Serious Business of Gaming – The Shareware Revolution – 2/2
Review of the Shareware Distribution Model that helped put out great games like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom.
Part 2/2
OCReMixes in the video:
Infiltrator (e2m1)
Revelation
Nazi Requiem
Hangarmageddon (e1m1)
Purgatory
WetGrass Inspired
Ghosts of Mars (e2m4)
The Forerunner Mix (Alpha)
Duration : 0:6:20
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Their was always a …
Their was always a disappointment with shareware because you got so much that if you got the full game. It just didn’t have enough extra stuff and it seemed that the first episode is all you would end up wanting to play anyway.
Shareware was great! Demos are sometimes so short now its crap, and you think why did I bother downloading that. You get too little of a taste.
btw im surprised u …
btw im surprised u didnt mention Steam
THE CAKE IS A LIE!
THE CAKE IS A LIE!
@MGMan37
It was, …
@MGMan37
It was, actually. ID software did put up a “Get Quake” link on their site a couple years ago that allowed you to DL the full version free of charge. They removed it for some weird reason and put it put for $20 now.
serious …
serious business!
THE CAKE IS A LIE!!
THE CAKE IS A LIE!!
the only thing that …
the only thing that sucked was that with duke nukem 1 and 2 and blake stone, you had to buy the rest of the game, and you could only buy half of the game of the full
No, Quake isn’t …
No, Quake isn’t free.
The engine is, which is why it’s open source, but the actual game data is not free.
There’s still the shareware though, which is of course, free.
Diablo still costs …
Diablo still costs muny right?
they did? then …
they did? then i’ve got to find the sc
yes it is, now. …
yes it is, now. They even released the source code.
nope
nope
Quake is freeware?
Quake is freeware?
I wish people would …
I wish people would go back to the old days of including more content in demos, though… It’s starting to get absurd how little they put in them.
Some developers don’t even release demos at all, and expect us to be satisfied with trailers that don’t tell us jack.
I agree!
I agree!
THE CAKE IS A LIE
THE CAKE IS A LIE
Thank you for the …
Thank you for the shareware of the shareware of the shareware review, excellent(or whatever you yanks call it). Think this was one of the best ideas ever. However, that went up in the air as soon as companies realised that anything free was costing them server time, and thus fuc*ed us all over. How many people here purchased OG Quake online?
WOW this video was …
WOW this video was awesome and how much did it take for you to make this video? It must have been in hours. Very good job
Great video dude!
…
Great video dude!
if only they had DOS games in virtual console
Diablo i would have …
Diablo i would have to say that there has been over 5 Demos one i have had has had 3 levels……
DOOM, CAKE, AND …
DOOM, CAKE, AND DESCENT, ALL IN ONE VIDEO!
*Starts drooling*
ureta more like …
ureta more like urethra
also you’re kinda awkward on camera
and don’t swear because you just sound like a nerd trying to sound tough even if its meant to be ironic
The cake is not a …
The cake is not a lie.
Also, awesome summary (if one could ever be made) of the shareware revolution of the 90s. I’ve watched a bunch of your videos now and they’re pretty good so far. Keep it up!
rofl as we all know …
rofl as we all know the cake is a lie. but there really was cake!!
The people who …
The people who wrote the 1980s, 1990s games had ideas. Big ideas. You could see it in their games. It was as if they wanted to conquer the world… Today everything just seems less magnificent. Perhaps I’m wrong.