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Wolfenstein 3D
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Wolfenstein 3D is a single-player shooter and action game developed by id Software. Released in 1992, the title is part of the Wolfenstein franchise and utilizes its own game engine. The game has been published for numerous platforms, including PC, Xbox One, iOS, macOS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Game Boy Advance, SNES, Classic Macintosh, 3DO, Jaguar, Acorn Archimedes, PC-9800 Series, and DOS.
The game received a user rating of 4.08 and a score of 78 from 309 users on one platform, while another source lists a critic rating of 56 based on one review. Publication dates associated with the work include May 5, 1992, October 19, 1995, and December 15, 1995. An audio recording titled "Wolfenstein 3D (SF 128)" from 2023 is also available in the Internet Archive.
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Game data
- Released
- 1992-05-05
- User rating
- 4.08 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, iOS, macOS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Game Boy Advance, SNES, Classic Macintosh, 3DO, Jaguar
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Game details · IGDB
Wolfenstein 3D is a first-person shooter presented with rudimentary 3D graphics and a follow-up to the top-down infiltration game Castle Wolfenstein. The game is broken up into levels, each of which is a flat plane divided into areas and rooms by a grid-based pattern of walls and doors, all of equal height. Each level is themed after Nazi bunkers and buildings. To finish a level, the player must traverse through the area to reach an elevator. Levels are grouped together into named episodes, with the final level focusing on a boss fight with a particularly difficult enemy. While traversing t…
- Released
- 1992
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- Acorn Archimedes, PC-9800 Series, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, Xbox 360, Game Boy Advance, Xbox One
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- Wolfenstein 3D
- Franchise
- Wolfenstein
- Developer
- id Software
- Publisher
- GT Interactive Software, BAM! Entertainment, Wiz Technology, Apogee Software, Activision
Key facts
- Developer
- id Software
- Publishers
- Apogee Software FormGen ( Spear of Destiny )
- Director
- Tom Hall
- Designers
- John Romero Tom Hall
- Programmers
- John Carmack John Romero
- Artist
- Adrian Carmack
- Composers
- Robert Prince (MS-DOS) , Brian Luzietti (Macintosh) , Todd Dennis (3DO)
- Series
- Wolfenstein
- Platforms
- MS-DOS PC-98 Super NES Jaguar Acorn Archimedes Classic Mac OS 3DO Apple IIGS Game Boy Advance Xbox Linux iOS Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 (PSN) Android
- Genre
- First-person shooter
- Mode
- Single-player
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- first-person shooter
- Country of origin
- United States
- Publisher
- BAM! Entertainment
- Series
- Wolfenstein
- Director
- Tom Hall
- Composer
- Robert Prince
- Developer
- Interplay Entertainment
- Platform
- Q132020
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Designed by
- Tom Hall
- Official website
- www.idsoftware.com/games/wolfenstein/wolf3d
- Political ideology
- anti-fascism
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- copyright license
- shareware
- distributed by
- PlayStation Store
- programmer
- John Carmack
- publication date
- 1995-10-19
- input device
- touchscreen
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- Wolfenstein 3D
Sources (14)
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Encyclopedic overview
Wolfenstein 3D is a 1992 first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software and FormGen for MS-DOS. It was inspired by the 1981 Muse Software video game Castle Wolfenstein, and is the third installment in the Wolfenstein series. In Wolfenstein 3D, the player assumes the role of Allied spy William "B.J." Blazkowicz during World War II as he escapes from the Nazi German prison Castle Wolfenstein and carries out a series of crucial missions against the Nazis. The player traverses each of the game's levels to find an elevator to the next level or kill a final boss, fighting Nazi soldiers, dogs, and other enemies with a knife and a variety of guns.
Wolfenstein 3D was the second major independent release by id Software, after the Commander Keen series of episodes. In mid-1991, programmer John Carmack experimented with making a fast 3D game engine by restricting the gameplay and viewpoint to a single plane, producing Hovertank 3D and Catacomb 3-D as prototypes. After a design session prompted the company to shift from the family-friendly Keen to a more violent theme, programmer John Romero suggested remaking the 1981 stealth shooter Castle Wolfenstein as a fast-paced action game. He and designer Tom Hall designed the game, built on Carmack's engine, to be fast and violent, unlike other computer games on the market at the time. Wolfenstein 3D features artwork by Adrian Carmack and sound effects and music by Bobby Prince. The game was released through Apogee in two sets of three episodes under the shareware model, in which the first episode is released for free to drive interest in paying for the rest. An additional episode, Spear of Destiny, was released as a stand-alone retail title through FormGen.
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