Is there anyone reading this echo besides Bryan and myself?

If so, please respond.

Joe Siegler
Apogee / 3D Realms

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Hello Douglas!

Friday February 01 2002 17:38, Douglas Connor wrote to Joe Siegler:

Read?
There hasn't been much To Read.
Doug

There is 100 Messages in my base of all the news.

Bryan Turner (Bat) Support Shareware! Pirates Suck! vagabond@darktech.org http://vagabond.virtualave.net

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Is there anyone reading this echo besides Bryan and myself?

If so, please respond.

Oh yeah. I'm here, I'm reading but I'm quiet..

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Re: Anyone home?

Is there anyone reading this echo besides Bryan and myself?
If so, please respond.
Joe Siegler
Apogee / 3D Realms
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Read?
There hasn't been much To Read.
Doug

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Read?
There hasn't been much To Read.

Well, Bryan does cross post news from our web site here. There is stuff, just not a lot. Was curious to know who was even out there anymore. :)

Joe

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I read it.

Quoting Joe Siegler to All <=-

Is there anyone reading this echo besides Bryan and myself?

If so, please respond.

Joe Siegler
Apogee / 3D Realms

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Hello Joe,

Is there anyone reading this echo besides Bryan and myself?

If so, please respond.

I pop in here from time to time.. :)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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Anyone reading this anymore except myself and Bryan? :)

Joe Siegler
3D Realms / Apogee

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Hi Joe,

Anyone reading this anymore except myself and Bryan? :)

Joe Siegler
3D Realms / Apogee

I am <g>

Have a great New Year :)

Take care,
Janis

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Re: Anyone home?

Anyone reading this anymore except myself and Bryan? :)
Joe Siegler
3D Realms / Apogee

Not much too read lately:(

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Re: Anyone home?
By: Joe Siegler to All on Tue Dec 31 2002 02:46 am

Anyone reading this anymore except myself and Bryan? :)

I am here.. Apogee making any new games? I remember alot of the old ones that were cool from the 386 days.. :)

Jason - KC8SZU
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Hi Joe!

31 Dec 30 02:46, Joe Siegler wrote to All:

Anyone reading this anymore except myself and Bryan? :)

It gets here.... but about the reading I ain't so sure.....

Cheers

Ger Vloothuis
ICQ:103-106-035

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Re: Anyone home?
By: Joe Siegler to All on Tue Dec 31 2002 02:46 am

Anyone reading this anymore except myself and Bryan? :)

I am here.. Apogee making any new games? I remember alot of the
old ones that were cool from the 386 days.. :)

Well, the company's official "on paper" name is still Apogee Software, Ltd, so in that aspect you could say "Yes, they are". However, since 1995, the majority of them have been marketed under the 3D Realms label.

There's a complete listing of everything we've released (although some of the info from the early days is sketchy) here:

http://www.3drealms.com/history2.html

Joe Siegler
3D Realms

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Re: Anyone home?
By: Joe Siegler to Jason Vierik on Wed Jan 01 2003 12:29 am

Well, the company's official "on paper" name is still Apogee Software, Ltd, in that aspect you could say "Yes, they are". However, since 1995, the majority of them have been marketed under the 3D Realms label.

There's a complete listing of everything we've released (although some of th info from the early days is sketchy) here:

http://www.3drealms.com/history2.html

Hey, I will check that out, thanks!

Jason - KC8SZU
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Hi Joe!

You were saying:

Anyone reading this anymore except myself and Bryan? :)

Joe Siegler
3D Realms / Apogee

Here in New Orleans! And Happy New Year!

Regards,
Marc

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Hello Joe.

01 Jan 03 00:29, you wrote to Jason Vierik:

Re: Anyone home?
By: Joe Siegler to All on Tue Dec 31 2002 02:46 am

Anyone reading this anymore except myself and Bryan? :)

I am here.. Apogee making any new games? I remember alot of the
old ones that were cool from the 386 days.. :)

Well, the company's official "on paper" name is still Apogee Software, Ltd, so in that aspect you could say "Yes, they are". However, since 1995, the majority of them have been marketed under the 3D Realms
label.

There's a complete listing of everything we've released (although some
of the info from the early days is sketchy) here:

http://www.3drealms.com/history2.html

hmm... And how on earth did ID/Activision get their grubby paws on Return to Castle Wolfenstein? :)


Mike

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Hello Mike!

Tuesday January 07 2003 06:44, you wrote to Joe Siegler:

hmm... And how on earth did ID/Activision get their grubby paws on
Return to Castle Wolfenstein? :)

Errmmm.......they wrote it? ;-)


Be lucky,

Neil

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Hello Neil.

07 Jan 03 20:29, you wrote to me:

Hello Mike!

Tuesday January 07 2003 06:44, you wrote to Joe Siegler:

hmm... And how on earth did ID/Activision get their grubby paws
on Return to Castle Wolfenstein? :)

Errmmm.......they wrote it? ;-)

I was under the impression that Apogee wrote the original Wolfenstein 3D .... I could be wrong :)


Mike

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Hello Mike!

Wednesday January 08 2003 21:27, you wrote to me:

I was under the impression that Apogee wrote the original Wolfenstein
3D .... I could be wrong :)

You are. ;-)

Castle Wolfenstein was an Atari game that iD Software used as the basis for Wolfenstein 3D. This was iD's first-generation 3D software that led to the ground-breaking Doom. The rest is history. ;-)


Be lucky,

Neil

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Hello Mike!

Wednesday January 08 2003 21:27, you wrote to me:

I was under the impression that Apogee wrote the original Wolfenstein
3D .... I could be wrong :)

You are. ;-)

Wolfenstein 3D was id Software's first-generation 3D game based on an Atari game, Castle Wolfenstein. This led to the ground-breaking Doom. The rest is history. ;-)


Be lucky,

Neil

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Castle Wolfenstein was an Atari game that iD Software used as the basis for Wolfenstein 3D. This was iD's first-generation 3D software that led to the ground-breaking Doom. The rest is history. ;-)

If you ask me, the REAL groundbreaker was QUAKE! Easy a decade ahead of its time in graphics and action....not to mention animation quality.

Doom was essentially Wolfenstein with SLIGHTLY better graphics and the same action....

Quake broke new ground!!

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Hello Joe.

hmm... And how on earth did ID/Activision get their grubby paws
on Return to Castle Wolfenstein? :)

Well, Wolfenstein is an id Software game. id wrote it. Apogee assisted, and were the distributors in shareware, but in retail, id owns the rights to put it
whomever they want. id's been with Activision for retail distribution for awhile now.

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Hello Mike!

Wednesday January 08 2003 21:27, you wrote to me:

I was under the impression that Apogee wrote the original
Wolfenstein 3D .... I could be wrong :)

You are. ;-)

Castle Wolfenstein was an Atari game that iD Software used as the
basis for Wolfenstein 3D. This was iD's first-generation 3D
software that led to the ground-breaking Doom. The rest is
history. ;-)

*COUGH*.

It was an Apple // game originally. ;)

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Castle Wolfenstein was an Atari game that iD Software used as the
basis for Wolfenstein 3D. This was iD's first-generation 3D
software that led to the ground-breaking Doom. The rest is
history. ;-)

If you ask me, the REAL groundbreaker was QUAKE! Easy a decade
ahead of its time in graphics and action....not to mention
animation quality.

Doom was essentially Wolfenstein with SLIGHTLY better graphics
and the same action....

Quake broke new ground!!

And Quake was the same game, just better tech. :)

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Hello Joe!

Saturday January 18 2003 01:52, you wrote to me:

Castle Wolfenstein was an Atari game that iD Software used as the
basis for Wolfenstein 3D. This was iD's first-generation 3D
software that led to the ground-breaking Doom. The rest is
history. ;-)

*COUGH*.

It was an Apple // game originally. ;)

If you want to be pedantic, yes, it was released for the Apple II in 1981 whereas the Atari version was released in 1982 (and CBM 64 in 1983, PC in 1984). ;-)

BUT, the Apple II was very expensive and not a great success outside the US and
the Atari version of the game is better known. ;-)


Be lucky,

Neil

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If you ask me, the REAL groundbreaker was QUAKE! Easy a decade
ahead of its time in graphics and action....not to mention
animation quality.

Doom was essentially Wolfenstein with SLIGHTLY better graphics
and the same action....

Quake broke new ground!!

And Quake was the same game, just better tech. :)

Well, you know how it goes...a shooter..is a shooter..is a shooter...:-)

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Hello Joe!

Saturday January 18 2003 01:52, you wrote to me:

Castle Wolfenstein was an Atari game that iD Software used as
the basis for Wolfenstein 3D. This was iD's first-generation 3D
software that led to the ground-breaking Doom. The rest is
history. ;-)

*COUGH*.

It was an Apple // game originally. ;)

If you want to be pedantic, yes, it was released for the Apple II
in 1981 whereas the Atari version was released in 1982 (and CBM
64 in 1983, PC in 1984). ;-)

BUT, the Apple II was very expensive and not a great success
outside the US and the Atari version of the game is better known.
;-)

I disagree with that last statement. I think the game is an Apple // game, and
I don't think I'm being pedantic about it.

Joe

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