After an unintentional hiatus, Avery and Gwyn return to journeying through the history of the Links series of games. Today's major digression is a rabbit-hole dive into software piracy in the early 90s and poor academic rigour. We discuss Links 386 and Microsoft Golf 2.0, before finally sitting down and playing Microsoft Golf 3.0!

Ranking: Birdie!

References

1. Insider Interview: Bruce Carver, Access Software, Electronic Entertainment, July 1994, pg. 80-81


2. Martin, M., UKIE: Games piracy "4:1 against legitimate sales", gamesindustry.biz, Jan 25th 2011, https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-01-24-ukie-games-piracy-4-1-against-legitimate-sales


3. Goldman, N. D., Software Theft: A $4.5 Billion Headache, Business Forum, Spring 1992, pg. 10-12


4. O'Connor, R. J., Software Industry Gets Tough on Pirates, The Washington Post, Oct 28th 1991, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1991/10/28/software-industry-gets-tough-on-pirates/279ea537-8a0b-4894-abde-2a34db2ced95/


5. Marshall, P. G., Can the government help stop the drain on profits?, CQ Researcher, May 21st 1993, Vol 3, Issue 19


6. Givon, M., Mahajan, V., Muller, E., Software Piracy: Estimation of Lost Sales and the Impact on Software Diffusion, Journal of Marketing, Jan 1995, Vol. 59, pg. 29-37


7. Foster, H., Microsoft Golf Review, Gamespot, May 1st 1996, https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/microsoft-golf-review/1900-2542688/

Additional Links

1. Parsec - Screen sharing app: https://parsec.app/


2. winevdm - Running 16-bit applications on 64-bit Windows: https://github.com/otya128/winevdm

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