32 years ago today on May 5 1992, one of the greatest games of all time (and forever my favorite first person shooter), Wolfenstein 3D, was released. I wrote about it for the list of 20 video games I can't stop thinking about (https://spacetimetech.wordpress.com/2024/04/06/20-video-games-i-cant-stop-thinking-about). I still play it regularly. Sometimes weekly. Killing digital Nazis is always fun and therapeutic.
I remember using a Flightstick Pro for the family Mac Performa in the mid 1990s. My dad had the Chuck Yeager flight simulator (which was pretty cool at the time), and that was the game he had gotten the stick for.
Bugs Bunny: Private Eye, an unreleased Commodore 64 game created in 1992 but canceled due to the closure of its developers Hi-Tec Software, was completed and released in 2012 via Games That Weren't.
It's 2024, and I still play a ton of Wolfenstein 3D every year. It's just a perfect game. My memory's not great though, and it's weird I STILL don't have much memorized even after playing these maps SO MANY times.
Right now I have the Xbox 360 version paused on my Series X in the living room and it's been sitting like that for a day or two, so Wolf 3D music is just quietly playing in the background. I realized I'm cool with this. My brain's always in Castle Wolfenstein killing digital Nazis anyway, why not have it as background music for daily life. 🤣😂🤣
Got a funny screenshot the other day. Not sure I've ever spotted when I've been exactly at 1% life but it happened and I caught it!
Shareware version 1.0 of Duke Nukem 3D was first released on this day (January 29) in 1996.
Today, you can download it or play it online in your browser (both free) here, via one of my all-time favorite sites on the web (that also has SO MANY other games), DOSGames.com: https://dosgames.com/game/duke-nukem-3d.
Beat em! The red ants were attacking me for a good while, but once you find that sweet spot of foraging, digging and nursing plus the right balance of breeders, workers, and soldiers, you can do some real damage. Protect your queen, grow the army and keep eating, and you're good.
An ad for Crystal Quest on Game Boy from 1991. I first played Crystal Quest on a Mac Performa in the 90s, and had no idea it was on Game Boy until recently. But I had a chance to grab this version for cheap this past year, and it's a pretty good portable version!
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold was released on December 5, 1993 (30 years ago today!) by Apogee. It's an excellent first person shooter similar to Wolfenstein 3D.
Today (December 3rd) in 1993, Duke Nukem II was released for DOS. 30 years of this killer installment of the king. It's only one of the greatest platformers ever made.
One explosion sprite was used in MULTIPLE video games in the 90s, and here's a wild supercut of it. From Descent to Half Life, MechWarrior, Hexen, Twisted Metal, more. Wow.
So, last night, I dreamt I was in the #Raptor Call of the Shadows #videogame , flying over the Tango Sector 😅 Does anybody remember it?
That means two things: 1) I spent too much time playing it back in the day, and 2) I have to check if there is any port existing, maybe on #Steam 🤭🤭