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Duke Nukem Forever Atari 2600

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on January 8, 2022April 14, 2025
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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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My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part VIII

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 17, 2025
  • 18 minute read
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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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My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part VII

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 17, 2025
  • 19 minute read
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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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My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part VI

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 17, 2025
  • 9 minute read
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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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My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part V

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 16, 2025
  • 11 minute read
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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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My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part IV

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 16, 2025
  • 22 minute read
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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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My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part III

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 15, 2025
  • 26 minute read
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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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My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part I

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 14, 2025
  • 20 minute read
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NOTE: This article is spread out over 8 pages.  It used to be one, but it grew too large – WordPress doesn’t like single articles that are over 30,000 words long.  There are navigation arrows at the bottom of each of the pages of this story.  Make sure and check ’em all out. Those who […]

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“Game Over” Atari 2600/E.T. Documentary

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 21, 2014April 14, 2025
  • 5 minute read
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I just got done watching the documentary from Microsoft called “Game Over”, which is the story of the Atari 2600 and the E.T. cartridge being buried in a landfill in New Mexico.  Wanted to write about it a bit, because several parts were pretty powerful for me.

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My Xbox 360 Died Part III

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on August 5, 2009December 14, 2022
  • 9 minute read
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If you’ve followed my blog at all, you may remember that my second Xbox 360 died in March of 2008. I talked about it here. This after my original 360 died back in Feb of 2007. Well, my third unit has now died, too. I posted about it on a private forum I belong to […]

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