheel comment "A code wheel is a type of copy protection used on older computer games, often those published in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It evolved from the original "manual protection" system in which the program would require the user to enter a specific word from the manual before the game would start up or continue beyond a certain point.".
- Code_wheel label "Code wheel".
- Code_wheel sameAs m.0h7_qg.
- Code_wheel sameAs Q5140110.
- Code_wheel sameAs Q5140110.
- Code_wheel wasDerivedFrom Code_wheel?oldid=679016585.
- Code_wheel depiction Secret_of_Monkey_Island_Manual_&_Dial-a-Pirate.jpg.
- Code_wheel isPrimaryTopicOf Code_wheel.