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Wolfenstein 3D is a 1992 first person shooter computer video game. The game was created by id Software. It was released for the PC on May 5, 1992. It was later released for many other systems including Apple computers and Nintendo's SNES console and Game Boy Advance handheld system. Wolfenstein 3D was one of the first first person shooter games. It is said to have created much of the popularity in this type of game. The game was based on the 1980s Muse Software computer games Castle Wolfenstein and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein.
Wolfenstein 3D | |
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Developer(s) | id Software, id Software, Inc., Stalker Entertainment |
Publisher(s) | Apogee Software, Interplay Entertainment, BAM! Entertainment, Inc., Atari Corporation, MacPlay, Imagineer Co., Ltd. |
Director(s) | Tom Hall |
Designer(s) | John Romero, Tom Hall |
Programmer(s) | John Carmack |
Composer(s) | Robert Prince |
Series | Wolfenstein |
Engine | Wolfenstein 3D engine |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Mac, Apple IIGS, Acorn Archimedes, NEC PC-9801, SNES, Jaguar, GBA, 3DO, Xbox |
Release | May 5, 1992 (DOS) July 21, 1993, 1994 1995 (Source), 1998, 2002 2007 (Steam (content delivery)) |
Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single player |
In Wolfenstein 3D, the player controls an American soldier named BJ Blazkowicz. The player is trying to get out of a building controlled by Nazis during World War II. The player must avoid guards and dogs while looking for the way out. Food, medical supplies, ammunition and weapons can be found along the way to help the player.
There are four types of weapons in the game:
Because of the use of Nazi symbols and music in the game, Wolfenstein 3D was banned in Germany. This was because it broke German laws. People also complained about the player having to shoot dogs in the game.
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