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Eye of the Beholder 1 Issues

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First post, by AgentD

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I've been playing Eye of the Beholder 1 on DosBox, but unfortunately whenever i get to the end of the first dungeon level and the game asks for the words from the maual it freezes up, typing the word does nothing and none of the keyboard buttons or mouse respond. Help would be appreciated.

Reply 2 of 27, by red_avatar

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I believe both versions are identical (or close to) judging from my CD version. I'll have a go tonight and see what happens for me. If your version is cracked, it may be a bad crack.

Reply 9 of 27, by wannabewizard

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You need the actual rule book. The game asks a security question based on a certain page (indicated by icon in upper right corner). You then have to find the line and word the game asks for, and type it in. I have not experienced any actual freezing of my game.

Reply 11 of 27, by wannabewizard

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no. my original claim was that it locked up after i typed the word. I didn't understand what it was asking for originally, so I was typing the wrong words. It ended up just kicking me out of the game.

Reply 12 of 27, by eL_PuSHeR

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That's called copy-protection (look-a-word-in-the-manual based) and that's how is supposed to behave.

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Reply 14 of 27, by Xelasarg

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But you don't have the original game, and questions about abandonware are usually either ignored or the topic gets locked.

I doubt you will find any help here unless you buy the game (which would solve the problem anyway).

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Reply 17 of 27, by avatar_58

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Hmm. I have the game and the manual, maybe I'll try it out and see what happens. I also used to have a program to remove this protection, if I can find it.