Showing posts with label Apogee Software. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Apogee Software. Show all posts

Monster Bash HD - A remaster of Apogee Software's haunting platformer is available on GOG/Steam

Apogee Software certainly released some great games in the 90's, games such as Monster Bash, Bio Menace and even our personal favorite Duke Nukem. Well one game that's received the remastered treatment and a game that many of us still remember to this day, is the 90's game 'Monster Bash'. Yes indeed for those who loved playing this game back in the day, will pleased to know that Apogee Software has remastered the game with all new graphics such as new environments and parallax!

Crystal Caves HD - A remaster of Apogee Software's Crystal Caves is coming soon

Apogee Software certainly released some great games in the 90's, games such as Monster Bash, Bio Menace and even our personal favorite Duke Nukem. Well one game that's getting the remastered treatment and a game that many of us still remember to this day, is the 1991 game 'Crystal Caves'. Yes indeed for those who loved playing this game back in the day, will pleased to know that Apogee Software will be remastering the game with all new graphics and a new episode as 'Crystal Caves HD'

Bio Menace - Classic action game from the 90's gets a Cola Powered Gamer review


Apogee during the early 90s was considered the king of platform games. While most of them can be considered family-friendly, Bio Menace is more action-oriented and definitely not PG-13. Developed by Jim Norwood, with help from id Software (mainly John Carmack), and published by Apogee Games, it was released in 1993. The game was developed under the working title “Bio Hazard”, it was supposed to be released in November of 1991, but due to modifying the engine (the same one used in Commander Keen in Goodbye Galaxy), it spent two years more years in development. Excluding the engine and the music (by Bobby Prince), the majority of the game was created by its designer, Jim Norwood.

Monster Bash - Apogee Software's creepy platformer classic gets a DarkwyndPT review


Well, it’s that time of the year again. Especially for ghosts, goblins and other creatures of the night. Welcome to our Halloween special review. And this time we have quite the eerie delicacy prepared just for you all. I’m talking about Monster Bash. Monster Bash is an platform game made by Apogee Software and originally released in 1993 for DOS. It was re-released in 2014 for Windows, MacOS and Linux.

Wacky Wheels HD - An official reboot of Apogee's classic racer for the PC


There's probably not a person out there today that hasn't played or even heard of Nintendo's Mario Kart on the SNES, but have you ever played Apogee Software's 1994 MS-DOS game Wacky Wheels? Well if you haven't, it might be worth your time checking out the official reboot of the game in glorious HD by Ferocity2d, which is available to buy for the PC today. Wacky Wheels HD is an all-new game with unique tracks and features based on the original game and its contemporaries. It draws inspiration from Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Konami Crazy Racers, Atari Karts, and more

SplitWolf 1.0 - The only SplitScreen 2-player coop engine for Wolfenstein 3D!


In 1992 ID Software with publishing rights by Apogee Software released the incredible first person shooter ' Wolfenstein 3D ' for MS-DOS. It was the second major release after Commander Keen and featured a unique 3D game engine with multiple enemy types such as Nazi soldiers and dogs, and multiple weapon types to defend yourself with, such as guns and knifes. A critically claimed game for its time with many thousands of copies sold if not millions by now, is just about to get so much better as SplitWolf 1.0, the only SplitScreen 2-player coop engine for Wolf3D has been released!

Commander Genius - Classic DOS based Commander Keen interpretation software


Way back in the early 90's id Software and publishers Apogee Software released Commander Keen for computers that used DOS. It was an incredibly fun platformer using EGA as a pioneer for the graphics at the time and shareware distribution. In Commander Keen you play as Billy Blaze, a young boy who travels through space and assumes the secret identity of "Commander Keen" while fighting the menacing alien race of Vorticons.  An all time classic game, that is even more playable through Commander Genius which is a software piece that interprets the Commander Keen Invasion of the Vorticons and Galaxy series, with many new features and improved game play.