3D Realms
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3D Realms is a video game developer best known for creating the influential first-person shooter Duke Nukem 3D and pioneering shareware distribution in the 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 3D Realms canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11251117 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 3D Realms Context triple: [Duke Nukem 3D, developer, 3D Realms]
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A.
Raven Software
Raven Software is an American video game developer best known for its work on first-person shooters and contributions to the Call of Duty franchise.
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B.
Paradox Entertainment
Paradox Entertainment is a film and television production company known for backing genre and independent projects, including the crime drama "Ain't Them Bodies Saints."
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C.
Neversoft
Neversoft was an American video game developer best known for creating the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series and later working on the Guitar Hero franchise.
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D.
Coktel Vision
Coktel Vision was a French video game developer and publisher best known for its educational and adventure games in the 1980s and 1990s, including the Adibou/Adi series and Gobliiins.
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E.
Revolution Studios
Revolution Studios is an American film production company known for producing mainstream Hollywood movies in the early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 3D Realms Target entity description: 3D Realms is a video game developer best known for creating the influential first-person shooter Duke Nukem 3D and pioneering shareware distribution in the 1990s.
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A.
Raven Software
Raven Software is an American video game developer best known for its work on first-person shooters and contributions to the Call of Duty franchise.
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B.
Paradox Entertainment
Paradox Entertainment is a film and television production company known for backing genre and independent projects, including the crime drama "Ain't Them Bodies Saints."
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C.
Neversoft
Neversoft was an American video game developer best known for creating the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series and later working on the Guitar Hero franchise.
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D.
Coktel Vision
Coktel Vision was a French video game developer and publisher best known for its educational and adventure games in the 1980s and 1990s, including the Adibou/Adi series and Gobliiins.
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E.
Revolution Studios
Revolution Studios is an American film production company known for producing mainstream Hollywood movies in the early 2000s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
video game developer ⓘ video game publisher ⓘ |
| activeInDecade |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| businessModel | shareware ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Remedy Entertainment
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
id Software NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionMethod | episodic shareware releases ⓘ |
| engineUsed | Build engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1990s ⓘ |
| formerName | Apogee Software NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Scott Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchiseOwner |
Duke Nukem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shadow Warrior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameGenreSpecialty |
action
ⓘ
first-person shooter ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Garland, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| industry | video games ⓘ |
| influenced | first-person shooter design in the 1990s ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Fredrik Schreiber
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Broussard NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
PC games
ⓘ
first-person shooters ⓘ shareware distribution ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Duke Nukem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Duke Nukem franchise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shadow Warrior franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableGameEngineUsage | Build engine in Duke Nukem 3D GENERATED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Duke Nukem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke Nukem 3D NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Nukem II NERFINISHED ⓘ Prey NERFINISHED ⓘ Rise of the Triad NERFINISHED ⓘ Shadow Warrior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform |
MS-DOS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
PC ⓘ |
| published | Max Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| roleInIndustry | pioneer of shareware distribution ⓘ |
| website | https://3drealms.com/ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 3D Realms Description of subject: 3D Realms is a video game developer best known for creating the influential first-person shooter Duke Nukem 3D and pioneering shareware distribution in the 1990s.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.