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Unprotecting Leisure Suit Larry II by Edward H. Currie Ph. D.
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Leisure Suit Larry II is arguably Sierra Online's best interactive graphic
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adventure game. It is protected by the singularly obnoxious "answer a ques-
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tion from the manual" trick. When you start the game, you must fill in the
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last four digits of a girl's telephone number. The pictures of these girls
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appear throughout the manual.
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I took it upon myself to protest this most objectionable system by spending
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a considerable amount of my valuable time copying and verifying the infor-
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mation below. I have solved this game and others, and am willing, for the
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moment, to share my insights with others on a limited basis. You may call
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me at home (collect if necessary) to exchange information about this game,
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others like it and copy protected software in general. At present I have
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solved copy protection on over 500 items for IBM PC, Mac, Atari and Amiga.
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My home telephone number is (718) 746 9069.
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Nothing herein is to be construed as subversion of or violation of the rights
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of the authors of these "copy protected" games and other items. These authors
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certainly maintain the right to protect their works in any manner which they
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deem fit. However, their decision to inflict difficulties in the operation of
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their products by legitimate users should be protested vigorously. This docu-
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ment is a living example of my heartfelt belief in this matter.
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If you find the following information useful, please consider sending me a
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small donation. Something on the order of $10.00 or so would be sufficient.
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A small contribution will assist in defraying the cost of my research.
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Please forward all contributions and any written
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correspondence to :
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Dr. Edward H. Currie
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6-57 158th Street
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Beechurst, NY 11357
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How to run "bargain" copies of Leisure Suit Larry II:
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When the game is started, a picture of a girl is displayed. Her telephone
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number is 555-????. You must fill in the last four digits of the phone num-
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ber. The areas in which these girls differ from one another is the color of
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their dresses (light or dark), the style of their dresses (full shoulder,
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modest strapped or revealing strapped), their hair color (blond or brunette),
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their hairdos (which we shall differentiate below) and their jewelry (either
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none, simple necklace, or necklace with pendant). The codes which follow will
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help you discern which girl is which so that you may enter the appropriate
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phone number. Note: the vertical bar symbol which appears below in the codes
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below is programmerese for OR. For example: L|D means L or D.
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HAIR: Code H=L|D; N|S; F|U
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These codes mean the following: H=means hair is:, L|D means light or dark
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(blond or brunette), N|S means neck or shoulder length and F|U means flipped
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or unflipped. Here, flipped means that a particular hairdo is flipped to one
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side, the left shoulder, Any reasonably symmetrical hairdo is considered un-
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flipped. Therefore the code H=DSF would mean brunette, neck length, flipped
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over toward the left shoulder. This is the hardest part of the coding scheme,
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so I decided to get it out of the way first. By the way, the difference be-
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tween neck and shoulder length hair is a fine one. To clarify, all blondes
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have shoulder length hair and all flipped hairdos are also shoulder length.
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DRESSES: Code D=L|D; F|M|R
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Interpret the code thusly: D=means dresses are:, L|D means light or dark,
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F|M|R means full, modest (strapped) or revealing (strapped). Therefore, the
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code D=LR would mean that the dress in question is light colored and it is
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revealing (strapped). By the way, revealing means that you can "look down
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their dresses" and full means that the shoulders are covered. Simple, eh?
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JEWELRY: Code J=X|N|P
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The three choices mean: X=no necklace, N=simple necklace (without pendant),
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and P=necklace with any sort of pendant. This is pretty much self explana-
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tory. So, for example, J=X means that the girl has no necklace. Got it? In a
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few cases, it may not be entirely clear what I mean by pendant. Think of a
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pendant as something that hangs - obviously - from a thin chain. If it doesn't
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meet this requirement, it's not a pendant.
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So each of the girls will be described by three codes. Let's try one just
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for practice. The first girl shown in the manual would be described in the
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following manner: H=DSU D=DR J=X. See if you get the picture. You should
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have deduced that she is a brunette with shoulder length unflipped hair. She
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is wearing a dark, revealing dress and she is wearing no jewelry. If you got
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that right, you're ready to continue. Have fun!
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What I recommend is that you look at the girl on the screen and then assign
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her a code as described above. Then match the code to one of those appearing
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below and bingo. If there's no match to be found, try again. I do my homework
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very, very carefully! Note there are two exact matches. An explanation follows
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the codes.
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CODE PHONE NUMBER NOTES (borderline calls)
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H=DNU D=DR J=X 555-3425
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H=DNU D=LM J=P 555-2867 Squarish pendant
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H=DNU D=LF J=P [1] 555-5834 Teeth are showing
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H=DNU D=LF J=P [1] 555-6262 Lips are closed
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H=DSU D=DR J=X 555-5633
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H=DSU D=LM J=P 555-3642
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H=DSU D=DR J=P 555-2868
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H=DSF D=LM J=P 555-7448
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H=DSF D=LF J=P 555-3825
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H=DSF D=DR J=N 555-3787
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H=DSF D=LM J=N 555-8627
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H=LSU D=LM J=X 555-2737
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H=LSU D=DR J=N 555-5464
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H=LSU D=LF J=N [2] 555-8487 Pensive expression
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H=LSU D=LF J=N [2] 555-5968 Big, wide smile
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H=LSU D=LF J=P 555-3425 Squarish pendant
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Note that [1] and [2] match except for nuances of expression described in
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the NOTES column.
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Please remember to send me a small donation if possible. I am between jobs
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at the moment and am devoting full time to unprotects of this sort. Frankly,
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I need the money.
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Happy Adventuring,
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Dr. Eddie Currie
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