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1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jun-2024 23:56:24 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

   Happy birthday to the Internet SHAREWARE version of Quake! 🎂🎉🍾🥂
   Remember, it was only 8 maps long. To get the full game you had to order it for $45 + $5 S&H (about $100 today) and wait for it to get finished and shipped to you.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 00:45:42 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Fuchsiii~~~

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   • Fuchsiii~~~ (fuchsiii@oxytodon.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 00:45:44 UTC Fuchsiii~~~

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   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 09:17:25 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • a1ba-nyan

     @a1ba That is a normal shareware thing. Although Quake's 4th episode is my favorite.

   • a1ba-nyan (a1ba@suya.place)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 09:17:27 UTC a1ba-nyan

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     @dosnostalgic it's fun how in Doom and Quake the best episode is the one that was distributed in shareware version.
     
     Don't get me wrong, the other are good too, but leave less impact on player. Didn't even finished Doom episodes, but maybe I just like Quake more. :)
   • Kris (ashortbusvet@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 16:07:36 UTC Kris

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     @dosnostalgic Or you went to a dark, shady place on IRC somewhere & traded a copy for whatever you had that others might have wanted.

     I did eventually pay for Quake later on, I should point out. At the time, however, that was difficult to do on a military E2 paycheck.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 16:34:11 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Kris

     @ashortbusvet I mean, another way was for wait for the shareware CD to appear in the stores (I think in August?,) buy it for $10, and then just download a copy of QCrack (available 10/08/96,) and you were all set.

   • Kris (ashortbusvet@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 16:35:43 UTC Kris

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     @dosnostalgic At the time my wife & I were stationed in Brunswick, Maine. Wasn't much there at the time that carried any sort of tech, much less shareware CD's.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 16:37:48 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • Kris

     @ashortbusvet What I was mainly pointing out that on June 22nd of 1996, the officially celebrated date of Quake's release, there was no way to actually play the full version of the game because it didn't exist yet.

   • Kris (ashortbusvet@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jun-2024 16:38:40 UTC Kris

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     @dosnostalgic Ah, sorry.