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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on July 24, 2025July 25, 2025

Meeting Atari Legends

I live in the Dallas area, and in this area (about 50 mins from my house) is the “National Videogame Museum” (it’s in Frisco TX).  I’ve been out there several times.  I’ve taken my daughter there, taken some family from out of town there, and talk the place up all the time.  I’ve also donated […]

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on January 8, 2022April 14, 2025

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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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 17, 2025

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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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 17, 2025

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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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 17, 2025

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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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 16, 2025

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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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 16, 2025

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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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020April 15, 2025

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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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 2, 2020February 23, 2026

My Story of 3D Realms / Apogee Part I

ADMIN NOTE (Jan 2026): The current owners of 3D Realms have taken down the “legacy” 3DR site (https://legacy.3drealms.com).  I link to a LOT of things there in this article which are now broken links.  I have to find some time to go through all of this article and link over to those things on the […]

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on November 21, 2014April 14, 2025

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

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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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on March 21, 2026

Hunters

(11 Feb 1998) – Season 4 Episode 15 (Serial 183)

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

Message in a Bottle

(21 Jan 1998) – Season 4 Episode 14 (Serial 181)

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on March 19, 2026

Waking Moments

(14 Jan 1998) – Season 4 Episode 13 (Serial 182)

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on March 18, 2026March 18, 2026

Mortal Coil

(17 Dec 1997) – Season 4 Episode 12 (Serial 180)

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on March 17, 2026March 17, 2026

Concerning Flight

(26 Oct 1997) – Season 4 Episode 11 (Serial 179)

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  • Posted on March 16, 2026

Random Thoughts

(19 Oct 1997) – Season 4 Episode 10 (Serial 178)

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on March 15, 2026March 15, 2026

Year of Hell

(5 – 12 Oct 1997) – Season 4 Episodes 8 & 9 (Serials 176 / 177)

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Scientific Method

(29 Oct 1997) – Season 4 Episode 7 (Serial 175)

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

The Raven

(8 Oct 1997) – Season 4 Episode 6 (Serial 174)

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  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on March 11, 2026March 12, 2026

Revulsion

(1 Oct 1997) – Season 4 Episode 5 (Serial 173)

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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on July 7, 2003December 14, 2022
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I went to see Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines over the weekend. I, like most folks hold Terminator 2: Judgement Day up as one of the greatest action movies ever. That still holds up today, as I watched T2 the night before going to see T3. T2 is still great. I was surprised at […]

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Austin Gaming Expo 2003

  • byJoe Siegler
  • Posted on July 28, 2003December 14, 2022
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Over the weekend, my brother and I attended the Austin Gaming Expo which took place in Round Rock, Texas. Most of it was related to classic gaming, with a big emphasis on the Atari 2600, but there was more modern stuff there (in fact, there were two seperate Halo tournaments going on). It was nice […]

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Kira is 3!

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  • Posted on July 31, 2003December 14, 2022
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One of my two Tonkinese cats just had a birthday yesterday. Kira Nerys Siegler turned 3 yesterday. She was the first of our two Tonkinese cats, and is a wonderful cat. She’s a great lap cat, a cat who loves to climb up on you and sit on your chest if you’re in the right […]

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