Inside Mac Games
Type of site | Mac gaming news site |
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Owner | Tuncer Deniz |
Created by | Tuncer Deniz |
URL | www |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | 1993 (as a magazine) |
Current status | Online |
Inside Mac Games (IMG) started in 1993 as an electronic magazine about video games for the Mac. It was distributed on floppy disk, then CD-ROM, and eventually became a website.
History
In 1992, Tuncer Deniz, who was unemployed, decided to create a magazine called Inside Mac Games — he came up with the name after seeing a copy of Inside Sports at a newsstand — that would be dedicated to reviews of new and upcoming Macintosh computer games. Deniz interested a friend, Jon Blum, in the project, but neither of them had the capital or the expertise to publish a print magazine. Instead, they envisioned an electronic magazine.[1]
Using a
Deniz and Blum decided to offer two annual subscription plans: either $18 for a downloadable version of the magazine; or for $24, the subscriber would receive a monthly floppy disk in the mail that would not only contain the magazine, but also software patches and updates for popular games, as well as a shareware Game of the Month.[1]
In February 1993, they uploaded a promotional file to
In 1995, IMG switched from floppy disks to
In 1996, Deniz left IMG to work for Bungie, but returned in 1999. The following year, the CD-ROM distribution of the magazine was dropped in favour of downloads from the IMG website. By 2005, Deniz had opened an on-line software store through the IMG website, using a subscription model of $29 per month for a monthly free game and discounts on other products.[1]
From 2005 to 2006, IMG produced a weekly podcast, hosted by game designers Justin Ficarrotta and Will Miller, and critic Blake Buck.[3] that featured Mac game news, reviews and general discussion. After 33 episodes, the original hosts left to start a new podcast, [4] and the IMG podcast was relaunched later the same year with a new host, running for a further 38 episodes.[5]
By 2010, interest in Mac-exclusive games had cooled, and by 2018, the IMG website was reduced to the user forums, with a link to Tuncer Deniz's on-line software store.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 9781783524877.
- TSR, Inc.p. 68.
- ^ "Inside Mac Games Feature: IMG Podcast Episode 33". insidemacgames.com. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "BDPE Episode 1 – Best Damn Podcast Ever". bestdamnpodcastever.com. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Inside Mac Games Feature: IMG Podcast: Feral Interactive's Edwin Smith Interviewed". insidemacgames.com. Retrieved 15 December 2016.