Wolfenstein 3D
Early shooter classic
Wolfenstein 3D is a 1992 video game that pioneered the first-person shooter genre.
Players navigate maze-like levels from a Nazi-occupied castle, gunning down enemies from a first-person perspective.
The game established conventions—health pickups, secret rooms, increasingly powerful weapons—that shaped shooters for decades.
I spent hours playing Wolfenstein 3D as a kid.
- first-person shooterCombat game, protagonist's viewpoint
- NaziGerman fascist party member
- FPSVideo smoothness metric
- shooterOne who fires weapons
- castleFortified medieval residence
Hitler · pixelated · corridor · secret · secret door · medkit · health pack · chaingun · 1992 · shareware · DOS · maze · guards · bunker · retro · sprite · strafe · swastika