Amaya Toman There was a time when, in addition to computers, games were also played on popular arcade machines. One such game was also Gran Trak, the release of which will be recalled in our today's "historical" article. In addition to this game, today we will also talk about the P2P sharing service LimeWire.
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Here Comes Gran Trak 10 (1974)
On March 18, 1974, Atari introduced its brand new game Gran Trak, which was intended for slot machines. In this game, players drive a racing car, with the driving being filmed from a top-down perspective. The game was controlled using a steering wheel, pedals and other elements. The development of the Gran Trak title started back in 1973, with Larry Emmons of the Cyan company behind its design. In 1974, however, Allan Alcorn, who was behind the legendary Pong, took care of the design overhaul. Gran Trak met with quite a lot of success among players, and gradually received several different versions.
LimeWire Wants to Be Legal (2008)
Remember the P2P software LimeWire, designed for (often illegal) file sharing of all kinds? It was precisely illegal content that became a thorn in the side of many artists, creators and heads of record companies. In order to avoid lawsuits and to allow users to continue to purchase their favorite music through the platform, LimeWire's operators decided to launch their own online music store. The latter offered more than half a million songs in MP3 format, with these songs coming from artists who did not belong to any of the more well-known music labels. LimeWire has always charged 30 cents for a single download - information on what percentage of this amount went to the artists was not disclosed. However, the LimeWire service was already facing legal battles over copyrights at the time, and when the operation of the service as such was banned by a court in October 2010, the aforementioned online music store also ended.
