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One day in early 1994 I made my weekly voyage to Software Etc.

Can you imagine a cover like this going over today? Whatever the case may be, one thing was for sure… we had more than our fair share of choices. Most were rather uninspired, but a few rose above the pack. The early-mid ’90s was flooded with Street Fighter II and Doom clones. And just like Street Fighter II, when a game creates such a stir, rival companies come out of the woodwork to throw their name in the hat eager for their own slice of the pie. It was essentially to the first person shooter genre as Street Fighter II was to the fighting game. Released December 1993, Doom took players on a wild ride through the shores of Hell. id Software struck lightning in a bottle, but this proved to be only a stepping stone… Who could forget the first time seeing Hans Grösse?Īs great as Wolfenstein 3D was at the time, it was just the beginning… Doom was nothing short of a revelation It was an adrenaline rush like none other. Few games could match the sheer intensity of gunning down a room full of Nazi guards. Wolfenstein left a lasting impression to say the very least. Sure, there were other first person shooters that came before, but none put the genre on the map quite like this one. Mowing down Nazi soldiers and zombies left and right was a formula for success. Often considered the grandfather of the genre, Wolfenstein 3D made a big splash upon its arrival back in May of 1992.

IT ALL BEGAN IN 1992… This was quite the sight 25 years ago On a side note, be sure not to miss the interview I conducted with Corridor 7 programmer, Les Bird, toward the bottom of this review. I liked it a lot as a kid and it definitely has some charm to it. But that doesn’t mean it’s a terrible game. Corridor 7 was a day late and a dollar short. Suddenly, the Wolfenstein engine was looking a bit archaic. Unfortunately for Corridor 7, Doom came out just three months prior and blew everyone’s mind. It used the same engine as id Software’s Wolfenstein 3D. I vividly remember buying this game in the summer of ’94 and loving the crap out of it. Corridor 7 was released by Capstone in March 1994.