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Wolfenstein 3D is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software and FormGen.Originally released on May 5, 1992, for DOS, it was inspired by the 1981 Muse Software video game Castle Wolfenstein, and is the third installment in the Wolfenstein series.
Published as shareware by Apogee Software: "Secret of the Oracle" was released for free, with the other episode available for purchase [24] Included in the id Anthology (1996), Commander Keen (1998), Commander Keen Combo CD (2001), Commander Keen Complete Pack (2007), and 3D Realms Anthology (2014) compilations [14] [15] [16]
Spear of Destiny is a stand-alone expansion pack for Wolfenstein 3D that was developed by id Software, and published by FormGen Corporation. Set before the events of Wolfenstein 3D, the player assumes the role of William "B.J." Blazkowicz, who is set to reclaim the Spear of Destiny from the Nazis after it was stolen from Versailles. Spear of ...
Released in an ad-supported free download version in 2007 for a limited time; available to US residents only. [119] Wild Metal Country (1999), was released as freeware in 2004 [120] but is no longer available on the download page. Zero Tolerance (1994), a first person shooter developed by Technopop for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
Wolfenstein 3D (1992) increased the color palette from 16-color EGA to 256-color VGA and also adopted raycasting.The game engine was also licensed out to other companies. The source code to Wolfenstein 3D, along with its prequel Spear of Destiny, was released on 21 July 1995 under a proprietary license, and then later under GPL-2.0-or-later.
Also included are games based on the Raven Engine, which is based on the Wolfenstein 3D engine. Pages in category "Wolfenstein 3D engine games" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the company popularized a distribution model where each game consists of three episodes, with the first given away free as shareware and the other two available for purchase. Duke Nukem was a major franchise created by Apogee to use this model, and Apogee published Commander Keen and Wolfenstein 3D the same way.
The company began with developing games for Apple II, and later expanded to the Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit computers, and IBM PC compatibles. They are best known for creating the Wolfenstein series, having developed the first two installments: 1981's Castle Wolfenstein and its 1984 sequel, Beyond Castle Wolfenstein.