Shareware Heroes
The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet
$43.40
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2023
Summary
Shareware Heroes is a comprehensive, meticulously researched exploration of an important and too-long overlooked chapter in video game history.
Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800181748 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1800181744 |
| Author: | Richard Moss |
| Publisher: | Wilton Square Books |
| Imprint: | Unbound |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 336g |
| Dimensions: | 43mm x 128mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
“Shareware Heroes takes readers on a journey through a critical yet long overlooked chapter in video game history: the rise and eventual fall of the shareware model.” – Daring Fireball
Richard Moss
Richard Moss is an award-winning writer, journalist, and storyteller who explores the future and the past of innovation, video games and technology. His previous book, The Secret History of Mac Gaming, shares stories of the thriving but mostly hidden Mac gaming scene of the 1980s and 90s. He also creates the documentary-style games history podcast The Life & Times of Video Games and is co-producer/writer on CREATORVC’s documentary film First Person Shooter. @MossRC
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