RoboCop 3 – Dongle Anti-Piracy that Failed | MVG

RoboCop 3 was published by Ocean Software , and developed by Digital Image Design in 1991. The game was the first to utilize a dongle that plugged into the joystick port which would render the game useless without it. Here is the story of how the dongle was marketed by Ocean Software as a game changer in the industry and how one cracking group – Fairlight – were able to defeat it.

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► Big thank you to Galahad/Fairlight for his information on the crack.
► Everything Amiga Robocop 3 Article – https://www.everythingamiga.com/2016/05/your-move-creep.html

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