• deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Shareware, AKA “try before you buy”, now known as free game demos.

    My first one was DOOM on 3.5” floppy disks. I remember my dad asking “What’s this I.D. software you ordered?”

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      25 minutes ago

      I remember the days of Playstation Jampack. I’d spend hours as a kid on those demos.