Wolfenstein 3D

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Wolfenstein 3D is a pioneering 1992 first-person shooter video game that popularized the genre with its fast-paced, maze-like 3D action and Nazi-themed combat.

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instanceOf first-person shooter video game
video game
ageRating Mature in later console ports
artist Adrian Carmack
awarded Origins Award for Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1992
bossCharacter Adolf Hitler
Dr. Schabbs
Hans Grosse
censorship heavily censored in German releases
composer Bobby Prince
containsEpisode A Dark Secret
Confrontation
Die, Führer, Die!
Escape from Wolfenstein
Operation: Eisenfaust
Trail of the Madman
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designer John Romero
Tom Hall
developer id Software
developerLocation Mesquite, Texas
distributionModel shareware
enemyType Waffen-SS
surface form: Nazi soldiers

SS guards
attack dogs
engine id Tech precursor engine
genre first-person shooter
graphicsType pseudo-3D
hasExpansion Spear of Destiny
initialReleaseYear 1992
inspiredBy Castle Wolfenstein
surface form: Beyond Castle Wolfenstein

Castle Wolfenstein
legacy considered one of the most influential video games of all time
mainCharacter B.J. Blazkowicz
surface form: B. J. Blazkowicz
mode single-player
notableFor fast-paced 3D action
maze-like level design
popularizing the first-person shooter genre
perspective first-person
platform 3DO
Android
Atari Jaguar
Game Boy Advance
Linux
MS-DOS
macOS
surface form: Mac OS

PC-98
Sony PlayStation 3
surface form: PlayStation 3

Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Windows
Xbox 360
iOS
programmer John Carmack
protagonist B.J. Blazkowicz
surface form: William B. J. Blazkowicz
publisher Activision Publishing
surface form: Activision

Apogee Software
FormGen
releaseDate 1992-05-05
series Wolfenstein series
surface form: Wolfenstein
setting World War II
sharewareEpisode Escape from Wolfenstein
theme Nazi Germany
weapon chaingun
knife
machine gun
pistol

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id Software notableWork Wolfenstein 3D
id Software developedGame Wolfenstein 3D
John Carmack knownFor Wolfenstein 3D
this entity surface form: Wolfenstein 3D engine
John Carmack developed Wolfenstein 3D
Spear of Destiny prequelTo Wolfenstein 3D
Spear of Destiny gameEngine Wolfenstein 3D
this entity surface form: Wolfenstein 3D engine
Spear of Destiny basedOn Wolfenstein 3D
this entity surface form: Wolfenstein 3D technology
B.J. Blazkowicz firstAppearance Wolfenstein 3D
B.J. Blazkowicz appearsIn Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein series notableEntry Wolfenstein 3D
John Romero notableWork Wolfenstein 3D
Atari Jaguar notableGame Wolfenstein 3D
Adrian Carmack notableWork Wolfenstein 3D
Tom Hall notableWork Wolfenstein 3D