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Return to Castle Wolfenstein Ships

Posted by chrisd on from the actung!-mien-lieber! dept.

Screaming Lunatic writes "Woohoo, Return to Castle Wolfenstein has finally shipped. Check this story out at Yahoo. You should be able to buy it at the regular gaming shops. I highly recommend buying it rather than hacking it, as noted in Graeme Devines .plan file." CD: I am seriously flashing back to the Apple II game with a similar name, hope this doesn't suck like daikatana.

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  1. Interview with kevin Cloud @ homeland.com by Cosmic+Cow · · Score: 4, Informative
    For those of you that might find this interresting, there's an article on homeland.com with id co-founder and artist Kevin Cloud, who was the main coordinator at the company for the game's development, to find out about their expectations for the game and what might be next for the Wolfenstein franchise.

    Happy Reading.

  2. Re:Flame throwers, right on. by denzo · · Score: 5, Informative
    I can't wait to play. The flame thrower is a wicked weapon, but Kingpin did it first to my knowledge.
    Actually, there was a flame-thrower Blood (and Blood 2?). There was also a flame-thrower in the Mac version of Wolfenstein 3D (so it's really the second time it's appeared in a Wolfenstein game). Not quite the same fancy effects as in RTC Wolfenstein or Kingpin, but... ;)

    Can I hear a "Mein Leibin!" (I think that is how it's spelled).
    It's "mein leben," which means "my life" (i.e., my life is leaving me).
  3. Return to Castle Wolfenstein & Graeme Devine by Kreeblah · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hmmm. I just saw this at my local BestBuy today. And here I thought I simply missed the release announcement on Slashdot . . .

    Regarding the CD key banning, there's something I'd like to point out: what happens if you buy a copy of RtCW and the CD key that you get has already been blacklisted? Say someone uses a keygen. Keygens come up with apparently valid keys which can be used to install software/etc. However, the same CD key could very well also be sitting in a box on a store shelf somewhere. This happened to a friend of mine with Diablo II (although they do not blacklist keys; he just couldn't log on because of it), and Blizzard killed the other guy's account (seems justified . . .). However, suppose the keygen has produced a key that has been posted on the Internet and shared. I doubt that id would just say, "Oh, that's yours? Well, we'll just take it off of the list of banned keys." Hopefully, the customer could fax a copy of a receipt or something and get a new key mailed if this was to happen.

    On a side note, I'm surprised at the note that Graeme Devine had something to do with this. Last I heard of him was in the interview at the end of the 11th Hour strategy guide. Good luck Mr. Devine, wherever you are.

  4. Wolfenstein 3D was NOT the original! by Myriad · · Score: 4, Informative
    It must be really hard producing a sequel of such a classic game after such a long period. They will be judged against people's rose tinted rememberances of the original Wolfenstein 3D. And no matter how good it is, people will say 'Ahhh I enjoyed the original more.'

    Uhm, hold on a sec, perhaps it was before your day but Wolfenstein 3D was NOT the original! The original was "Castle Wolfenstein" for the Apple (not Macintosh here, we're talking Apple II IIc kind of Apple).

    Check the link from the front page to see what the real Castle Wolfenstein looked like.

    Man, I loved that game... :)

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    "They do not preach that their god will rouse them, a little before the Nuts work loose." Kipling, 'The Sons of Martha'
  5. Re:Linux version? by geekd · · Score: 5, Informative
    The linux version of the multi-player test 1 (there is no "demo" yet. When people say "demo" they mean the mp-test) came out a week after the windows version.

    The linux version of the mp-test 2 came out the day after the windows version.

    Here is a section of Todd Hollenshead's .plan file that refers to the linux version of the final game:


    No date yet on the Mac version, but it's coming soon (not gold yet,
    though). We don't have plans to sell Linux in retail, but Timothee
    has done great work on the downloadable binaries so far, and I expect
    that to continue.


    So there ya go.

    I have been looking, but I see no final linux version yet. But it's been just 1 day. I just hope that Timothee isn't on vacation or something, because the tin box is sitting right here just waiting to get installed... (Timo: hint hint) :-)

    -geekd
  6. Wolfenstein 3D was not the First... by Myriad · · Score: 4, Informative
    A lot of people seem to think Wolfenstein 3D was the game that started it all... well, maybe in terms of FPS, but not the start of the Wolfenstein series.

    The first was Castle Wolfenstein, a great old game originally for the Apple computer (as in II, II+, IIc kind of thing, not Mac).

    For those looking to re-live the past, a copy is available here.

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    "They do not preach that their god will rouse them, a little before the Nuts work loose." Kipling, 'The Sons of Martha'
  7. First of the Genre: Ultima Underworld by dido · · Score: 4, Informative

    The first real first-person-shooter game (sort of), would rightly be Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss. I think it would be the game that started the FPS revolution, except that Wolfenstein 3D and later, DOOM, brought the revolution into full gear.

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    Qu'on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.