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FPS: First Person Shooter

I decided to break them down into episodes, release just the first episodeas a free...

I decided to break them down into episodes, release just the first episode
as a free Shareware game and, at the end of that episode, I would
have a splash screen pop up saying, 'Hey, if you liked this, there's
two more episodes you can buy

Full Transcript

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I decided to break them down into episodes,
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release just the first episode as a free Shareware game
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and, at the end of that episode, I would have a splash screen pop up saying,
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'Hey, if you liked this, there's two more episodes you can buy.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:43
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, action
Production
CreatorVC

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Movie Summary

A documentary about first-person shooter video games.
Send me $30, I'll send you the games.' - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
Send me $30, I'll send you the games.'
So, I quit my daytime job as a computer consultant and started up Apogee. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
So, I quit my daytime job as a computer consultant and start...
I had gotten letters over probably a month. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
I had gotten letters over probably a month.
They all had different names, and I thought I had some fans - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
They all had different names, and I thought I had some fans
And there was an article about a guy named Scott Miller. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
And there was an article about a guy named Scott Miller.
I get to the very end, and it has his name, and his address. I'm like, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:23
I get to the very end, and it has his name, and his address....
And he finally figured out that all these three different letters were coming from the same address, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:34
And he finally figured out that all these three different le...
Is there any way I can fund the development of a game that we can then release in Shareware? - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
Is there any way I can fund the development of a game that w...
We were brainstorming a bunch of stuff, and I went back to my office for 15 minutes, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:16
We were brainstorming a bunch of stuff, and I went back to m...
Well, the Commander Keen games really sort of blew open the doors - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
Well, the Commander Keen games really sort of blew open the ...
It just really coalesced them as a team. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
It just really coalesced them as a team.
It proved that these guys could bring a compelling Nintendo-like - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:11
It proved that these guys could bring a compelling Nintendo-...
In January of 1991, John wanted to make a 3D game, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
In January of 1991, John wanted to make a 3D game,
We had all played games like Wizardry and, like, Ultima III and IV, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:12
We had all played games like Wizardry and, like, Ultima III ...
It was really cool, because I had not seen that perspective on a computer monitor before. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
It was really cool, because I had not seen that perspective ...
I had one important book on 3D graphics that I had gotten when I was - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
I had one important book on 3D graphics that I had gotten wh...
John Carmack wrote a rotating cube demo - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
John Carmack wrote a rotating cube demo
There were a lot of, like, to be, to make that cube rotate. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
There were a lot of, like, to be, to make that cube rotate.
The trick was figuring out, 'What's the first thing that we can do that has a fun factor to it - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:24
The trick was figuring out, 'What's the first thin...
But, when we did Hovertank One, you could kind of move on any pixel. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
But, when we did Hovertank One, you could kind of move on an...