Jun 18 2009
Apogee, how I loved thee
I thought my 100mhz computer was top of the line back when it came out. Running Win 95; ran all the games my friends’ 486 and 386 would choke on. The early 90s holds memorable PC gaming for me.
Apogee made & published some awesome games back then. They became 3D Realms, famous for the Duke Nukem 3D & Shadow Warrior. But were also involved in Commander Keen, Rise of the Triad, etc. Besides the popular Doom, Descent, Duke, etc games; I’m trying to remember the other ones I enjoyed:
Wacky Wheels was hot shit
Rise of the Triad (double guns rocked, and they had some crazy cheats in the game)
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
Terminal Velocity (great music)
I don’t even remember how I got so many games back then. Probably ‘warez and gamez’ sites. I remember buying the shareware version of Quake and then using a key gen to get the unlock code for the full thing.
