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Wolfenstein 3-D Celebrates 20 Years With Free Browser-Based Version

Posted by samzenpus on from the shoot-away dept.

Dr Herbert West writes "20 years ago today, id software released Wolfenstein 3D, inspired by the classic Apple II game, Castle Wolfenstein. To celebrate, Bethesda Softworks on Wednesday released a free, browser-based version of the iconic first-person shooter. Users can pick which level they wish to play in the browser version, even the secret levels."

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  1. Logged on to play. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They wanted my fucking bitrthdate so I gave them 1/1/1900.

    WTF, is our fucking legal system so screwed that having some dipshit fucking form where anyone can lie is preferable to to just letting anyone play?!?

    Nevermind don't answer that. That was rhetorical.

    DOn't want to get the pedant NAzis all worked up here.

  2. Re:doesn't look like much now, but... by artor3 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I remember having a friend describe Wolfenstein 3D to me before I actually saw it. I couldn't wrap my mind around it. I kept thinking it would have to be static images, like those old RPGs in which you looked in the four cardinal directions simultaneously (e.g. Moraff's World), and couldn't imagine how you could have a shooter like that. Realtime 3D really was amazing to see for the first time. Moreso even than seeing actual 3D with active shutter glasses many years later.

  3. Re:Prequel to ReturnToWolfenstein by antdude · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Play that online: http://www.virtualapple.org/castlewolfensteindisk.html ;)

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