Comments on: The Netbook Gamer: Unreal (1998, FPS) http://www.geardiary.com/2009/10/19/the-netbook-gamer-unreal-1998-fps/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Andersonhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/10/19/the-netbook-gamer-unreal-1998-fps/#comment-50849 Michael Anderson Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:26:00 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=49156#comment-50849 Yeah - you probably missed it, but in my heavy coverage of Wolf3D for iPhone, Wolfenstein RPG for iPhone and the recent Wolfenstein for PC & console, I mentioned that because I had loved playing Castle Wolfenstein on my Apple ][+ I was thrilled in '92 when Wolf 3D came out and was a FPS nut ever since ... that is why I say I trace my lineage of FPS love to '81 ... I'd never heard of Maze War back in the early 90's, but knew that Ultima Underworld was a true 3D experience before that or Wolf 3D, and an absolute resource pig! Thanks for walking down memory lane with me ... will be plenty more to come! Yeah – you probably missed it, but in my heavy coverage of Wolf3D for iPhone, Wolfenstein RPG for iPhone and the recent Wolfenstein for PC & console, I mentioned that because I had loved playing Castle Wolfenstein on my Apple ][+ I was thrilled in ’92 when Wolf 3D came out and was a FPS nut ever since … that is why I say I trace my lineage of FPS love to ’81 …

I’d never heard of Maze War back in the early 90′s, but knew that Ultima Underworld was a true 3D experience before that or Wolf 3D, and an absolute resource pig!

Thanks for walking down memory lane with me … will be plenty more to come!

]]> By: Mark Chinskyhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/10/19/the-netbook-gamer-unreal-1998-fps/#comment-50836 Mark Chinsky Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:59:59 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=49156#comment-50836 Ok, I'm dating myself here. Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Wolfenstein was never a FPS but sort of a top down 2d game (and a great one at that. One of the first to use sound sampling on a home computer) The first 3d FPS is arguably either Maze War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_War, or more likely, if you think of the modern FPS, Wolfenstein 3d by id which came out in 1992 for the PC (dos version). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D Ok, I’m dating myself here. Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Wolfenstein
was never a FPS but sort of a top down 2d game (and a great one at that. One of the first to use sound sampling on a home computer)

The first 3d FPS is arguably either Maze War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maze_War, or more likely, if you think of the modern FPS, Wolfenstein 3d by id which came out in 1992 for the PC (dos version).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D

]]> By: Chris (kiwi) Grayhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/10/19/the-netbook-gamer-unreal-1998-fps/#comment-64071 Chris (kiwi) Gray Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:20:46 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=49156#comment-64071 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">The Netbook Gamer: Unreal (1998, FPS) | Gear Diary: Netbook Gamer Retrospective time! I am going to take a look.. http://bit.ly/11sXXv</span></span> The Netbook Gamer: Unreal (1998, FPS) | Gear Diary: Netbook Gamer Retrospective time! I am going to take a look.. http://bit.ly/11sXXv

]]> By: breleyhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/10/19/the-netbook-gamer-unreal-1998-fps/#comment-50687 breley Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:11:10 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=49156#comment-50687 Ah, good old Unreal. Back in the days of CompuServe I used to beta test for Epic MegaGamers, things like Epic Pinball and Jazz Jackrabbit. Years later, at work we got an early prototype of Unreal for use in a client's hardware demo, back when the storyline was still being developed, music was quite different than the released product and there were only a few levels/characters to try. BTW, I hear you on colicky infants...our firstborn was colicky from about 2-4am every night for nine months. Ah, good old Unreal. Back in the days of CompuServe I used to beta test for Epic MegaGamers, things like Epic Pinball and Jazz Jackrabbit. Years later, at work we got an early prototype of Unreal for use in a client’s hardware demo, back when the storyline was still being developed, music was quite different than the released product and there were only a few levels/characters to try. BTW, I hear you on colicky infants…our firstborn was colicky from about 2-4am every night for nine months.

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