Apogee is back! Duke 3D coming soon to PSP / DS!

Post by **Wally** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:54 pm

x3sphere from eXophase has posted this! Perhaps this should be in announcements.

Legendary Apogee Returns to Action

The publisher that pioneered episodic gaming and online distribution is back.

Dallas, Texas - July 14, 2008 - Apogee Software is back to re-establish itself as an innovative leader in interactive entertainment. Apogee is reviving some of its legacy catalogue of 30+ releases as well as publishing all-new properties in collaboration with diverse creators and developers.

Apogee is bringing the King of Action himself, Duke NukemTM, to the handheld console market with three new missions, together called the Duke Nukem TrilogyTM. Apogee Software is producing the Trilogy under an exclusive license agreement with 3D Realms and MachineWorks Northwest LLC. The Trilogy is comprised of three episodes: Critical MassTM, Chain ReactionTM, and Proving GroundsTM.

“This marks a new beginning for a famous publisher with a history of market-making innovation,” said Terry Nagy, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Apogee. “I can’t think of a better character than Duke or a better franchise than the Trilogy to usher in a new era for Apogee.”

“It’s funny how what’s old is new again in this industry,” remarked Apogee co-founder, Scott Miller. “Many of the things Apogee pioneered are back in style, so it only makes sense to bring back Apogee and its properties with a visionary team that will once again create innovation for gamers around the world.”
Apogee pioneered the shareware game revolution in 1987 by inventing the concept of game demos, distributed online, which advertised the remaining episodes in a series. Before this time, game demos and episodic releases were unheard of. These concepts created by Apogee have become mainstream today. Apogee’s amazing history includes the original releases of Commander KeenTM (1990), Duke NukemTM (1991), Wolfenstein 3-DTM (1992), RaptorTM (1993), and Rise of the TriadTM (1994), just to name a few.

Source: http://exophase.com/psp/apogee-software ... s-6381.htm

Would be good to see Commander Keen trilogy avaliable for either of these consoles..

Welcome Back Apogee!

Wally

Post by **dosraider** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:48 pm

For PSP .....

And DN Forever will be out soon? Yes?

Gamer_V · Post by **Gamer_V** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:05 am

It's not Duke 3D, they're going to be 2d sidescrollers like the first two. At least, I think I read that somewhere.

I do hope they put their back catalogue on Steam. Or you know, Good old Games, so even Dosraider can get 'em.

Post by **dosraider** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:25 am

You knew this was coming:

dosraider and Steam(-shit)= NO MATCH.

Post by **Dogbreath** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:05 am

dosraider wrote:For PSP .....

And DN Forever will be out soon? Yes?

It's been 11 years, so it can't be much longer.

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:18 am

The other way around works just as fine:

We've waited 11 years, what's another 2 or 3 years?

Post by **Wally** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:37 pm

thats 13 or 14 years Larry.

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:41 am

Your math is mind boggling bodacious, Wally...

Gamer_V · Post by **Gamer_V** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:17 am

The trailer is here: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36746.html

I laughed. :')

Post by **dosraider** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:49 am

I didn't laugh, more something as FTW.....?
Was that the best they could offer? Some slide show?

Pfffffffff.

Crap.

GAMER · Post by **GAMER** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:17 am

I have no words.
Only that face.

GAMER

Post by **emmzee** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:14 am

So, in other words, "We have no gameplay to show yet ... here's some filler crap."

Also ... names of new Duke 3D games:
Critical Mass
Chain Reaction
Proving Grounds

Names of the original 3 Super ZZT games:
Lost Forest
Monster Zoo
Proving Grounds

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:19 am

Makes me wonder how many peeps are actually working on Duke Nukem...

My bet is 2 tops, and one of them is going to be in the credits under "Special thanks: Matt, the Pizza Guy"

Post by **Dogbreath** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:37 am

emmzee wrote:So, in other words, "We have no gameplay to show yet ... here's some filler crap."

Also ... names of new Duke 3D games:
Critical Mass
Chain Reaction
Proving Grounds

Names of the original 3 Super ZZT games:
Lost Forest
Monster Zoo
Proving Grounds

There's also "Wizardry I: Proving Grounds"

It'd be funny if they ripped Super ZZT and had that instead of Duke 3D.

abyss · Post by **abyss** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:31 am

Yay Apogee is back. I hope some new Comander Keen games are made cause that would be awesome. The last keen game was that game boy colour game and that was bad.