Before digital passwords or product keys, 80s RPGs used physical artifacts to stop piracy! Here is how the Pool of Radiance (1988) translation wheel worked on original Commodore 64 hardware—matching outer Esprer runes to inner Dwarven runes to decipher the code word on a Commodore 1702 CRT monitor.

Did you ever lose your translation wheel back in the day and get locked out of your favorite game?

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