That doesn't ring (the correct) bell, but I'm definitely foggy..

Was the *ORIGINAL* Wolfenstein 256 colour? I'm thinking maybe this was something from between Wolfenstein native & when it was actually named, "Wolfenstein 3D," but I may be manufacturing that memory, too.. Not that it should surprise anyone, but the games I'm talking about were available on 3.5" floppy (I believe 720k only). *GAAH!* It's going to kill me. I may have to ask dear old Dad to look through his archives, 'cause he may still have them (if it's not admitting too much, he actually still DOES have a cassette from back in our TRaSh-80 Model III days, when he sprung for the extended 48k RAM, but NOT the 5.25" floppy drive, so all our programming was saved on cassette).

The original "Wolfenstein" was a Mac game I think.

I'm thinking the first time I saw it, it was on a monochrome monitor (the vague memorinations keep coming). May have been an ancient & cheap laptop, or just a very old DOS PC.

Wait - just making sure we're on the same page. Which game are you talking about? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Wolfenstein came out in 1981 and is not what I'm talking about. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D, the first-person shooter, by id Software, published by Apogee, is what I'm talking about.

Wolf3D did originally come in 256 color. Maybe a port was made for older systems too that was in a lower color depth, but I don't think so.

In reference to Wolfenstein, I'm thinking I'm talking pre-W3D, but what I'm really trying to remember is a game that was from Apogee that wasn't Wolfenstein. I just had another intangible recollection: the name of it may have referenced the portals with which you "warped" between levels/dimensions.. GAAH! I'm so close to yanking this thing from the grip of my failed memory.

from what i remember it was never fixed.



cant be Blakestone, since it been mentioned already, is it a FPS game or a platformer? RPG?

Hocus Pocus? Rise of the Triads? Biomenace? and what was that Wolfenstein clone named? the one where you was a mage and zapped zombies on the first level.

EDIT: found it, Catacombs by ID Software. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvkf0VpFkzY

And Luzur wins an Intert00bs! Yeah, THAT'S the one! I have to think my father didn't get this for me until AFTER Wolfenstein was already running around, but it was definitely a looooong time ago when I was playing it. I believe there were 3 releases under this title/story, but I'm not sure..

Thanks for digging that up. Now, I can sleep again.

heh, i thought i was the only one that have ever played it.

Apparently not. Maybe there are more who are just afraid to admit it? *heh heh*

its not that bad, for its time. my brother gave me a load of 3.25 disks with shareware and whole games for my 486 and Catacombs where on one of them, must be some 14-15 years since i played it the last time.

*sigh* time sure flies.

ohhh man catacombs 3d. I actually was playing that a few days ago it's not bad honestly. it's no wolf3d/doom/nuke3d but it's a decent game if hyou dont mind it's older engine. I still think it's fun