They may have been simplistic, stupid, or even annoying by your standards of today, but they were special to you, because you spent hours and hours playing them and learning about your computer, sometimes by hacking them. The games you play when you first learn how to use a computer are sometimes the ones that stay with you the longest. The first looks at Castle Wolfenstein, the game that inspired it all the second deals with the PC development of Wolfenstein 3D on the PC the third with the Apple IIGS development and the fourth with comments about the game itself. The story will be presented in four major parts. Consider it a sidebar off of the last column. Previously you have heard bits and pieces of the tale but you’ve never heard the entire story before now. This time, the information I can share is gathered from sources other than the Lamp publications, so I will be indeed “illuminating” the Lamp. Instead, I want to focus on the story of Wolfenstein 3D, which has been mentioned several times in this series so far. We are going to diverge this month from our regularly scheduled review of The Lamp! for 1999. This story appeared in the January 2004 issue, and is here represented for your enjoyment.) DER FUEHRER’S FACE – Wolfenstein 3D

(I originally wrote this article as part of my series, “Illuminating The Lamp” for The Lamp! online newsletter. The Long Strange Saga of Wolfenstein 3D On The Apple IIGS

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