Wolfenstein 3d Originally published through Apogee and developed by “id Software” in 1992 with a WWII era game style. It was a one of a kind during it’s time. Sure it’s the 20th anniversary for Wolfenstein, but that’s not the only marker we are looking at here today. We’ve hit 20 years of 3D shooter game play, and have come a very long way when you look at what’s evolved in technology from faster home PC’s to improved and built from scratch Unreal Engines, and better game play with more in depth graphics, and details. All of this is now also more dependent upon the hardware that the games run on, as it’s always a fight to keep up with the latest technology put out by Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, etc. to be sure you can run all of the latest games at the fastest speed at the highest detail with smooth game play.
Needless to say, that’s also what keeps the fun in it all. The gaming industry wasn’t conceived 20 years ago, but it was just getting started and now we’ve literally been drowned with a mind boggling set of gaming choices to choose from and no “one” gaming expert could even possibly keep up with playing all of the great titles that are released. It’s up to the reviewers, and as always is a matter of public opinion when new titles launch. If it doesn’t appease the testers, and industry leaders, then who’s to follow? Especially when you sign online to start a multi-player battle to find out you are the only one in the lobby. That’s no fun. So it’s important to read all about it before you buy, or attempt the trial if it’s available. If you have the patience to wait for a game to have a few weeks on the shelf before trying on a console instead of a pc, then you can usually pickup a USED copy from GameStop within 1-3 weeks on average of any games initial release date.
You can play the now “Free” version of Wolfenstein 3D straight in your browser – here.
Wolfenstein was an addicting title for the 90’s, and many spin off’s soon took the lead from there, such as id Softwares “Doom” , “Doom II” and “Duke Nukem 3D.” As it seems , many legacy titles have a history now of following up 5, 10, 20 years later with the new and improved releases taking full advantage of the new hardware on the market. We are also tracking the Doom 4 development and are expecting to demo the beta as soon as it’s available. More on the history of Wolfenstein 3d can be found on Wikipedia
