{"id":338548,"date":"2021-09-13T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-golden-age-of-shareware-cds\/"},"modified":"2021-09-13T14:00:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T11:00:05","slug":"the-golden-age-of-shareware-cds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-golden-age-of-shareware-cds\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Golden Age of Shareware CDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35036915e9d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35036915e9d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-golden-age-of-shareware-cds\/#Thousands_of_Free_Apps_on_CD\" >Thousands of Free Apps on CD<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-golden-age-of-shareware-cds\/#A_Brief_Refresher_on_Shareware\" >A Brief Refresher on Shareware<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-golden-age-of-shareware-cds\/#Compact_Disc_Magic\" >Compact Disc Magic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-golden-age-of-shareware-cds\/#What_Did_Shareware_CDs_Contain\" >What Did Shareware CDs Contain?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-golden-age-of-shareware-cds\/#Were_Shareware_CDs_Legal\" >Were Shareware CDs Legal?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-golden-age-of-shareware-cds\/#Twilight_of_the_Shareware_CD%E2%80%94and_How_to_Find_Them_Today\" >Twilight of the Shareware CD\u2014and How to Find Them Today<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#The Golden Age of Shareware CDs&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-753663 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shareware_cd_hero_3.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shareware_cd_hero_3.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shareware_cd_hero_3.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Shareware CDs on a blue background\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-credittext=\"The Internet Archive \/ Benj Edwards\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">The Internet Archive \/ Benj Edwards<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the mid-late 1990s and into the early 2000s, you could purchase <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CD-ROM\">CD-ROM<\/a> discs containing thousands of shareware <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s, pictures, and otherwise. These CDs were gateways to numerous hours of cheap entertainment. Here\u2019s a look back at their origins and impact.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Thousands_of_Free_Apps_on_CD\"><\/span>Thousands of Free Apps on CD<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Imagine buying a CD for $10 or $20 that contained thousands of games or apps and not committing theft or piracy. That was the promise of the shareware CD, a software distribution platform that thrived in the 1990s and early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>Shareware CDs were handy because you could gain access to many programs at once in an inexpensive way\u2014so many programs, in fact, that sometimes people called them <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shovelware\">shovelware<\/a> CDs, as if the programs had been loaded into the CD by the shovel full.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-753890\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shareware_cds_maxx.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Two shareware CDs\" width=\"650\" height=\"331\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\">Internet Archive \/ Benj Edwards<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shareware CDs became popular when CD-ROMs became commonplace on home PCs in the mid-1990s. Shareware CD-ROMs persisted well into the 2000s, available at office supply stores, game retailers, computer stores, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> merchandise stores such as Target.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Brief_Refresher_on_Shareware\"><\/span>A Brief Refresher on Shareware<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the 1980s and 1990s, enterprising software developers decided to directly sell their programs to people using the shareware concept, which allowed users to freely demo apps and games for a trial period. If they liked the software, they could send money to the program\u2019s developer and either receive permission to keep using the app or gain access to new features like new game episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Also, shareware developers encouraged ordinary computer users to freely share copies of these programs with others (hence the shareware name). Unlike other forms of commercial software, it wasn\u2019t considered piracy to distribute shareware for free. They were often distributed on dial-up bulletin board systems (BBSes) at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Although many shareware apps were available through BBSes in the 1990s, it could take hours to download a single large file that way with the slow modem speeds at the time. And some apps (such as larger games in the mid-late 1990s) wouldn\u2019t fit on a floppy disk, so it was easier to install them from a single CD rather than multiple floppies\u2014and much faster than attempting to download the file from a BBS.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Compact_Disc_Magic\"><\/span>Compact Disc Magic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Originally launched in the mid-1980s, the CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory) disc represented a huge leap in cheap, mass-produced data storage. Each disc could typically store 650 megabytes of data, which represented a huge leap from floppy disks that typically held around 0.36 to 1.44 megabytes of data each. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/reviews\/15-years-of-hard-drive-history,1368-2.html\">Typical PC hard drives<\/a> between 1985 and 1995 ranged from about 20 MB to 500 MB in size.<\/p>\n<p>On one CD, publishers could store enough data to fill hundreds of floppy discs or multiple hard drives. Meanwhile, when produced in large batches, a typical CD cost a mere <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1995\/07\/05\/arts\/pennies-that-add-up-to-16.98-why-cd-s-cost-so-much.html\">10-15 cents worth of raw materials<\/a> to manufacture (and 30 cents for the printed label and jewel case).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-753892 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/best_shareware_from_foone.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"&quot;Best-of-Class&quot; Shareware CD Collection\" width=\"650\" height=\"423\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Foone\/status\/1137500292264615936?s=20\" data-credittext=\"Foone Turing\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This ten-CD shareware collection looks impressive, but it was mostly show: All the data on the ten discs could actually fit on one CD. <span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Foone\/status\/1137500292264615936?s=20\">Foone Turing<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The sharing element of shareware made collections of shareware programs on disk and CD possible. With low costs of manufacturing per unit, publishing on CD could support low-cost print runs of shareware (typically <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cd.textfiles.com\/cica\/cica32199907\/disk3\/CATALOG.HTM\">retailing<\/a> for anywhere between $1 and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ascii.textfiles.com\/archives\/2829\">$100 per disc<\/a>), which often cost nothing for the publisher to obtain. Publishers such as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cd.textfiles.com\/nightowl\/\">Night Owl Corp<\/a> typically downloaded collections of files available on BBSes for free. Some, like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walnut_Creek_CDROM\">Walnut Creek CDROM<\/a>, distributed collections of shareware acquired from online sources like the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simtel\">Simtel archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Firms also sold and distributed shareware on floppy disks before (and during) the era of the shareware CD. But the limited size of floppies usually meant that only one program (or a handful of simple programs) would ship on each disk. In contrast, CD-ROM\u2019s capacity could offer a bonanza of data all in one place that floppy disks couldn\u2019t match.<\/p>\n<p>And due to the miraculous capacity of CD-ROMs, some shareware CDs came pre-formatted to use as BBS file sections. Sysops (the people who operated the BBSes) could just insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive attached to their BBS machine and have callers download the files directly from the CD itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Remember BBSes? Here&#8217;s How You Can Visit One Today<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Did_Shareware_CDs_Contain\"><\/span>What Did Shareware CDs Contain?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Shareware CDs could host a wide variety of content, but most often included large collections of games, applications, or utilities. The discs shipped for many different computer platforms, including IBM PC, Macintosh, Atari ST, and Amiga in particular. Some discs focused on a specific subject (such as Linux or Windows apps), while others were collections of user-made levels for games like <em>Doom<\/em> and <em>Quake<\/em>. If it was available for free somewhere on the Internet or BBSes in the 1990s, chances are it made its way to a CD-ROM at some point or another.<\/p>\n<p>On many shareware game CDs, you could find PC gaming\u2019s greatest shareware classics, such as the id Software games like <em>Commander Keen<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, <em>Doom<\/em>, <em>Wolfenstein 3D<\/em>, Apogee games like <em>Duke Nukem<\/em>, classics from Epic Games like <em>Jill of the Jungle<\/em>, <em>Epic Pinball<\/em>, or <em>Jazz Jackrabbit<\/em>, and a whole lot more.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-753891 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/shareware_games.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"325\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shareware CDs often contained large collections of shareware games.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also, you could often find discs full of digitized or hand-drawn graphics images in GIF or JPEG format, mostly downloaded from BBSes. Popular subjects for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/912\/retro-gif-of-the-week-meryl-streep\">GIFs distributed this way<\/a> included cars, military, women and men in swimsuits, computers, digitized cartoon s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s, and many others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>From Keen to Doom: id Software&#8217;s Founders Talk 30 Years of Gaming History<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Were_Shareware_CDs_Legal\"><\/span>Were Shareware CDs Legal?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Shareware CD sellers operated in something of a legal grey area. Ostensibly, they only collected fees that covered the cost of manufacturing, printing, and distributing the disks or CDs. But let\u2019s be honest: shareware CD businesses weren\u2019t charities. If it weren\u2019t profitable to sell a disc of free software, very few would have done it.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not the app developer tolerated resale on CD depended largely on the developer itself. According to shareware historian <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MossRC\">Richard Moss<\/a> in an interview with How-To Geek, some developers saw the discs as a means of free distribution, getting their programs in front of as many eyes as possible so they could sell more copies. Others viewed unauthorized shareware distribution on CD as a type of infringement. \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Most shareware authors set out terms in their shareware notice that specified where, how, or by whom the software could be redistributed,\u201d says Moss.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-753893 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/house_of_games_cover.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The House of Games Shareware CD Cover\" width=\"650\" height=\"500\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cover of \u201cThe House of Games\u201d CD, which carried a hefty $79.95 suggested retail price.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ethical shareware collections contacted authors individually for permission to include their programs. Others put out calls to shareware authors who would then submit apps for inclusion. But it\u2019s likely those were the exception rather than the rule.<\/p>\n<p>Some developers like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/company\/mvp-software\">MVP Software<\/a>, says Moss, often sued companies that produced shareware CDs with its games included, claiming it was bad for their business. \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">They were far from alone, and I\u2019ve seen numerous shareware authors complaining on forums, message boards, in magazines, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letters, and newspapers going right back to the 1980s that they believed their work had been distributed illegally.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other developers embraced the inevitable fact that someone, somewhere would sell their program without the developer\u2019s explicit permission. On the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/doomwiki.org\/wiki\/Title_screen\">title screen<\/a>\u00a0of <em>Doom<\/em>, for example, id Software wrote, \u201cProvided by id free of charge. Suggested retail price $9.00.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Twilight_of_the_Shareware_CD%E2%80%94and_How_to_Find_Them_Today\"><\/span>Twilight of the Shareware CD\u2014and How to Find Them Today<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ultimately, as high-speed broadband internet plans became widespread in the 2000s, physical distributions of shareware became much less necessary. Instead, people could quickly download the same shareware apps from the web, and today people download games quickly through app stores. The rise of broadband and the decline of the optical disc have made shareware CDs largely extinct (although there are probably some exceptions, somewhere).<\/p>\n<p>But luckily for us, intrepid digital archivists have captured disc images of shareware CDs of yore so we can study them today. If you\u2019d like to check out a modern-day archive of shareware CDs, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/cdbbsarchive\">Internet Archive has you covered<\/a>, thanks in great part to the hard work of Jason Scott, who originally archived many of them for his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cd.textfiles.com\/\">cd.textfiles.com<\/a> website. For most discs, there\u2019s a catch: They\u2019re usually in ISO format, which will need to be mounted, extracted, or burned to disc before you can view the files.<\/p>\n<p>Even then, you\u2019ll usually need either a real vintage computer or an emulator such as DOSBox to run the programs themselves. Just be aware there are some CDs with adult (NSFW) material on the Internet Archive, so viewer discretion is advised. 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