Rise of the Triad Archives
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part I
Those who know me (and have read my blog over the years) know that I spent quite some time working for Scott Miller & George Broussard of Apogee Software (later 3D Realms). Was probably the single most fun job I’ve ever had in my life, and to this day, I still wish the old team […]