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by Chris Faylor, Mar 24, 2009 10:39pm PDTid Software today released its classic first-person shooter Wolfenstein 3D on the iPhone and iPod Touch via the iTunes App Store. The 9.9MB download is priced at $4.99.
Packing the original six episodes, complete with the famed MechaHitler boss fight, the game offers two different control methods. One has players navigating and shooting with the touch screen, and the other sees players tilting the device for movement.
id Software programmer and co-founder John Carmack personally led the project. The official debut follows yesterday's release of the Wolfenstein iPhone source code.
An iPhone release of DOOM can be expected "fairly soon," Carmack reckoned in his development notes for Wolfenstein 3D iPhone. In addition, he recently helped Electronic Arts with the upcoming iPhone port of the Wolfenstein RPG.
Thanks to Shacker burgertime for the heads up.
Comments
I remember exploring every room and trying to take out and find every enemy. It's true, it's basically a maze game. There was no good explanation for why the elevator is in a different place on every level and we didn't care. We wanted to find every secret and explore every room.
It brought back memories of having the retail version and the hint book with every map of every level, and sharing the book with my buddies.
It brought back memories of when gaming was this thing you thought you discovered by yourself, not something you bitched about on message boards.
Since I was in high school when it came out, it brought back memories of when life was easy - no job (for me anyway), no mortgage, no girlfriend, no worries.
It's great that gaming has matured but this almost makes me pine for the days when it was much simpler and still a lot of fun. But hey, thanks to people like Carmack and platforms like the iPhone, these sorts of games can live forever.
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