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Caper in the Castro was believed to be the first ever LGBTQ computer game ever to be published, being released on 1989. It was released for the Macintosh Plus on Hypercard and could only be downloaded on underground LGBT Bulletin Board System Networks. It was later released as ''Murder on Main Street'' and was published by Heizer Software with LGBTQ | Caper in the Castro was believed to be the first ever LGBTQ computer game ever to be published, being released on 1989. It was released for the Macintosh Plus on Hypercard and could only be downloaded on underground LGBT Bulletin Board System Networks. It was later released as ''Murder on Main Street'' and was published by Heizer Software with all LGBTQ content being removed to appeal to a wider audience.<ref>[https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/06/caper-in-the-castro-interview.html An interview with the game's creator]Retrived 02 Jan 17</ref> No screenshots or code was ever shown for both games. | ||
==Discovery== | ==Discovery== | ||
On December 20, 2017 both games were found and released onto Internet Archive finally making [https://archive.org/details/hypercard_caper-in-the-castro both] [https://archive.org/details/hypercard_murder-on-main-street_2017-12-20 games] available to the public. | On December 20, 2017 both games were found and released onto Internet Archive finally making [https://archive.org/details/hypercard_caper-in-the-castro both] [https://archive.org/details/hypercard_murder-on-main-street_2017-12-20 games] available to the public. | ||
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Caper in the Castro's title screen
Status: Found
Date found: 20 Dec 2017
Found by: William ‘Bill’ Hill and Diana Kaufman
Caper in the Castro was believed to be the first ever LGBTQ computer game ever to be published, being released on 1989. It was released for the Macintosh Plus on Hypercard and could only be downloaded on underground LGBT Bulletin Board System Networks. It was later released as Murder on Main Street and was published by Heizer Software with all LGBTQ content being removed to appeal to a wider audience.[1] No screenshots or code was ever shown for both games.
Discovery
On December 20, 2017 both games were found and released onto Internet Archive finally making both games available to the public.
References
- ↑ An interview with the game's creatorRetrived 02 Jan 17