My favorite classic Apogee game!

I know every body here probably likes Keen the best, but my favorite classic is..........Secret Agent, that was the best game, second was crystal caves! whats urs?

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[bmilder]

I think this is the third topic with this question since I got here . Anyway...

1. Cosmo
2. Monster Bash
3. the Keen stuff
4. Duke Nukem I
5. Secret Agent
umm.. can't remember the rest. Go look for MooKeen's topic (from April) if you care .

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[Thysis]

Duke 1.

+ Rise of the Traid
+ Duke 1-2
+ Secret Agent
+ Commander Keen

[moron]

Secret Agent dosent work on my computer its just junk on the screen after the apogee intro ? it was fun before!

[Joe Siegler]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Secret Agent dosent work on my computer its just junk on the screen after the apogee intro<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

That's because your video card doesn't properly support all EGA video modes. Crystal Caves has the same problem, as do some of the Keen games.

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[Uncle Duke]

You know, my card doesn't support EGA, either, and I'm getting rather upset about it. I turn on "SVGA" compatibility in Keens 4-6, and then I can see it at least--but the screen bounces all over the place like a jackrabbit on morphine.

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My favorite classic game would have to be Bio-Menace. It's just so much fun. I still play the game all over again every once in a while.

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[Joe Siegler]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>You know, my card doesn't support EGA, either, and I'm getting rather upset about it. I turn on "SVGA" compatibility in Keens 4-6, and then I can see it at least--but the screen bounces all over the place like a
jackrabbit on morphine.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

What version of Keen do you have? The version number is on the first screen you see when you start the game. v1.4 was the final version. That version had an additional attempt to fix the SVGA problem. There's two switches there, "SVGA comp" and "Fix Jerky Motion".

If you have v1.4, and have tried both of these, you won't be able to fix it software wise, you'd have to talk to your hardware people about it. Most of them probably won't want to mess with EGA support, they'll tell you forget it, or "it's the software's problem" (which it isn't).

Go to our downloads page and download the Keen 4 that is there. If that fixes your problem, you'll need an upgraded version, which you'd have to talk to Tech support about (email is [email protected]).

If that dosen't fix your problem, then there will be nothing you can do, unfortunately.

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[Superczar]

I'm really getting into the game Raptor right now, after that I'd have to say Duke Nukem I...

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My favorites (though I'm sure no-one cares) go in this order;

1. The Keens, particularly K4
2. Wacky Wheels
3. Paganitzu
4. ROTT
5. Crystal Caves

I didn't like Secret Agent because the gameplay didn't seem as smooth as Crystal Caves and it just wasn't as fun as it coulda been. Just my humble opinion. ;-)

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COMMANDER KEEN!!!!!!!!!!!! It's the best. My favorites are probobly 1, 2, and 6 but I like them all.

LONG LIVE KEEN

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BIO MENACE, SECRET AGENT and...
RISE OF THE TRIAD!!

Unlike many others, I don't like Keen all that much.

3DRealms, would you do another 2-D game? Please?

OK, if I have to do it myself, where should I turn to learn how to do that?

[This message has been edited by Micke (edited 10-03-1999).]

1) Rott
2) Duke Nukem 1
3) Monster Bash

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It REALLY seems to me that Secret Agent is very popular... one should make a sequel, official or not...

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1. Duke 1 and 2
2. secret agent

besides keen?
Rise Of The Triad!!!!

also chrystal caves, nice humourous ideas.
secret agent is just boring and get's on one's nerves way to soon

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i never heard from joe what his fav apogee game was. I need to save up like $200 and buy all the old sidescrolling games apogee makes.

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i figured up the price for all the old Apogee 2d games i want and here they are:

Alien Carnage
Duke II
Bio Menace
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Crystal Caves
Duke Nukem I
Monster Bash
Commander Keen: Vorticons & Goodbye Galaxy!

All of them togethter would cost $264.60
No offense but doesnt that seem like a little much for 8 2-4 year old games?

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>i never heard from joe what his fav apogee game was<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Commander Keen In Goodbye Galaxy:
Episode IV: Secret Of The Oracle.

The indians call it Keen4

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it doesn't sound sick, i love it!!!
i even used that as my former signature.
however it's wasn't original, the green dude in Blake Stone: AOG, used to play dead. the guy in ROTT just did it more comically.




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[Joe Siegler]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>i never heard from joe what his fav apogee game was.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Rise of the Triad, Monster Bash, & Commander Keen.

Wolfenstein 3D gets a special mention, too.

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it might sound sick, but the thing that i liked almost the most about ROTT was how on those certain types of enemys u could shoot them and the would beg for mercy and then u could kill them. I thought that was the best AI ever, probably was for its time.

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Here's a game that NOBODY mentions: Hocus Pocus. It's actually quite good. Download the shareware. I beat the shareware long ago, and loved it.


-MooKeen
But Keen is better

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i played the shareware too, it was on my ROTT CD.
but i don't like it at all, the characters look bad, and the gameplay is not exciting, and the whole design is bleak.

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[X-human]

Is there any classic Apogee question Joe can't answer?

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[moron]

he did not know much about PAGA win I asked about it before but who cares

also if Sam doesn't work how come Crystal caves still works aren't they the same engine?(on the same video card)

who made Crystal Caves, was it an individual person or was it a whole team thing?

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[moron]

its in the apogee fact when one of there early members came on board he was working on them at his company (in house??) & they were moved over to apogee & completed there.

[Joe Siegler]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>who made Crystal Caves, was it an individual person or was it a whole team thing?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Mostly Frank Maddin. The art was done by Frank, Frank's wife Lucinda, and some by George. That's the bulk of the game, if I'm not mistaken.

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[Joe Siegler]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Is there any classic Apogee question Joe can't answer?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'm sure someone could come up with something, but I tend to be the person around here who generally knows the most about the early stuff.

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[moron]

Jo's the man!

hey ROTTMaster, i wondered why we don't get much of you here....


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Being the host of the #1 ROTT Site on the Net, I guess that I would sway a tiny bit towards...ROTT?!?!?! HA!! Betcha didn't know that was coming now did ya? Fooled u all!! Yeah, ROTT's not only still the best Apogee game ever, but also the best 3D shooter ever!! C'mon guys!! Gimme my ROTT2!!!

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Well Moon, the simple reason is because I just recently found this forum. Prior to that, I didn't know that a forum for Apogee/3D Realms existed. But now that I know, I will be making trips to here A LOT more often!

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so, welcome!!!!

good thing you're here, now i don't need to e-mail you with my useless ROTT questions

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ROTT2: Return Of The Triad

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HOCUS POCUS BABY!!!!

Man this is taking me back... when Apogee and Epic used to kick out a new game every six months....

Anyway... my favorite Apogee classics (that I can remember) are...

Hocus Pocus
Duke 2
Raptor(loved that ol'skool scrolling shoot 'em up action!)
Alien Carnage (ditto!)
Mystic Towers (whoo! the most original action-adventure game I've ever played...)
Terminal Velocity (shweet! better than Descent! Dammit, TRI, where's my TV2?)
Wolfenstein 3D (man, that game r0cked my nutz when I first saw it...)
Wacky Wheels (i thought it was a blatant Super Mario Kart rip-off, though.)

You guys should lump all these games on one big honkin' CD and sell it for $100, or something... These games just Rocked!

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rott, wacky wheels, duke 2, and raptor

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