An article that takes a look at how back in the day companies relied on piracy to spread the word about a game using a method called shareware, and how now it's frowned upon for gamers to share games in the slightest.

A lot of new-school gamers probably read the headline and go..."Huh, shareware? What's that?" us old-school gamers know the phrase all too well. Actually, many big companies and surviving studios from the golden age of gaming also know it well, but today they call it piracy.

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