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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. [[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]]. | + | '''Shareware''' is a software marketing concept where an incomplete or time-limited version of a program is released free of charge or for a nominal distribution fee, with encouragement to further distribute, in order 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> | ||
Revision as of 16:42, 28 October 2013
Shareware is a software marketing concept where an incomplete or time-limited version of a program is released free of charge or for a nominal distribution fee, with encouragement to further distribute, in order 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.
- Download Hexen 4-level demo at Doomworld/idgames
- Download Strife teaser v1.1 at Doomworld/idgames
- Shareware Wikipedia article
