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Title: wolfenstein 3d/fate of atlantis pre-release coverage?
Post by: paskvild on Aug 14, 2023, 10:04 PM
hi everyone,

was there any kind of pre-release coverage of wolfenstein 3d in the magazines? it seems like id software got more exposed only after shareware success of this game? plus it being such a short development period... perhaps none exists?

i guess in case of indiana jones and fate of atlantis there´s some/more? i think i´ve only read an interview with hal barwood in the adventurer...

could you please recommend to me any concrete magazines or issues? ;D

thank you
Title: Re: wolfenstein 3d/fate of atlantis pre-release coverage?
Post by: JabbaTheGamer on Aug 15, 2023, 08:40 AM
This is the only preview of the Fate of Atlantis that I know of:

https://www.oldgamemags.com/forum/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;id=2051

Kitsunebi may know more on this subject.
Title: Re: wolfenstein 3d/fate of atlantis pre-release coverage?
Post by: paskvild on Aug 15, 2023, 11:46 AM
thank you ;D
Title: Re: wolfenstein 3d/fate of atlantis pre-release coverage?
Post by: trioptimum on Aug 16, 2023, 12:37 AM
Did some digging for you.

The first mentions of Wolfenstein 3D I can see were in PC Format and Generation 4 (French magazine) in July 1992, both featuring it on the coverdisk that month. So nothing at all pre-release, at least in my index.

Fate of Atlantis previews/early mentions:


Title: Re: wolfenstein 3d/fate of atlantis pre-release coverage?
Post by: paskvild on Aug 16, 2023, 01:42 AM
very nice, thank you a lot;)

you´re right, there´s probably none... not even in cgw, i think... french nation got some really great magazines... abandonware magazines is a great source, but unfortunately they dont have consoles max issues 05 (11/1999) & 25 (09/2001)... same goes for retrocdn... do you think that these scans exist anywhere online?

thank you