Wolfenstein 3D

Wolfenstein 3D (originally Wolfenstein 3-D, commonly abbreviated to Wolf 3D) is a video game that is generally regarded as having popularized the first person shooter genre on the PC. more...

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It was created by id Software and published by Apogee Software on May 5, 1992 for DOS. The game was inspired by the 1980s Muse Software computer games Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein. It has been ported to a wide variety of systems, including 3DO, Super NES, Game Boy Advance, Acorn Archimedes, Atari Jaguar, and the Apple IIGS.

Overview

In Wolfenstein 3D, the player is an American soldier named BJ Blazkowicz attempting to escape from the eponymous Nazi stronghold; there are many armed guards, as well as 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.

Wolfenstein 3D was released as shareware, which allowed it to be copied widely. The shareware release contains one episode, consisting of 10 missions (levels). The commercial release consists of three episodes including the shareware episode, and a mission pack called \"The Nocturnal Missions\". Like the shareware episode, each commercial episode contains 10 levels, bringing the game to a total of 60 missions.

The episodes are:

The original trilogy:;

1. \"Escape from Wolfenstein\" (shareware episode)

2. \"Operation: Eisenfaust\"

3. \"Die, Führer, Die\"

The Nocturnal Missions:;

4. \"A Dark Secret\"

5. \"Trail of the Madman\"

6. \"Confrontation\"

Each episode has a different boss who has to be killed in the final mission in order to complete the episode. Only 9 of the 10 missions needed to be completed; hidden in one of the first eight missions was an entrance to the tenth, secret level. The secret level of the third episode was notable in that it recreated one of the original Pac-Man levels, complete with ghosts, seen by the player from Pac-Man's perspective.

The game was originally released on the PC and then ported to Macintosh computers, Apple IIGS, Acorn Archimedes and Risc PC, Super NES, Atari Jaguar, Game Boy Advance, and 3DO. The source code of the game was published by id Software on July 21, 1995 under a non-profit EULA, starting the long tradition at id Software of opening the entire source code to an old game. Some enhanced ports to different platforms like Linux and add-ons have been developed.

Wolfenstein 3D was the first game to use the ExMx map/level identity.

Storyline

The first three episodes of the game focus on the character of William \"B.J.\" Blazkowicz's attempts to escape from Castle Wolfenstein and overthrow the Nazi regime.

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