Video Game Reviews, Articles
Apogee Software was a pioneer in the PC gaming world in the nineties. When it came to side-scrollers specifically, you were spoiled for choice. The Commander Keen and Duke Nukem games were best-sellers for the publisher, though there were numerous…
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What is it? Spear of Destiny is a mission pack for the first-person shooter Wolfenstein 3D, developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software and FormGen. Set in World War II but before the events of the main game,…
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What is it? Blake Stone: Planet Strike is a first-person shooter developed by JAM Productions and published by Apogee Software. Once again built within an upgraded version of the Wolfenstein 3D engine, it picks off after the events of Blake…
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What is it? Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold is a first-person shooter developed by JAM Productions and published by Apogee Software. Built within an upgraded version of the Wolfenstein 3D engine, the titular protagonist must blast through over 66 levels…
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What is it? Wolfenstein 3D is a first-person shooter developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software and FormGen. Set in World War II, super-soldier B.J. Blazkowicz finds himself captured in Castle Wolfenstein. He breaks from his jail cell…
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What is it? Extreme Rise of the Triad is an expansion pack for the first-person shooter developed by the Developers of Incredible Power and published by Apogee in 1996. The High-risk United Nations Taskforce (H.U.N.T) have just infiltrated the fortress…
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What is it? Rise of the Triad: Dark War is a first-person shooter developed by the Developers of Incredible Power and published by Apogee in 1995. The High-risk United Nations Taskforce (H.U.N.T) are tasked with fighting their way through a…
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What is it? Duke Nukem II is a 2D platformer developed and published by Apogee Software. Our hero is abducted by the Rigelatins during a talk show, in hopes of harvesting his brain. Not one for giving up, Duke breaks…
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What is it? Duke Nukem (otherwise known as ‘Duke Nukum’) is a 2D platformer developed and published by Apogee Software. The mad, cybernetic scientist Dr. Proton is planning on taking over the world with an army of robots. Duke sets…
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What is it? Raptor: Call of the Shadows – 2015 Edition is a vertical scrolling-shooter originally developed by Cygnus Studios and published by Apogee in 1994. It was re-released in 2015 by DotEmu with additional features. As a mercenary, you…
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In ‘No Pay 2 Play’, we review free video games (whether they’re riddled with microtransactions and season passes or not) and then answer the golden question: is it worth adding to your game library? Boring Stuff Developed and published by…
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If you were a no-name video game company in the nineties, there was a pretty popular method of raking in money: Step 1: Wait for a popular game to be released, along with its map-making tools Step 2: Make…
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Hail to the king, baby! This is an interview with professional voice actor and radio presenter Jon St. John, famously known as the voice of Duke Nukem. After the release of two successful side-scrollers and a critically-acclaimed first-person shooter, Duke was…
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Before his claim to fame as a FPS-icon of the nineties, Duke Nukem started off as a humble protagonist-in-pink on a PC-exclusive side-scroller. His debut game bagged some sweet reviews and sold very well at the time, but by today’s…
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