really excited to finally have a copy of @MossRC’s Shareware Heroes!
![A paperback edition of Shareware Heroea: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet. A paperback edition of Shareware Heroea: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet.](https://dialup.cafe/system/media_attachments/files/112/798/927/249/347/114/original/b7d05ddfe88c9ae3.jpeg)
@vga256 @MossRC nice! i bought physical copies of https://secrethistoryofmacgaming.com/ for myself, dad, and brothers
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@MossRC fantastic. it’s a real privilege for me to finally get an in depth history of the shareware scene. i grew up with a local shareware distributor in my city, and all of the companies/games you cover are ones that were sold on floppy out here, and distributed on local BBSs
on the subject of shareware gamedev tools, i recently came across this fascinating game making toolkit which may be of interest:
https://dialup.cafe/@vga256/112723851487498757
looking forward to reading a new post :)
@MossRC i can think of few other Windows 3.x-based shareware gamedev tools quite like it. after quite a bit of archival research, i could find out very little about the company/person who made it.