Playing Wolfenstein 3D with one hand in 2026 (arstechnica.com)

23 points by Brajeshwar 4 days ago

ge96 10 minutes ago

The newer games are so good eg. New Colossus

raw_anon_1111 2 hours ago

Two observations:

> Being able to view a map, like this one pulled from the game’s files, would be really helpful while playing the game

The Mac version definitely had a map

And it looked a lot better.

https://youtu.be/2Helqh-R94w

bluedino 2 hours ago

Interestingly enough, the Mac version (done by Burger Bill/Becky) was a port of the Super NES version (which was done by iD)

https://github.com/Blzut3/Wolf3D-Mac

everdrive 28 minutes ago

Funny enough, my favorite version has been the SNES version. Despite all the limitations, it's got built-in controller support and also has a map! Maybe I'll try to gran the mac-for-pc version.

raw_anon_1111 an hour ago

That caused me to go down a rabbit hole. The //GS version was released 3 years after the computer was discontinued and you basically had to have a sound card.

I remember it running OK on my LCII with a 68030/40Mhz accelerator and later on a PowerMac 6100/60.

bluedino 2 hours ago

Creating a Wolfenstein-style engine is a great programming project if you're learning a new language or graphics library.

You can smash out a flat shaded version in an afternoon, or go crazy adding all kinds of features and take it as far as you want to go.

https://youtu.be/gYRrGTC7GtA?si=o6-l7XAPpw3z_36t

glouwbug an hour ago

Ceiling and floor casting is tricky, and pretty expensive at times. Getting vertical panning to work too is tricky but well worth it.

everyone 2 hours ago

Here's an awesome free wolfenstein game series based on DOOM source port

https://boa.realm667.com/

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This is also fun, more arcadey, like an updated version of the original, also using DOOM source port.

https://www.moddb.com/mods/brutal-wolfenstein-3d

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and if u still want more there's this

https://www.moddb.com/mods/wolfendoom

scaglio an hour ago

I just noticed their April's Fools joke, nice!

https://boa.realm667.com/?view=article&id=270:blade-of-agony...