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Cassette 50 (released in Spain as Galaxy 50 - 50 Excitantes Juegos) is a compilation of games published by Cascade Games Ltd in 1983, and is an early example of shovelware - computer software marketed primarily on the basis of its sheer quantity rather than other factors such as quality or playability. The compilation was available for many of the microcomputer platforms of the time due to being entirely coded in BASIC. The compilation was heavily advertised in home computer magazines, with buyers also receiving a Timex digital calculator watch with each purchase.

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  • Cassette 50 (released in Spain as Galaxy 50 - 50 Excitantes Juegos) is a compilation of games published by Cascade Games Ltd in 1983, and is an early example of shovelware - computer software marketed primarily on the basis of its sheer quantity rather than other factors such as quality or playability. The compilation was available for many of the microcomputer platforms of the time due to being entirely coded in BASIC. The compilation was heavily advertised in home computer magazines, with buyers also receiving a Timex digital calculator watch with each purchase. According to the instructions, "the games will provide many hours of entertainment for all the family at a fraction of the cost of other computer games". In an interview, Matthew Lewis, the author of Galaxy Defence, said he wrote the game when he was 14 and submitted it in response to a small, anonymous ad in a local newspaper. He was paid £10 for his game, but he had to give up all rights to it. Galaxy Defence took 12 hours to code and the graphics were done by his father, Ernest Lewis. (en)
  • Cassette 50 (pubblicata in Spagna con il nome Galaxy 50 - 50 Excitantes Juegos) è una raccolta di videogiochi pubblicata dalla Cascade Games a partire dal 1983 per molti modelli di home computer ed è uno dei primi esempi di shovelware - software per computer pubblicizzati più per la quantità che per la qualità dei prodotti o la giocabilità. Contiene 50 giochi in una singola cassetta. La raccolta venne pubblicizzata per la vendita postale in riviste specializzate di computer. In seguito venne incluso un orologio da polso con calcolatrice digitale Timex con ogni acquisto. Dal punto di vista economico, Cassette 50 fu un successo per il produttore.Almeno per Amstrad CPC, la Cascade pubblicò anche una raccolta analoga su floppy, intitolata Disk 50.Ci fu una sorta di seguito di scarso successo, Cassette 4, uscito solo per pochi computer. (it)
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  • Cover for the Acorn Electron version. (en)
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  • Cascade Games Ltd (en)
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  • Cassette 50 (en)
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  • Cassette 50 (released in Spain as Galaxy 50 - 50 Excitantes Juegos) is a compilation of games published by Cascade Games Ltd in 1983, and is an early example of shovelware - computer software marketed primarily on the basis of its sheer quantity rather than other factors such as quality or playability. The compilation was available for many of the microcomputer platforms of the time due to being entirely coded in BASIC. The compilation was heavily advertised in home computer magazines, with buyers also receiving a Timex digital calculator watch with each purchase. (en)
  • Cassette 50 (pubblicata in Spagna con il nome Galaxy 50 - 50 Excitantes Juegos) è una raccolta di videogiochi pubblicata dalla Cascade Games a partire dal 1983 per molti modelli di home computer ed è uno dei primi esempi di shovelware - software per computer pubblicizzati più per la quantità che per la qualità dei prodotti o la giocabilità. Contiene 50 giochi in una singola cassetta. (it)
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  • Cassette 50 (en)
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