▲ 503 ▼ all about security (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by JeffreyElms@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I miss Leisure Suit Larry's age verification. Didn't work then either but at least you ended up learning some interesting trivia. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zippythezigzag@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Never played it. Can you explain a bit more? You got me curious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 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? permalink fedilink source parent [–] 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? permalink fedilink source parent [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 8 points 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". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zippythezigzag@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lol, top tier security there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It was a legitimate challenge if you didn't have an encyclopedia set handy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zippythezigzag@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Never played it. Can you explain a bit more? You got me curious. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 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? permalink fedilink source parent [–] 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? permalink fedilink source parent [–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 8 points 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". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zippythezigzag@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lol, top tier security there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It was a legitimate challenge if you didn't have an encyclopedia set handy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 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? permalink fedilink source parent [–] 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 8 points 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". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zippythezigzag@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lol, top tier security there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It was a legitimate challenge if you didn't have an encyclopedia set handy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zippythezigzag@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Lol, top tier security there. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It was a legitimate challenge if you didn't have an encyclopedia set handy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago It was a legitimate challenge if you didn't have an encyclopedia set handy. permalink fedilink source parent
