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Chris Odorjan said the following on 3/7/2007 10:24 AM:
> On 03/06/07 3:12 AM, count zero wrote:
> 
>> THE first FPS was Wolf 3D... 
> 
> Wolfenstein 3D wasn't even id's first FPS, let alone the world's:
> Catacombs 3D used a similar engine (although for EGA instead of VGA),
> and the even older Hovertank 3D could probably be classified as a
> first-person shooter.
> 
> Nor was Doom the first multiplayer FPS. That honour probably goes to
> MIDI Maze.
> 
> Although it's probably true that Wolf3D, and to a greater extent Doom,
> ushered in the modern FPS era...
> 
ahhh... the 70's and 80's: mid 70's Adventure type games (Zork 1,2 & 3, 
etc;) to the 80's ascii games that waited for input on a background 
picture that depicted the current game environment. Then to the 90's 
with id's first PC game with motion: Commander Keen - that got the ball 
rolling with a new marketing method: give away part of the game free... 
pay later for the rest of the game. And herewe are now fussing over 
whether our video card can get a gazillion frames per second with the 
latest game. How time flies when you're having fun  :-)

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