15 Strange Ways Video Games Tried Stopping You From Playing

Pirate Wheel – Monkey Island 1 and 2

In the first and second Monkey Island, a “pirate wheel” of sorts was introduced. This required players to correctly match either pirate heads and dates or ingredients together. Otherwise, you couldn’t play the game. As a counter to photocopied video game manuals, it wasn’t a bad strategy. It proved just as effective as you’d think in the long run though.