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We spent six months last year in 1991, we spent six monthsmaking three Commander Keen...

We spent six months last year in 1991, we spent six months
making three Commander Keen games and now we're going to, what, spend
another year or something? I was like, 'I can't. I can't do it.
I am just sick of making Keen.' I was like, 'We should make another
3D gun; this time, with guns in it.' I said, 'Why don't we just make a
3D version of Castle Wolfenstein?' And they're like, 'Oh my god,
that's exactly the right idea.'

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We spent six months
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last year in 1991, we spent six months making three Commander Keen games
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and now we're going to, what, spend another year or something? I was like,
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'I can't. I can't do it. I am just sick of making Keen.'
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I was like, 'We should make another 3D gun; this time, with guns in it.'
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I said, 'Why don't we just make a 3D version of Castle Wolfenstein?'
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And they're like, 'Oh my god, that's exactly the right idea.'
Duration
31 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:22
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, action
Production
CreatorVC

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Movie Summary

A documentary about first-person shooter video games.
All of us had very fond memories of Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple II. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
All of us had very fond memories of Castle Wolfenstein on th...
There weren't any other games, even on the Apple II, that were set in the Nazi dungeon. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
There weren't any other games, even on the Apple II, th...
It was the first stealth game. You're trying to see if you can hold up guards without them making noise, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
It was the first stealth game. You're trying to see if ...
Or you could drag bodies around corners, and guards could site on corpses and go into alert states. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
Or you could drag bodies around corners, and guards could si...
But, it was so obviously more fun to - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
But, it was so obviously more fun to
While we're making a game, we're playing the game hundreds of times a day, like it is nonstop. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
While we're making a game, we're playing the game ...
You're, like, running it to see how it feels and, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:18
You're, like, running it to see how it feels and,
Designing something truly elegant is one of the hardest things to do. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
Designing something truly elegant is one of the hardest thin...
Once you pare things down to only what needs to be there, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
Once you pare things down to only what needs to be there,
Wolfenstein 3D presented a first person perspective with a very fast action. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
Wolfenstein 3D presented a first person perspective with a v...
John had programmed the engine so well that - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:11
John had programmed the engine so well that
It was super fast, and then we put mouse movement in there - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:13
It was super fast, and then we put mouse movement in there
An idea that you were running around shooting Nazies, that there were guard dogs, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:13
An idea that you were running around shooting Nazies, that t...
You know, actually being able to record sounds was exciting. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
You know, actually being able to record sounds was exciting.
The German death screams - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
The German death screams
Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple II was one of the first things that had any kind of voice output on the game. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple II was one of the first thin...
But, it still made a difference, and it's stuck in everyone's memory. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
But, it still made a difference, and it's stuck in ever...
And then, very much with Wolfenstein 3D, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:11
And then, very much with Wolfenstein 3D,
Here's the sad story: I had a Webster's dictionary. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
Here's the sad story: I had a Webster's dictionary...
College dictionary. In the back of it were, like, really thin - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
College dictionary. In the back of it were, like, really thi...