History of Bitfighter

Summary

Bitfighter is the successor to Zap!, a shareware game created by GarageGames. Development of Zap! took place in 2004, with a limited release in late 2004 and a public release in early 2005. Zap! included a free demo, which limited multiplayer gameplay and weapon/module usage. Zap! could be purchased for $15-20.

Initially, Zap! was praised and active, but this soon changed for the worse. Zap! would receive little development or support from GarageGames over the next few years.

In 2007 GarageGames launched InstantAction, which was designed to bring high quality games to your browser. InstantAction released a few new games and a few revivals of old titles. One of those revivals was Z.A.P: Zero All Productivity, released in early 2008.

Around the same time, the Zap! master server was shut down and support was officially discontinued.

The Bitfighter project was started by a few community members, fans of Zap!, around the launch of InstantAction (early 2008). Much of the community base switched over to Bitfighter instead of Z.A.P. Many community members disliked Z.A.P, mainly citing bad graphics.