Section 02 of 06
Ten thousand plays and a sponsor's logo on the loading screen
Newgrounds, Kongregate, Armor Games and the portal economy — how browser arcades were built, funded and eventually unmade.
5 pages in this section
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Tom Fulp Built Newgrounds in 1995 and It Outlasted the Plug-In - 02
Kongregate Opened in 2006 With Developer Revenue Sharing and Changed What Portals Paid For - 03
Three Portals That Took Different Bets on the Same Audience - 04
The Loading-Screen Logo Was a Contract, and the Contract Had Standard Terms - 05
FlashGameLicense Was a Marketplace for Something That Did Not Exist Before It