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Wolfenstein 3D

Shooter Action Fantasy Science fiction Historical
78
User Score
309 ratings
56
Critic Score
1 reviews
Very Positive
3,657 reviews
May 5, 1992
Released 12409 days ago
Acorn Archimedes PC-9800 Series PlayStation 3 DOS Xbox 360 Game Boy Advance Xbox One

About

Wolfenstein 3D is a first-person shooter presented with rudimentary 3D graphics and a follow-up to the top-down infiltration game Castle Wolfenstein. The game is broken up into levels, each of which is a flat plane divided into areas and rooms by a grid-based pattern of walls and doors, all of equal height. Each level is themed after Nazi bunkers and buildings. To finish a level, the player must traverse through the area to reach an elevator. Levels are grouped together into named episodes, with the final level focusing on a boss fight with a particularly difficult enemy. While traversing the levels, the player must fight Nazi guards and soldiers, dogs, and other enemies while managing supplies of ammunition and health.

While the name was kept the same as the original release, this and future releases of the game came with the base campaign and the Nocturnal Missions expansion campaign together.

Storyline

The game follows B.J. Blazkowicz, an American spy during World War II and his efforts to destroy the Nazi regime. Wolfenstein 3D is divided into two sets of three episodes. In "Escape", Blazkowicz has been captured while trying to find the plans for Operation Eisenfaust (Iron Fist) and imprisoned in Castle Wolfenstein, from which he must escape. "Operation: Eisenfaust" follows his discovery and thwarting of the Nazi plan to create an army of undead mutants in Castle Hollehammer, while in "Die, Führer, Die!" he infiltrates a bunker under the Reichstag, culminating in a battle with Adolf Hitler in a robotic suit equipped with four chain guns.

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Release Dates by Platform

DOS Worldwide
May 5, 1992
DOS Worldwide
Dec 31, 1992
Acorn Archimedes Worldwide
Oct 1, 1994
PC-9800 Series Worldwide
Nov 18, 1994
DOS Worldwide
Dec 31, 1996
Game Boy Advance Worldwide
Mar 31, 2002
Game Boy Advance Worldwide
Apr 19, 2002
Xbox 360 Worldwide
Jun 3, 2009
PlayStation 3 Worldwide
Jun 4, 2009
PlayStation 3 Worldwide
Jun 11, 2009
PlayStation 3 Worldwide
May 31, 2013
Xbox One Worldwide
Nov 12, 2015

Game Info

Developer
id Software
Publisher
GT Interactive Software, BAM! Entertainment, Wiz Technology, Apogee Software, Activision, Imagineer, id Software, Bethesda Softworks, Powerslave Software
Engine
Wolfenstein 3D
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Genres
Shooter
Themes
Action Fantasy Science fiction Historical

Languages

Audio / Voice
English
Text / Subtitles
English

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