DOS Games Discussion

486 player · Gaming Demi-god Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 1067

I wasn't able to go to the site for several days until I found t'is

What does t'is mean 'bout some games, freeware? Frenkel?

Larry Laffer · Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

Considering the way everybody seems to be sooner worried about DNF, I don't think their older games're gonna change status from abandonware anytime soon.

dosraider · Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject:

Some of them ol'Apogee games are sold on GOG ...
http://www.gog.com/en/search/sort/publisher/Apogee%20Software

And other GOG alike ....

Unknown_K · Way too much free time Joined: 01 Oct 2002 Posts: 559

Good time to fire up the old DOS Apogee games.

486 player · Gaming Demi-god Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 1067

Apogee exists (so far), 3D Realms doesn't.

Larry Laffer · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:25 am Post subject:

Er, Apogee Software, Ltd. is the legal name of 3D realms.

So, yea... Upset

486 player · Gaming Demi-god Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 1067

In paper, not as a real production house. 3D was Apogee's subdivision. Back then the ompany founded a studio for each genre.

emmzee · Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:41 pm Post subject:

AFAIK, while it used to be true that 3D Realms was a division of Apogee, I think now Apogee = 3D Realms, so the death of one is the death of the other. Sad

486 player · Gaming Demi-god Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 1067

It's solved tomorow what'll happen to games when store's propably closed.

486 player · Gaming Demi-god Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 1067

Nope, just Duke Forever:

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58681

(Debendin' on Take 2.)

Dogbreath · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 4:11 pm Post subject:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/748-Duke-Nukem-Forever

^Brilliant, brilliant f'ing review of all this bullshit.

2LT Worm · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 9:26 pm Post subject:

Eugene Esterly III · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:12 pm Post subject:

I read about what happened to 3D Realms (formally Apogee) a few days ago.

Doesn't surprise me though. 3D Realms claimed for the past 12 years that they were working on Duke Nukem Forever. Heck, I knew this game wasn't going to come out, George Broussard is one of the biggest idiots in the video game industry. George was always saying that it will be done, when it's done. Not only that, they paid money to license the Quake 2 engine and then a few years later, dropped Quake 2 and paid Epic a license for the Unreal engine.

I'm sorry to see the employees of 3D Realms let go. Some of them have been with the company for years such as Allen Blum and Joe Siegler.

3D Realms still exists except they lost their core group of workers, only a few people are left at the company.

Duke Nukem Forever will be cemented in video game history as one of the most bonehead ides.

Don't get me wrong, I love the games of Apogee/3D Realms such as Terminal Velocity, Duke 3d, Blood, Shadow Warrior, Dark Ages, Alien Carnage, etc.

It's sad to see this happen to the company but they caused it to happen to them.

Eugene Esterly III · Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject:

carbontwelve · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:38 am Post subject:

its a shame, but they did bring it on themselves. I wonder if the phrase they duke nuked it will catch on for failing a project...