No problem.

Some of those old DRM schemes (e.g. XCP used by Sony) behaved very similar to malware.

Yeah, I remember those times ._.

Anyone remember Lenslok or code wheels?

Ugh, don't remind me, worst DRM ever.

Vaguely recall Zool on Amiga (best computer ever!) using a code wheel.
Perhaps Another World also did, was so long ago.

Think they were slight improvement over the "Find nth word on nth page of the games manual".

Nope, the answer wasn't nth ;p

Definetely one of the (if not the) most malicious ever made.


Also, sorry again for trying to correct you XD

Starforce was awful but effective for a while.

Didn't it hold the record for longest being uncracked, or still does?

I'm doing this from memory, but I recall Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory taking over a year.

I think in their day code wheels, as basic as they are, would have been fairly effective as there was no internet.

The only way codes could be shared was physically, so that would limit it to friends, family and EB Games staff.

If I recall correctly it should be as you said, with RLD! group breaking it after nearly an year...I'm not sure if the record was broke by denuvo though.

It was surely effective, but also very malicious due to the rootkit nature of the "protection".