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Then you must be misremembering... the shareware version was the first episode, which was around a quarter of the final game. This practice was started by Apoge

by rob74 2y ago

Then you must be misremembering... the shareware version was the first episode, which was around a quarter of the final game. This practice was started by Apogee (who published, amongst others, Wolfenstein 3D) and then continued by id software for Doom and Quake.

nuancebydefault 2y ago
What I remember is a title ascii screen (yellow letters against a red background or something the like) stating 'if you copy Doom, you will go to hell'. I'm pretty sure I got a copy of the complete game. I guess a lot of people will be going to hell.
- jzzskijj 2y ago
  If you played Doom, you were already in Hell.
- rob74 2y ago
  That's why I later bought a boxed copy of Quake to atone for my sins...