Remember the good old days of demo discs? Back in the '90s and the 2000s, it wasn't uncommon for magazines to ship with playable demos on a disc, and that was indeed the case for Official Xbox ...

Back in the golden age of PC gaming, specifically the 1990s, publishers would put demos for their upcoming games on CD-ROMs, which would be packed in with gaming magazines, found in boxes of breakfast ...

We live in an age where pretty much any game you want is right at your fingertips, so long as you have an internet connection. That wasn’t always the case. If you wanted to try out games in the 1990s ...

These days, if you want to play a demo for an upcoming game, it’s simply a matter of finding it in the game’s marketplace and downloading it. However, if you grew up in the old-school days like we did ...

Born and raised in the frozen tundra of Syracuse, New York, Nick's love for video games started as a young child. After being introduced to the world of Super Mario, he branched out to various other ...

PlayStation VR Demo Disc 3 is now available on the PlayStation Store, including demos for nine hit VR titles. Like the previous two demo discs, the third installment is free of charge. You can check ...

Back before YouTube and Twitch and always online DRM, developers needed more effective ways of marketing than just relying on word of mouth. This resulted in shareware, demos and demo discs, free ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. As the release of Mario Kart: Double Dash!! approaches, we've gotten hold of the demo disc included for those who preordered the game, and we've ...