I remember my uncle showing a PC game during this era. Larry was one he showed. Another was a game more set in a fantasy world. In it, there was a wizard or something that asked the player a riddle. My relative had to look at some printout, as I understood a cheat he had got from someone where he worked.
The answer was just gibberish random letters. I never understood how an honest player could have guessed that answer.
Does this ring a bell? This was in the 80s and I was probably 11 or something. Not all details are clear.
This sounds like King's Quest 1, where you have to enter Rumplestiltskin's name as "Ifnkovhgroghprm", a reverse alphabet cipher. The game hints: "Backwards is the key!" Mercifully this wasn't required to complete the game!
No idea what game you might be talking about. But the process would seem to be some sort of copy protection (sheet of codes) which was quite common back then.
Does this ring a bell? This was in the 80s and I was probably 11 or something. Not all details are clear.