FDR (video game)

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.

FDR
Developer	Corbis
Platform	PC
Release	1996

Development

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

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

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]