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submitted 2 years ago by JeffreyElms@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I miss Leisure Suit Larry's age verification. Didn't work then either but at least you ended up learning some interesting trivia.

[–] zippythezigzag@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Never played it. Can you explain a bit more? You got me curious.

[–] skyler@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Never played it either. Looks like it asked random trivia questions that I guess kids wouldn't know.

http://allowe.com/games/larry/tips-manuals/lsl1-age-quiz.html

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

"Peter piper picked pickled peppers" seems weird to me as an age verification, but maybe that's because the game is old?

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Was this actually an age gate, or was it a form of copy protection where the answers are in the printed manual?

[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It was an old 'kings quest' style adventure game featuring 'adult' content, though I don't think it was much past PG-13 really. You had to answer a series of trivia questions to play that were supposed to be things only an adult would probably know. I remember some questions like "What is Havarti: Cheese, A Country, Species of Fish".

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

That verification really did put a hurdle in front of kids back in the pre-internet era.

...and adults outside USA who don't know shit about baseball trivia or comedians famous in West Wisconsin City.

[–] zippythezigzag@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lol, top tier security there.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It was a legitimate challenge if you didn't have an encyclopedia set handy.