FDR (video game)

1996 video game

FDR

Developer(s)| Corbis
Platform(s)| PC
Release| 1996

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.

## Development[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Rapaport, Richard. "In His Image". Wired.
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. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. 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. 19 August 2000.
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". The Wall Street Journal.
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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