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[edit] Floppy disks

I have heard that video games used to sell on floppy disks, but now they are no longer sold on floppy disks. Could someone tell me upto what date and what year video games were sold on floppy disks? Enco1984 (talk) 07:34, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

That's a tough question. I don't think there is any formal tracking of this. It's conceivable that there were games released on floppy into the early 2000's. Major distribution of computer games on floppy would have run from around 1980 till around 1999 though as prior to that games commonly came on cassette tape and by 2000 the CD-ROM was ubiquitous enough as a distribution method that it made more sense from a cost standpoint to provide a CD. Off the top of my head the last major games from a top tier publisher sold on floppy that I can recall were the Yoda Stories and Indiana Jones mini games LucasArts released in 1997... that's just an example... 2007 was the big turning point for floppies in general as that was the year several manufactures dropped the product line and by 2007 computers were commonly shipping without a floppy drive. I hope that gives you somewhere to start from.BcRIPster (talk) 08:43, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
I remember when this was happening. I say the cut-off point for most game makers was the period 1994-1996. LucasArts last large games to get floppy releases were Sam & Max in 1993 and TIE Fighter in 1994. After that they went CD, except for the smaller Yoda Stories and Indy mini-games. In that period I remember games also stopped shipping with MIDI soundtracks in favor of digital recordings, such as Command & Conquer, which was another thing they could do since they didn't have to make a separate floppy release. Davhorn (talk) 16:16, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
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