Shareware Heroes: The Renegades Who Redefined Gaming at the Dawn of the Internet Moss Richard
Featuring numerous interviews with creators and developers, Shareware Heroes is a comprehensive, meticulously researched exploration of an important and too-long overlooked chapter in video game…
Specifikacia Shareware Heroes: The Renegades Who Redefined Gaming at the Dawn of the Internet Moss Richard
Featuring numerous interviews with creators and developers, Shareware Heroes is a comprehensive, meticulously researched exploration of an important and too-long overlooked chapter in video game historyShareware Heroes: Independent Games at the Dawn of the Internet takes readers on a journey, from the beginnings of the shareware model in the early 1980s, the origins of the concept, even the name itself, and the rise of shareware's major players - the likes of id Software, Apogee, and Epic MegaGames - through to the significance of shareware for the 'forgotten' systems - the Mac, Atari ST, Amiga - when commercial game publishers turned away from them.This book also charts the emergence of commercial shareware distributors like Educorp and the BBS/newsgroup sharing culture. And it explores how shareware developers plugged gaps in the video gaming market by creating games in
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