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Wolfenstein 3D for the iPhone ... DOOM is coming soon

Mar. 24, 2009 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

Nice! Id Software has released a version of the classic DOS game Wolfenstein 3D for the iPhone, and they promise a version of the original DOOM soon as well.

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Discuss this Article 18

Waethorn
on Mar 24, 2009
They're doing a remake of Wolfenstein: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/37742.html?type=flv Lots of gore, monsters, action, explosions....You know - the whole reason for playing one of these games.... If that's not your thing, try this game instead: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/45526.html?type=flv
Waethorn
on Mar 24, 2009
BTW: They've had all the Doom-style games released in different formats on Windows Mobile for years now. Most of the game engines are free - you just had to supply the map files.
Dyltone
on Mar 24, 2009
Ummm, can't find it on the app store (web or phone) and the source code link is either busy or broken. Double fail :(
subzerohitman721
on Mar 24, 2009
Nice. Now if they'd only get some anime in the iTunes store. That might improve my opinion of Apple.
boyreinvented
on Mar 24, 2009
Thought you'd said good-bye to the iPhone. Make up your mind.
johnpapola
on Mar 24, 2009
Thanks for the head's up, Paul. Awesome.
chipwinter
on Mar 24, 2009
If someone has screenshots of the iPhone version and the Windows Mobile version, I'd sure like to see them. Unless there's some significant difference, then this seems to be all part of the iPhone iHype.
Waethorn
on Mar 24, 2009
@chip: Doom for Windows Mobile (in its many incarnations): http://revolution.cx/DoomCE.htm http://smartphone.mobiletopsoft.com/getproduct.php?pname=Cell+Doom+1.6 http://htcfreeware.com/HTC/download/Windows-Mobile-games/Doom.aspx There's probably more, but 3 should be enough.
lotsamystuff
on Mar 24, 2009
"There's probably more, but 3 should be enough" You're talking about models of WinMobile, right? ;-)
chipwinter
on Mar 24, 2009
Thanks Waethorn. Doesn't seem that this iPhone news is that special then.
Waethorn
on Mar 24, 2009
"You're talking about models of WinMobile, right?" No, I was talking about Apple's stance on the availability of OS X applications. .... There's 2 actually. But of course, your ignorance of a subject would never stand in the way of a snide remark.
Waethorn
on Mar 24, 2009
@chip: I'd like to see a good Duke Nukem 3D port. I always used to use mouse-look in it even though it's one of those pseudo-3D games (you can't have one floor on top of another, but you could teleport to simulate the effect). It'd make me happy if someone integrated Bluetooth keyboard and mouse support into a Windows Mobile port of the game. :) Pocket Quake has been out for Windows Mobile for a long time too. There are even Windows Mobile ports of Warcraft, Warcraft II, C&C, Starcraft, and many other RTS games.
DRWAM
on Mar 24, 2009
At first, I did not feel that I fit in with this crowd. Now, it seems that we have much more in common. I may just be a jock, but I'm certainly a DOOM grand master. Yes Wae, I paid twice as much to play DOOM on a Mac. And Apple wonders we we jailbreak our iPhone! I'm game. Pun intended.
Dipsh t Admin
on Mar 25, 2009
"Thought you'd said good-bye to the iPhone." You keep saying this. Provide a link to where Paul said this, since I don't remember it.
panache1023
on Mar 25, 2009
DipshtAdmin, A few weeks ago Paul had an update on the main page entitled something like "Saying goodbye to the iPhone" (something to that effect, I don't remember the exact title). Conveniently, it's not there anymore, and when I go look at the older posts in the RSS, it only goes back to sometime in Jan 2009.
subzerohitman721
on Mar 25, 2009
@panache1023, I simply looked in the mobile section of the Supersite and found the article you were looking for. http://www.winsupersite.com/alt/iphone_goodbye.asp This is what Paul actually said. "I will still keep an iPhone/iPod touch around for the apps, PIM sync, and for future testing. But I need a Windows Mobile phone, also for testing. And a cell phone, whatever that may be, for occasional phone calls while traveling. Staying with AT&T may have some financial benefit, but God I hate their network and would love to get back to Verizon." He could get an iPod Touch and still test all the games and apps. Its very essential on a Windows site to cover iPhone and App Store. Millions of Windows users own iPhones and use them with Windows XP, Vista, and most likely on Windows 7. Perhaps he's waiting for the upgrade period to get a different phone?
Dipsh t Admin
on Mar 25, 2009
I never saw the article when it came out. So boy, he hasn't gotten rid of it yet, and he does intend to keep it. Given that he does this stuff for a living, he basically says that he needs to cover both worlds, the iPhone world and the WinMo world. Since he doesn't have unlimited funds, he needs to make a decision so that he can cover both markets well enough for the SuperSite for Windows. "Conveniently, it's not there anymore" No conspiracy here, as it took me 10 seconds of research, literally, after I realized that sub already did it for me.
chipwinter
on Mar 25, 2009
It is difficult to follow Paul's "truthiness" sometimes. Around the same time, he wrote a blog entry highlighting Apple's rejection of Opera's browser for the iPhone. Apple's behavior, according to Paul, was so cringe-worthy that it made him feel like he had to take a shower. Paul never followed-up with the truth, that Opera was never rejected because they had never submitted Opera to Apple for consideration. So the "iPhone/no iPhone" quandary isn't too unusual.

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