Retro PC: Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3d (or Wolf3d) was the game that popularized First-Person-Shooters, and evolved the gaming industry into what it is today. It was inspired by a 1980s game made by Muse Software called Castle Wolfenstein. The full game consisted of 60 levels, with 10 levels per episode; the shareware version only included the 1st episode. I bought the shareware disk for $1.07 about 15 years ago. 3 years after I bought it, my old computer crashed and took my saved games with it. As I was looking through my old computer disks, I luckily found the disk and decided to buy the full version. I downloaded DOSBox and mounted my games directory. I selected my difficulty level as ‘Bring ‘em on’ and began my new game. I know I should have gone for it with ‘I am death incarnate’ but it’s been a while. +Continue Reading
