| Wolfenstein 3D | ID Software / Apogee | 1992 | |
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iD Software's first big hit. This was inspired by
earlier games called Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
which were in top-down view. You find yourself in a prison cell
in a nazi castle. You break out, armed with only a knife, and fight
your way through the crowds of nazis and attack dogs. The building
has a number of hidden rooms containing various treasures, food
supplies, and medical kits, as well as three different guns and
ammunition. The graphics were completely ingenious and fast for
those times. Ceiling and floor however were not texturised, but
that didn't catch someones eye. There was no automap, too, but the
levels were manageable without it. It was originally released as
shareware, which allowed it to be copied widely. The shareware release
contained one episode consisting of 10 levels. The retail version
contained 2 more episodes plus a mission pack of 3 more for a total
of 60 levels. There are five kinds of enemies (excluding bosses) - Dogs
(fast, but more a nuisance than life-threatening), Army Soldiers
(dressed in regular brown outfit, not very powerful but usually found
in large groups), Officers (dressed in white, armed with a very accurate
pistol and tough to kill), SS Troopers (blue attire, armed with a
machine gun and tough to kill) and Mutants (the rarest and toughest of
regular enemies, pale-skinned troopers with green clothes and a machine
gun stuck in their chest). Unlike modern FPS games, the player has a
number of lives, and once the player loses the last life, the game ends.
To win extra lives, the player either has to find the 1-up item in the
level, get 20 000 points by killing enemies and capturing treasures or
completing a level below the "par" time and killing all enemies, finding
all secrets (push walls) and collecting all treasure points. In Germany
the game was banned, because of the Third Reich theme - so it was only
successful in the "underground". Nevertheless, even in Germany there
will be hardly any fan of 3D shooters who never played this game. On the 20th anniversary of the game's release in May/2012, the game was made available to play free in a browser.
Also see: #Ultimate Doom Companion, #Wolfenstein 3D Super Upgrades, #Wolf 3D Mania!!!, #Wolfenstein 3D and Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold Companion Edition, #Wolfenstein 3D VR |
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