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You could argue that Akalabeth was the original FPS!
by robterrell 8y ago
You could argue that Akalabeth was the original FPS!
- phodo 8y agoIndeed. I remember getting Akalabeth and it’s floppy disk in a ziplock plastic bag. Rushed home to play it on my apple //c. I was hooked. Played all the ultimas, including other origin games. In those days, I also played the original wolfenstein on the apple. It had synthesized sound for speech. That same sense of wonder and fun I experienced with these games hit me again when I played wolfenstein 3D, doom, and quake. Some of today’s games like assassin’s creed, Witcher, Zelda on switch give that same mix of emotion and fun.
- benj111 8y ago>wolfenstein on the apple. It had synthesized sound for speech "Hoo ta ta" "Ay eeeeeeeee!" I may not remember what I had for breakfast this morning, I can remember sound effects for a computer game I havent played in 20 years :) Edit: Thought you meant Wolfenstein 3d when you mentioned original Wolfenstein. I cant remember the sound effects for original Wolfenstein.
- colomon 8y agoGuards would scream movie Nazi German snippets at you. "Achtung!" etc. Seems a bit simple now, but almost nothing else like it on the Apple II and C64 when it came out.
- kragen 8y agoNo, Maze War was the original FPS. Maze War came out in 1973; Akalabeth didn't come out until 1979.