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  • Posted on June 26, 2023April 13, 2025
    • Apogee / 3DR
    • Rise of the Triad

Extreme ROTT’s Pillar Problem

Now that the new HD re-release of 1995 Rise of the Triad is about to come out next month, I’ve started playing the game for the sake of playing the game for the first time in forever again.  Extreme ROTT has always had a reputation of being radically harder than the base game.  I mean […]

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  • Posted on December 9, 2022April 14, 2025
    • Apogee / 3DR
    • Rise of the Triad

Going Down the Fast Way

This past week a fun video about Rise of the Triad was released. Given my connections to that game, I watch all ROTT videos, and like all of them, I enjoyed this one from Ruby Ranger. Also like most Rise of the Triad videos, they spend time talking about the game’s soundtrack, which after all the […]

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  • Posted on January 8, 2022April 14, 2025
    • Apogee / 3DR
    • Duke Nukem
    • Games

Duke Nukem Forever Atari 2600

I’ve written about Duke Nukem a bunch, but one thing I never did was something I did ages ago – made a functional prototype of Duke Nukem Forever for the Atari 2600.   It was an April fool’s joke I released on the 3D Realms site back in 2003.   The page I released for […]

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  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 17, 2025
    • Apogee / 3DR
    • Duke Nukem
    • Games
    • Rise of the Triad

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part VIII

This is Part 8 of 8 of my History of 3D Realms / Apogee series.  When originally published, it was a single post, but over time WordPress ended up not liking a post that was 33,000 words long.  This segment covers from 2015 until the article was originally published in late 2020. 2015 also had […]

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  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 17, 2025
    • Apogee / 3DR
    • Duke Nukem
    • Games
    • Rise of the Triad

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part VII

This is Part 7 of 8 of my History of 3D Realms / Apogee series.  When originally published, it was a single post, but over time WordPress ended up not liking a post that was 33,000 words long.  This segment covers 2011-2014. Duke Nukem Critical Mass Release Date: 8 Apr 2011 This is a game […]

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  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 17, 2025
    • Apogee / 3DR
    • Duke Nukem
    • Games
    • Rise of the Triad

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part VI

This is Part 6 of 8 of my History of 3D Realms / Apogee series.  When originally published, it was a single post, but over time WordPress ended up not liking a post that was 33,000 words long.  This segment covers 2006-2010, and the downfall of “my” version of the company. 2006 – Once again, […]

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  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 16, 2025
    • Apogee / 3DR
    • Duke Nukem
    • Games
    • Rise of the Triad

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part V

This is Part 4 of 8 of my History of 3D Realms / Apogee series.  When originally published, it was a single post, but over time WordPress ended up not liking a post that was 33,000 words long.  This segment covers 1998-2005. 1998 was the first of the really slow years.  We had just a […]

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  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 16, 2025
    • Apogee / 3DR
    • Duke Nukem
    • Games
    • Rise of the Triad

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part IV

This is Part 4 of 8 of my History of 3D Realms / Apogee series.  When originally published, it was a single post, but over time WordPress ended up not liking a post that was 33,000 words long.  This segment covers 1995-1997. 1995 was a historic year, was the first game released under the 3D […]

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  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 15, 2025
    • Apogee / 3DR
    • Duke Nukem
    • Games
    • Rise of the Triad

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part III

This is Part 2 of 8 of my History of 3D Realms / Apogee series.  When originally published, it was a single post, but over time WordPress ended up not liking a post that was 33,000 words long.  This segment covers 1992-1994 1992 is the year when Apogee exploded with the release of an industry […]

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  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 14, 2025
    • Apogee / 3DR
    • Book Review
    • Duke Nukem
    • Rise of the Triad

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part II

This is Part 2 of 8 of my History of 3D Realms / Apogee series.  When originally published, it was a single post, but over time WordPress ended up not liking a post that was 33,000 words long.  This segment covers 1988-1991. The true release dates of these 1988 releases is lost to time.  None […]

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