Pre-Origin consumer attempting to use Spore without paying

[MFFREEZIE]

I'm new to Origin, and I bought Spore some time in 2008. I have the CD, and the product key, but no working disk drive. I looked it up and something said I could use Origin. But it says it requires Origin Access. I'm not trying to buy a membership, and not trying to buy the game again. I just want to use my old product key.

Is there any way I can do this?

[EA_Darko · Accepted solution]

Hey  @MFFREEZIE the best thing to do is to speak with one of our chat support advisers who will be able to advise you further. 

You can contact our live support at help.ea.com.  

To  speak with a chat adviser:

Click on your product Origin

Then select 'PC

Manage my Account'

Can't log in

Finally, you can choose to begin a chat.

You can also speak with our Twitter support team: https://twitter.com/EAHelp?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Darko

[DAW085]

Origin is the client, Origin access is the subscription model.

I googled this, and found the following:

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/origin/origin/origin-code-redemption-faq/

If the game is already registered to an origin account, this will not work.

[EA_Darko · Accepted solution]

Hey  @MFFREEZIE the best thing to do is to speak with one of our chat support advisers who will be able to advise you further. 

You can contact our live support at help.ea.com.  

To  speak with a chat adviser:

Click on your product Origin

Then select 'PC

Manage my Account'

Can't log in

Finally, you can choose to begin a chat.

You can also speak with our Twitter support team: https://twitter.com/EAHelp?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Darko