The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and Emulations: The Multimedia Accompaniment to the Print Edition

Versions & Editions of Funhouse

Uncle Buddy's Phantom Funhouse has been released in four formats—two on physical media, one as a digital work, and a fourth for the Web. The first two of these, Versions 1.0 and 2.0, were published by Eastgate Systems, Inc. in 1992 and distributed in 1993. Hence, readers will find both dates listed for the work in various scholarly databases. Version 4.0 was begun in fall 2022 and completed in spring 2023.
 

Version 1.0 The Floppy Disk Edition for Macintosh

This edition, distributed in 1993, features a box of five floppy disks; a 12-page installation guide; an installation flyer; a letter from Vortex: The Anthology of Cyberfiction; a nine-page short story, entitled "Tree;" two music cassettes, one entitled "Retribution" and the other "The Story of Emily and the Time Machine"

Version 2.0 The CD-ROM Edition

This edition, also distributed in 1993, features a box of one CD-ROM; a 12-page installation guide; an installation flyer; a letter from Vortex: The Anthology of Cyberfiction; a nine-page short story, entitled "Tree;" two music cassettes, one entitled "Retribution" and the other "The Story of Emily and the Time Machine"

Version 3.0 The 2018 Emulated Edition

This edition created by the author and uploaded to the Internet Archive in January 2018 is a PCE/MacPlus emulator of the work compatible with PC, Linux, and Macintosh that consists of the contents of the disks. No documentation of the other physical media packaged in the box is available.

Version 4.0 The 2022-23 Web Edition

This edition, developed in 2022/23 by students in Creative Media & Digital Culture and members of the Electronic Literature Lab at Washington State University Vancouver, is an archival version for the Web produced in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The physical media is included as downloadable documents or 3D models of the original.
 

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