The lost art of old PC game installers
InstallShield Wizard. If you’ve ever installed or removed a game from your Windows XP, Vista, or 7 computer, you’ve probably heard this name at least once in your life. I will not elaborate. Yeah, things were different before everyone had fast internet at home and PC video game distribution was dominated by Steam, Epic Games Store, and so many others. The standard back then was to buy our games on CDs and DVDs that came ready to install and run, with no additional downloads required. Can you believe it? Just a sequence of “next, next, install, finish” occasionally interrupted by prompts to accept the terms and enter the CD key (plus the optical drive screaming louder than a motorcycle revving in the background)… ...