Shareware Heroes
by Richard Moss · first published 2022
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"Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the by internet" by Richard Moss.
on “Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?” ↗…end he might have made it a bit more positive than some of the moments may have actually been, but I’ve not seen any of the other people from those times contradict what he’s said. I also found that Shareware Heroes by Richard Moss was a good, if more general, accompaniment.
on “John Romero on his book “Doom Guy” and developing games at a small scale” ↗…again. In fact they continued in parallel, and still show very obvious influence in many niches of software. I think that was just hard to see while I was at uni. I can strongly recommend Richard Moss' Shareware Heroes book for those interested in remedial reading, and not just for those devoted to games. If there are any computer history grad students lurking, an integrative history of early software distribution…
on “FILE_ID.DIZ Description (1994)” ↗Obligatory mention of my new book, Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet https://sharewareheroes.com It tells the stories behind some of these games, and many others.
on “Remembering the best shareware-era DOS games that time forgot (2019)” ↗Shareware Heroes https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61272567-shareware-heroe...
on “The last person standing in the floppy disk business” ↗Shareware Heroes author here. I'm hoping for an official release here downunder soon, but in the meantime there are import copies available through most online Aussie booksellers. And if you're in Melbourne then you can…
on “Shareware Heroes” ↗I just got done reading a book called "Shareware Heroes" that mentioned various shareware apps providing source code to users who registered. The free versions never had source provided; the source was advertised as a perk for paid users. It's different than…
on “Windows Repair Toolbox” ↗It's been on my list, but I haven't read it yet. I also stalked Scott Miller from Apogee Software to ask him how accurate Masters of Doom was, and he told me to checkout the book "Shareware Heroes", as he claims it's more accurate [1]. I still haven't read it but that's the next thing I plan on reading. [1] https://sharewareheroes.com/
on “John Carmack on the mistakes around Quake that ruined id software” ↗