Back when CD-ROM was a main thing, I remember that sometimes on games you could insert the CD, launch the game, and then remove the CD, the game would still run (I believe that was the case for Age of Empires 2 for example).
How was this possible?
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As mentioned it was dependent on the game, and sometimes you had different options. I remember a Mech warrior game could either install the minimum like 80MB and then load from disc as you played, so you needed to leave it in. It did offer a Full install, closer to 650MB. Often you still needed the cd but just for antipiracy purposes. You could usually find a no-cd crack version of the exe to avoid that.
Some games like Quake1 installed fine and didnt need the cd, but the cd was required if you wanted the music in game.
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