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I’d heard it as ZZT paid for Jill of the Jungle which let them afford Unreal’s longer development cycle while releasing other games (like Epic Pinball.) Epic Pi
by 1123581321 4y ago
I’d heard it as ZZT paid for Jill of the Jungle which let them afford Unreal’s longer development cycle while releasing other games (like Epic Pinball.) Epic Pinball and ZZT were two of my favorite games from the 90s.
- compsciphd 4y agosee quote here - https://web.archive.org/web/20001006000731/http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/depart/dec99/de.html https://web.archive.org/web/20001006000731/http://www.gamesd... The next game was Epic Pinball, and it was a huge hit. We estimate that it was the 3rd most successful shareware game ever created. Epic Pinball basically funded the startup of Digital Extremes as well as funding a lot of the development of Unreal. and here https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/from-the-past-to-the-future-tim-sweeney-talks https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/from-the-past-to-the-fu... Jazz Jackrabbit was your highest selling shareware game at the time? What was your highest selling shareware game overall? TS: Of all time? That was Epic Pinball.... (and more cut)
- 1123581321 4y agoVery cool. Thanks!