FDR (video game)

FDR is a 1996 interactive CD-ROM game developed by Corbis. The title allows players to explore the life and times of Franklin D. Roosevelt through imagery, documents, video, a timeline, and other multimedia.

FDR
Developer(s)Corbis
Platform(s)PC
Release1996

Development

FDR was scheduled for release in late 1996.[1] The game's distribution strategy involved being pushed to museum stores and other specialty outlets.[2] The game is one of six created by Corbis including Leonardo da Vinci and A Passion for Art: Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse, and Dr. Barnes.[3] A companion website at http://www.corbis.com/fdr/ was also released.[4] The developers publicised the game in an interview in Time magazine.[5] The company paid their photographers a minimum royalty of $45 per image.[6]

Content

The game is divided into 11 chapters: Nothing to Fear; The First Ten Days; Legacies of the New Deal; The Changing Face of America; A President in Isolation; The Inner Circle; Seasons of Dilemma; Pearl Harbor; Hour by Hour; A Nation at War; and To Yalta and Back.[7]

Critical reception

ComputerLife praised the game's interface, sense of humor, and renderings.[8] The Wall Street Journal praised the title for being "visually arresting".[9] The San Francisco Chronicle deemed it "ambitious and gorgeously executed".[10][11]

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References
  1. "In His Image".
  2. M. Sharon Baker (13 October 1996). "Corbis finds its fancy CD-ROMs need marketing spin". Puget Sound Business Journal.
  3. "Tasteful. Unprofitable. Microsoft?". forbes.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  4. "New Deal Web Sites". chnm.gmu.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  5. "The Curator". Edge.org. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  6. Pickerell, Jim. "Sales Activity at Corbis - Stock Photography News, Analysis and Opinion". www.selling-stock.com. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  7. "Multi-Media Review: FDR". HistoryNet.
  8. "FDR: Franklin Delano Roosevelt - from CD-ROM Access". www.cdaccess.com.
  9. Mossberg, Walter S. (7 November 1996). "New CD-ROM Titles Get You Acquainted With FDR, da Vinci".
  10. "CD-ROMS". SFGate. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  11. "ELECTRONIC BOOKS -- Private and Public Lives of FDR, Lucy and Desi". SFGate. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
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