While Doom is often thought of as the game that kick-started the popularity of the first-person-shooter genre, that honour belongs to Wolfenstein 3D. The first episode of the “grandfather of 3D shooters” was released in 1992 by shareware publisher Apogee Software. The full game was then released weeks later, going on to become both a critical and commercial success (selling over 200,000 copies by 1993).
The developers behind the game were id Software, led by programmers John Romero and John Carmack. Having developed a new 3D engine, they opted to remake the 1984 game Castle Wolfenstein. However due to the novelty of the new 3D engine they felt it would be necessary to make a simpler, faster paced game, and so Wolfenstein 3D was born.
The plot of the game focuses on William "BJ" Blazkowicz, an American spy, as he single-handedly takes on the Third Reich. In the opening episode he finds himself in captivity and must escape Castle Wolfenstein. From there on he must prevent a Nazi plot to create an army of undead mutants before attempting eliminate Adolf Hitler himself.
While revolutionary at the time of its release, by today’s standard the levels are simplistic in both design and appearance. There’s no map, the number of weapons are limited. Yet, the gameplay is fast and frantic and that exactly how it’s meant to be. Wolfenstein 3D was only ever about the shooting, and that it does very well, even after so many years.
Review By Richard
A copy of Wolfenstein 3D can still be bought online at 3D Realms.
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Hey there, so does anyone happen to have the censored demo (X's instead of the nasty crosses on the walls) of this that was a thing in Germany at the time? I remember playing that one, but can't find it anywhere. Any help is welcome.
objectively better than doom
Here's the map editor for the game : https://keenwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/TED5
plus: https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Wolfenstein_3-D
Any chance we can get Wolfenstein 2009 here? It's not available anywhere else for years, as far as I know.
Loved this game. Thank you for introducing the FPS genre to us. I used to also have the map editor, which was very easy to learn and use. Loved it so much.
I don't know how many hours I spent playing Wolfenstein. I also have a map editor program which I can use to add more rooms, more treasure, etc.
Not really a fan of 1st person shooters, maybe wheel of Time for the scenery spaces an positions negotiated. But I do own a big box copy of the original release of Wolfenstein 3D. That's by Apogee not the by GT interactive which came later. IT is the ' my precious' of my collection.
DURHAM FRANCIS you are an I D I O T
Duke Nukem 3D kicks this game's ass so much it blows it a new one. Now, shake it baby.
@DURHAM FRANCIS I'm not afraid of you so here's my reply. I like Wolfenstein 3D, it's one of the best DOS-ROMs I've ever played. Also, you're a fool. Now who's afraid, fool?
DURHAM FRANCIS, I would just like to know if you could even code this game from scratch. mmm
DURHAM FRANCIS wow, you're such an idiot! W3D was AWESOME!!! go play that shitty Call of Duty of yours! if it wasn't for W3D the FPS genre wouldn't exist! you're an asshole, that's all. there, here's my respond to ya and I ain't afraid to replay to a shithead like YOU!
I bought the commercial version of this 100 years ago, and recently found the manual. i recall the last 2 levels had the mad doctor on the 2nd to last, and adolf on the final one. Is that what is downloadable here, since I understand there's still a version of this commercially available? Also, I remember the cheat code: IDKFA, for "very happy ammo". Was that for wofenstein, or doom2, which I really played the crap out of.
A classic.
For cheaters: if you press letters "M" "I" "L" together at the same time, you'll get all the goods ;-) Have fun!
Hey, why are all downloads on this site not available? when I try to download a game from this website I get an error message and the download is not showing!
Cant launch it on Windows 10
If you like games like Wolfenstein, you should look for the channel HoFPG on YouTube. very nice archive with many games of this kind
Happy New Year All !!!
How many of you Wolfers out there found the hidden room with a sign telling you to call a toll free phone # and say “Aardwolf” ?
I don’t recall the level but it is very very very deep into what my brother & I named “The secret passages from HELL”.
You only see the sign if you come to the room from the correct direction.
Good luck finding it!
Been almost 30 years. Now I want to hook up my ‘90s PC I built and find the disk with my Game-Saves.
beautiful game
it is amazzing
The Apogee version is 1.1 with the elevator glitch in E1, the Activision one is 1.4. Been playing this with DOSBox, as closely as originally intended. Did you know that you can change various settings in-game? I've put sound options suiting me and changing controls to WASD and ARROW KEYS doing everything (good scheme really). Having a blast. Except with those pushwalls at times in later Floors. The lack of automap is not an issue for me. Though I don't use sourceports in the first place. (As you can see, you can have WASD scheme with DOS too. Have you people ever experimented with menus? Seems none of you haven't.)
To people complaining this is not abandonware: it sort-of is and is not, as version 1.4 is the one they still sell everywhere, but you can't get version 1.1 anywhere except from something like this site, or if lucky, second hand.
So what exactly is ultrawolf? is it just wolfenstein with ultrasound support?
my health wont regenerate help needed pls
Why nazis sounds at UtraWolf are high pitched?(same for dogs and doors)
Very Good Game. Despite repeated inferences of not to share this game on the game start. It still works.
I lost hours of my life to this game, and still do to its modern variants. It like Doom just changed first person gaming forever. A must have classic but be warned, very addictive!
This is arguably the second best shoot 'em up game of all time, with first being Doom of course. KILL THEM ALL !!!!!! :D :P
Download the Activision version if you are having trouble with the others. Need to use DOSBOX.
Jogador inveterado do Wolf. É bom poder jogar novamente. Obrigado.
my first original game on floppy disk
I love this game to death, but the Ultrawolf version will not run at all in my DOSBox. Too bad, the files for it look promising.
when i start playing this game on my dosbox it starts with the command things but stays there and doesn't change
i am using d-fend dos bix
Here it is! One of the main reasons for my first divorce...
this game hurts my eyes now, but I didn't mind playing it into
the wee hours of the night as a kid though.
this was the very FIRST 1st person shooter I ever played, I didn't
think the game was that great and I would get so disoriented and
didn't know where I should go, but I played for hours and hours because
at the time there were no other games like this one, can anyone say
NOSTALGIA?
the very good gme , because you play very hours and do not stop for brake cofé:)
hey ! do you all remember that part when you're running down an hallway and shooting at nazis? yep, i liked that part !!that was fun !!
yep,i like this game too !! i sit around and play it every night, or every other 2 nights at least !!
boy,this game is great !!
Just wanted to add, on the Original Apogee version, the elevators that take you to Floor 10 do not work.
why wolf3d doesn't work on my dosbox??
my eyes were rally beady in 1992 but now my eyes are even beadier and beadier afdter ive using lot of drugbvs amd methampheamines and inhalants !!
USE ECWOLF OR NEWWOLF ENGINES AND HAVE WASD CONTROLS AND AUTOMAP! YEEEEEEEAAAAHHHH!!!!
This is a great clasic game, but using an emulator is no fun. Gotta pull out the old Pentium 133 and MS DOS 6.22 for this!
oh ,i was just reading earlier comments. to anybody says it doint work on your newer fancy computers, well, you ned to learn how to use dosbox ,or use that EC WOLF engine i mentioned (ec wolf engine is the best
and i want to thank all moderators of this great abandonware site for loving all of these old games too ,MYABANDONWARE IS THE BEST EVER !!!
you need to download the EC WOLF engine these days though.yep,i agree !!ts the best engine for the game nowadays. its still fun to play too,i played it for hours and hours
be sure everybody order all of them from apogee these days ,ok? lol. oh, and order all of the cluebooks too !!
well,i played through this game again a few months ago and really enjoyed it.
oh,this is an classic !! great games
this doesnt work on 64-bit systems
I have a stand alone Mac OS X version and Windows 7 easy to install too.
(No configuration, and no emulator installation requiered)
Send me a message for information : cyril.barbato@gmx.com
Ik vind het een super spel
GEWELDIG!!!!!!!!!!
Wolfenstein is dumb and totally fun
what is the ultra wolf? I downloaded it and it locks up Dosbox when I try to run it.
Steve
use the dosbox program to emulate the DOS ambient and play the games...
what is the ultra wolf download?
the king of shooters
Great Games
ok nix shit
First FPS I ever bought, back in the day on my AT....we spend hours and hours together...! A must have oldie :)
A very good game! Wasn't bored me, or even a great bore, just awesomeness! Nothing to say more.
Can't run the game or install or any of that jazz...help? Suggestions? Obvious facts?
Any help is appreciated. :D Thanks!
Hey, does anybody know how to get a joystick to work? Using Dosbox
This game is legendary!
i remember playing this as a kid, Really superb game... i love this game soooooooooooooooooooooooo..much
I suggest to MyAbandonware to put GAME VERSION too.
As I know there are different versions of Wolf3D, 1.0 1.1 1.2 and the final 1.4
Maybe that's why some people can't see some secrets stored in their mind.
I remember playing this as a kid in 1997. It was the first game i ever played, then later Doom. It brings back the memories
The secret level for episode 1 is missing. You go into the secret exit on E1M1 and it takes you straight to E1M2 instead of E1M10 (the secret level). Apparently, who ever uploaded this one somehow left out the E1M10 file or somthing.
For those having issues with Sound on Wolf3D
Load Wolf3D into D-Fend Reloaded
Right-click on Wolfenstein 3D
click on Edit
click on Sound
click checkbox that says "Activate sound"
Enjoy :-)
Very good game
So much fun. Don't even try to deny it. Not as good as Doom or Quake but still... Dayum
Does anyone know how to access Episode 1 Level 10 to work without cheating?
DIS IS DA BOMB
Also you can link some Wolfenstein 3D footage from youtube.com/ClassicRetroG on this page
The secret elevator to level 10 in episode one isn't working on mine. I checked the other secrets though and I can jump to level 10 in episode 2. Its just that purple walled one that isn't working
This available for purchase on steam and is therefore NOT abandonware!
5/5 stars, except for ONE THING. Apparently I have 64bit windows, i'm disappointed, but I love the game, I have it on my phone, wanting it on my computer. :-)
Damn. run in dosbox the sound its work :0 :(
awesome game Dosbox runs wolfenstein perfectly 8D
to get the sound working on D-fend reloaded, right clickeditsoundcheck the box that says active sound.
When i try to launch the application it says my windows does not support fullscreen mode even thou it really is :(
yes
i cant get the sound to work
this game is good
When I learn how to put more old games on D-Fend Reloaded, this is going on. I hope I can get it to run with a mouse as it did on DOS 6.2. Old memory: my daughter was in middle school and told me of a dream she had. Nazis were playing Cosmo on our computer. Games are addictive; even old games did this. Everything does. Solitaire with playing cards intruded on my dreams before computers. Tricky (snowboarding)...I had to give it up. But I have to go back again. Everyone does nostalgia. DOS 6.2, WIN 3.1, 486DX2...I still have the old one and should pull it out.
nice
wow
Eh?
have the download a virus?
Is the download clean?
awesome game
thanks
Is it 1.4 ?
it is a gud game
nice game
thnx
EL MEJOR JUEGO DE LA HISTORIA. LA PRIMERA VEZ QUE JUGUE FUE CON MI CUÑAO , EL H, VENIA EN UNA REVISTA, PCMANIA , Y CREIAMOS QUE ERA UN JUEGO DE AVIONES, EN EL 92 XD
Full-ware with saved games...Awesome!!! Thnx
Molto bello!
Wait to Dowload
thank you
No comment nor review for this game at the moment.