/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1614624
>freeware version
It' not freeware, it's shareware.
>Shareware (also termed trialware or demoware) is proprietary software that is provided to users on a limited basis and only for a certain limited trial basis and pursuant to a license which restricts any commercial benefit, use or exploitation of the software.
>Freeware (portmanteau of "free" and "software") is software that is available for use at no monetary cost or for an optional fee, but usually (although not necessarily) closed source with one or more restricted usage rights.
id released part of the game, minus a few features (enemies and weapons and a few power-ups) as "try-before-you-buy". That's shareware. I hate to be pedantic, but there is a difference, and as someone who grew up playing shareware games, I can't not be anal about it. I'm probably one of two people in this entire thread who cares about it, I know. But you were mistaken, and now you know.