R.I.P Apogee

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Fri May 08, 2009 6:49 am

I wasn't able to go to the site for several days until I found t'is

What does t'is mean 'bout some games, freeware? Frenkel?

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Fri May 08, 2009 12:26 pm

Considering the way everybody seems to be sooner worried about DNF, I don't think their older games're gonna change status from abandonware anytime soon.

Post by **dosraider** » Fri May 08, 2009 6:58 pm

Some of them ol'Apogee games are sold on GOG ...
http://www.gog.com/en/search/sort/publi ... 20Software

And other GOG alike ....

Unknown_K · Post by **Unknown_K** » Sat May 09, 2009 4:03 pm

Good time to fire up the old DOS Apogee games.

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Sun May 10, 2009 10:05 am

Apogee exists (so far), 3D Realms doesn't.

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Sun May 10, 2009 10:25 am

Er, Apogee Software, Ltd. is the legal name of 3D realms.

So, yea...

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Sun May 10, 2009 3:03 pm

In paper, not as a real production house. 3D was Apogee's subdivision. Back then the ompany founded a studio for each genre.

Post by **emmzee** » Sun May 10, 2009 4:41 pm

AFAIK, while it used to be true that 3D Realms was a division of Apogee, I think now Apogee = 3D Realms, so the death of one is the death of the other.

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Tue May 12, 2009 3:37 am

It's solved tomorow what'll happen to games when store's propably closed.

486 player · Post by **486 player** » Tue May 19, 2009 3:17 am

Nope, just Duke Forever:

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58681

(Debendin' on Take 2.)

Post by **Dogbreath** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:11 pm

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... em-Forever

^Brilliant, brilliant f'ing review of all this bullshit.

Post by **CPT Worm** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:26 pm

Dogbreath wrote:http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... em-Forever

^Brilliant, brilliant f'ing review of all this bullshit.

I fuckin' love Yahtzee.

Eugene Esterly III · Post by **Eugene Esterly III** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:12 pm

I read about what happened to 3D Realms (formally Apogee) a few days ago.

Doesn't surprise me though. 3D Realms claimed for the past 12 years that they were working on Duke Nukem Forever. Heck, I knew this game wasn't going to come out, George Broussard is one of the biggest idiots in the video game industry. George was always saying that it will be done, when it's done. Not only that, they paid money to license the Quake 2 engine and then a few years later, dropped Quake 2 and paid Epic a license for the Unreal engine.

I'm sorry to see the employees of 3D Realms let go. Some of them have been with the company for years such as Allen Blum and Joe Siegler.

3D Realms still exists except they lost their core group of workers, only a few people are left at the company.

Duke Nukem Forever will be cemented in video game history as one of the most bonehead ides.

Don't get me wrong, I love the games of Apogee/3D Realms such as Terminal Velocity, Duke 3d, Blood, Shadow Warrior, Dark Ages, Alien Carnage, etc.

It's sad to see this happen to the company but they caused it to happen to them.

Eugene Esterly III · Post by **Eugene Esterly III** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:13 pm

dosraider wrote:Some of them ol'Apogee games are sold on GOG ...
http://www.gog.com/en/search/sort/publi ... 20Software

And other GOG alike ....

I bought Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold and Planet Strike from Gog a few months ago and the prices are very good on GOG.

carbontwelve · Post by **carbontwelve** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:38 am

its a shame, but they did bring it on themselves. I wonder if the phrase they duke nuked it will catch on for failing a project...

Post by **Larry Laffer** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:47 am

Only for projects that take 12 to fail with the occasional screenshot teaser every 3-4 years.