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R.I.P Apogee

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 6:49 am
by 486 player
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?

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 12:26 pm
by Larry Laffer
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.

Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 6:58 pm
by dosraider
Some of them ol'Apogee games are sold on GOG ...
http://www.gog.com/en/search/sort/publi ... 20Software

And other GOG alike ....

Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 4:03 pm
by Unknown_K
Good time to fire up the old DOS Apogee games.

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:05 am
by 486 player
Apogee exists (so far), 3D Realms doesn't.

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 10:25 am
by Larry Laffer
Er, Apogee Software, Ltd. is the legal name of 3D realms.


So, yea... :upset:

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 3:03 pm
by 486 player
In paper, not as a real production house. 3D was Apogee's subdivision. Back then the ompany founded a studio for each genre.

Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 4:41 pm
by emmzee
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. :(

Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 3:37 am
by 486 player
It's solved tomorow what'll happen to games when store's propably closed.

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 3:17 am
by 486 player
Nope, just Duke Forever:

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

(Debendin' on Take 2.)

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 4:11 pm
by Dogbreath
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... em-Forever

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

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 9:26 pm
by CPT Worm
Dogbreath wrote:http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... em-Forever

^Brilliant, brilliant f'ing review of all this bullshit.
I fuckin' love Yahtzee.

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:12 pm
by Eugene Esterly III
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.

Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:13 pm
by Eugene Esterly III
dosraider wrote:Some of them ol'Apogee games are sold on GOG ...
http://www.gog.com/en/search/sort/publi ... 20Software

And other GOG alike ....
I bought Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold and Planet Strike from Gog a few months ago and the prices are very good on GOG.

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:38 am
by carbontwelve
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...

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:47 am
by Larry Laffer
Only for projects that take 12 to fail with the occasional screenshot teaser every 3-4 years.