This was basically the title that lunched the first person shooter. While Doom gets more press it was this game that started a new direction for gaming originally published by apogee 17 years ago. it is still an great play even now and carries enough of an legacy that id returned to it with a quake 3 remake and a coming up sequel to that remake powered by the doom 3 engine. the first shareware episode is a remake of the Castle Wolfenstine by muse which this game was inspired by so much so that id legal had to dig for the rights to the name. The full version contains 5 additional episodes witch throw out WW2 realism in favor of killing Nazi mutants with pistols in there chests and Hitler in a mechanized suit. originally put out as a dos title it has seen bunches of retail issues leaving three copies of the current version "1.4". The version sold here by Apogee3DR is version 1.4g. That version includes the apogee logo and graphics set including the old order info for the game. For a while GT interactive (now Atari) sold wolf 3d with the hint book included and removed the apogee logo (replaced with a GT logo) and order info this version also ended up in the gt distributed id anthology. the one sold on GOG.com and the last Retail copy put out by Activision is similar the the last retail 1.4 but uses a activision logo on the setup screen. all three are the same game apogee did sell for a short time a 1.4 without cheats so if you buy a old set of wolf 3d floppies online the cheat codes may be removed. This is a must get game for any fps fan.
this trilogy of games is continued from John Romero's platformer series for the Apple ][ computer. The series here is built using the Commander Keen 3.5 engine made with the same code as keen dreams. The first game was made by ID after they split from softdisk under contract. it basically combines the keen game play with the gore id would later be famous for. you play Dave an redneck with an shotgun and you gun down zombies and other demonic creatures. the first game has regenerating ammo when you stop in an safe place you reload your gun. the softdisk episodes you have to pick up shells. if you like id's other games you will find this game interesting.
ROTT came out only to get over shadowed by quake and duke 3d. Tom Hall and the rest of dip gave us an multiplayer wolf 3d engine that incorpated doom game play with platformer elements. you basically get to be rambo with cartoon style humor included are all of the 3dr extras and you can peform the rocket jumb with one of the rocket launchers. before duke there was RoTT.
