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− | '''Shareware''' is a software marketing concept where an incomplete or time-limited version of a program is released to entice people into buying the full (registered) version. | + | '''Shareware''' is a software marketing concept where an incomplete or time-limited version of a program is released to entice people into buying the full (registered) version. [[Doom]] and [[Heretic]] were both initially released as shareware, each containing only the first respective nine-level [[:Category:Episodes|episode]] in the unregistered version: [[Knee-Deep in the Dead|Doom: Knee-Deep in the Dead]] and [[City of the Damned|Heretic: City of the Damned]]. |
Part of the reason [[Doom II]] was not given a shareware release, according to [[John Carmack]], was that "[a] lot of people consider themselves to have "finished DOOM" when they just finished the shareware episode."<ref>Doomworld.com (1999), [http://www.doomworld.com/interviews/int7.shtml Interview with John Carmack], (question 15). Retrieved on April 11, 2008.</ref> | Part of the reason [[Doom II]] was not given a shareware release, according to [[John Carmack]], was that "[a] lot of people consider themselves to have "finished DOOM" when they just finished the shareware episode."<ref>Doomworld.com (1999), [http://www.doomworld.com/interviews/int7.shtml Interview with John Carmack], (question 15). Retrieved on April 11, 2008.</ref> | ||
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* [ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/heretic/htic_v12.zip Heretic: City of the Damned] v1.2 (and [ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/heretic/htic_v12.txt text file]), at the id Software FTP site. | * [ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/heretic/htic_v12.zip Heretic: City of the Damned] v1.2 (and [ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/heretic/htic_v12.txt text file]), at the id Software FTP site. | ||
** {{idgames|id=7044|title=Mirrors}} | ** {{idgames|id=7044|title=Mirrors}} | ||
+ | * [http://download.cnet.com/Hexen-demo/3000-7563_4-10001185.html Hexen: 4 levels] | ||
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* [[Wikipedia:shareware|Shareware]] Wikipedia article | * [[Wikipedia:shareware|Shareware]] Wikipedia article | ||
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Revision as of 04:29, 2 October 2010
Shareware is a software marketing concept where an incomplete or time-limited version of a program is released to entice people into buying the full (registered) version. Doom and Heretic were both initially released as shareware, each containing only the first respective nine-level episode in the unregistered version: Doom: Knee-Deep in the Dead and Heretic: City of the Damned.
Part of the reason Doom II was not given a shareware release, according to John Carmack, was that "[a] lot of people consider themselves to have "finished DOOM" when they just finished the shareware episode."[1]
Notes
- ↑ Doomworld.com (1999), Interview with John Carmack, (question 15). Retrieved on April 11, 2008.
External links
- Doom: Knee-Deep in the Dead v1.9 (and text file), at the id Software FTP site.
- Heretic: City of the Damned v1.2 (and text file), at the id Software FTP site.
- Hexen: 4 levels
- Shareware Wikipedia article