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Memorable shareware?
February 15, 2019 at 9:31 am
If you didn't get into computing early you probably don't remember shareware archives like the one at WUSTL. Free software and worth every penny!
My absolute favorite from that period was Tetris. No. 1 for homework avoidance.
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RE: Memorable shareware?
February 15, 2019 at 11:32 am
Not sure if all the old Apple games are officially shareware now or not, but Robot Odyssey-- best game ever made, IMO.
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RE: Memorable shareware?
February 18, 2019 at 12:53 pm
there was an apple IIe game that put you on an alien planet with a futuristic chemistry set with fake chemicals and you had to mix together various things to solve a problem like you were at a steep cliff and needed to make it to the other side so you would mix rubberium and airium and make a hot air balloon... or in a dense jungle and mix animal-ium and machine-ium to make a "bull dozer." Does anyone remember that one?
I remember playing that once ( it was reserved for the kids who finished their tests earliy or was first finished reading or the like) I got to play it for a few mins while waiting for my dad to show up for a parent teacher conference. can remember the name of that game.
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RE: Memorable shareware?
February 18, 2019 at 1:21 pm
The early iD games were good - Wolfenstein and Doom. The first of three episodes in each were shareware, and were complete games in their own right. IIRC the complete boxed games were about $20 and available only mail order. At the time they were pretty innovative shooters.
Duke Nukem was another in the genre that was innovative and had substantial free content.
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RE: Memorable shareware?
February 18, 2019 at 1:34 pm
Didn't Doom invent the 3D engine?
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RE: Memorable shareware?
February 19, 2019 at 11:55 am
No, Wolfenstein and Spear of Destiny did rudimentary 3D earlier. Probably others too.