Apogee Software, Ltd. is a video game publisher and developer, established in 1987. The company is best known for popularizing the shareware distribution model and as the creator of franchises on the PC such as Duke Nukem, and also the publisher of other franchises such as Commander Keen and Wolfenstein 3D.

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Unlike traditional larger publishers that sold games in retail outlets, Apogee (like many independent developers) sold their products using the shareware method, depending mostly on BBSs, such as Software Creations', for distribution of their software. Typically they would provide the first installment of a game trilogy for free and sell the remaining installments by mail order, a method which became known as the "Apogee Model".

Apogee's commercial success led to the wide spread adoption of the shareware model by other major publishers such as Capstone, Parallax Software, id Software, Activision, and Epic Megagames, and also led to a growth of Software Creations BBS, which would become the largest BBS in North America. Apogee later moved to the traditional retail model through distributors like GT Interactive, however still offers its earlier titles via shareware.

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