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Starting as a contractor at Microsoft in the fledgling CD-ROM group in 1988, Alan has worked on a variety of projects in his time here, from Age of Empires, to Brute Force as the studio head of Digital Anvil, to the founding of Turn 10.
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
The nineties saw the emergence of CD-ROM recipe books like the MasterCook series.
—Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
State of play: The Intuit tax software provider is closing the chapter on the once-ubiquitous CD-ROMs that customers used to process their returns every year, Axios has learned.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
Myst was the classic most people remembered fondly from the early CD-ROM era, but for me, its sequel, Riven, was the highlight.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 30 June 2024
Since full-motion video games weren’t quite at the crisp visual quality for home consoles with modern CD-ROM limitations, Anderson approached making the game as a frame-by-frame experiment.
—Chaz Kangas, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Beginning his journey in 1989 in digital marketing, Koenigs founded one of the very first digital marketing companies in the world, Digital Cafe, which relied on floppy disks, CD-ROMs, modems, and early online service providers like AOL, Prodigy, Delphi, AppleLink, and EarthLinkⓇ.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
Noyes created Ruff’s Bone, a groundbreaking interactive CD-ROM product for Broderbund Software, at Colossal in 1994.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2024
Enlarge Getty The Japanese government is finally letting go of floppy disks and CD-ROMs.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2024
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
The nineties saw the emergence of CD-ROM recipe books like the MasterCook series.
—Ruby Tandoh, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
State of play: The Intuit tax software provider is closing the chapter on the once-ubiquitous CD-ROMs that customers used to process their returns every year, Axios has learned.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
Myst was the classic most people remembered fondly from the early CD-ROM era, but for me, its sequel, Riven, was the highlight.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 30 June 2024
Since full-motion video games weren’t quite at the crisp visual quality for home consoles with modern CD-ROM limitations, Anderson approached making the game as a frame-by-frame experiment.
—Chaz Kangas, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Beginning his journey in 1989 in digital marketing, Koenigs founded one of the very first digital marketing companies in the world, Digital Cafe, which relied on floppy disks, CD-ROMs, modems, and early online service providers like AOL, Prodigy, Delphi, AppleLink, and EarthLinkⓇ.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
Noyes created Ruff’s Bone, a groundbreaking interactive CD-ROM product for Broderbund Software, at Colossal in 1994.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2024
Enlarge Getty The Japanese government is finally letting go of floppy disks and CD-ROMs.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2024
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“CD-ROM.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CD-ROM. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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