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Shovelware is a type of video game or software bundle known more for the quantity of what is included than for its quality or usefulness. [1]The metaphor implies that the creators showed little care for the quality of the original software, as if the new compilation or version had been created by indiscriminately adding titles "by the shovel" in the same way someone would shovel bulk material ...
Windmill Software: The original source code became available in September 2004 "for historical interest" (together with source code of other Windmill Software games as Styx). [399] [400] There is also an earlier free software reverse engineered variant available by Andrew Jenner, called Digger Remastered, ported for many platforms. [401]
The original PC Tools package was first developed as a suite of utilities for DOS, released for retail in 1985 for $39.95. [1]With the introduction of version 4.0, the name was changed to PC Tools Deluxe, and the primary interface became a colorful graphical shell (previously the shell resembled PC BOSS and was monochrome.)
ReLINE Software was a German game development company founded by Uwe Grabosch and Holger Gehrmann in Hannover in 1987. The company acted first as a developer for Softgold , Rainbow Arts , Golden Games , Magic Bytes , micro-partner , and Robtek; the company later became significantly more independent and co-published games with Magic Byte .
The company was founded as Arsys Software by former Technosoft staff members Osamu Nagano and Kotori Yoshimura on 11 November 1985. [1] They were primarily involved in PC game development, having previously created the original Thunder Force (a 1983 free-scrolling shooter game) [4] and Plazma Line (a 1984 space racing game considered the first computer game with 3D polygon graphics) [5] at ...
Initially, to use the new fonts and borders in The Print Shop Companion had to modify the original program; subsequent releases of The Print Shop included built-in support for Companion. In 1986, the first Apple Macintosh version was released. It featured graphics by Marney Morris and was the most powerful version available at the time.
The phrase "IBM PC compatible self-booting disk" is sometimes shortened to "PC booter". Self-booting disks were common for other computers as well. These games were distributed on 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 " or, later, 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ", floppy disks that booted directly, meaning once they were inserted in the drive and the computer was turned on, a minimal ...
Elite Systems is a British video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as Richard Wilcox Software. [1] It is known for producing home computer conversions of popular arcade games . [ 2 ] Elite also published compilations of games on the Hit-Pak label and budget price re-releases on the Encore label.