For the Halloween season, Apogee has made several wallpapers available. They have 4K versions in their Google Drive as well as portrait-wallpapers for Phones.
I've uploaded a few of the 1080p versions here, but you can get the full resolution wallpapers here: https://apo.gg/Wallpapers
Did you know that "Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes" was initially titled "Duke Nukem: Planet of the Babes"?
Fox pressured Apogee to change the name, which they did very late in the release cycle.
References:
This is possibly the first documented instance of referencing a game as an engine. Some of the old Sierra or LucasArts games clearly had a reusable engine, but they referred to it as a system or system interpreter.
It's fun to get a peek behind the curtain to the red tape and leg work that went in to coordinating the publishing of a game.
Photo from Apogee's X post: https://x.com/Apogee_Ent/status/2104590042895163795
You can snag Duke 20th Anniversary on Steam for $2 right now (90% off)
I've played it, and it's a fantastic way to revisit Duke and bring a friend with you. Loads of fun!
The game is 10 years old now, so it's kinda funny to have "20th anniversary" in the name when we've hit the 30th anniversary... but still, totally worth playing.
P.S. I'm not affiliated with the game in any way. I do own a copy. I keep my library public, so you can see my games here: https://cynic.tv/game_library
Comment below with the name of the character and the game they first appeared in!
Bonus points if you tell us a memory of a time you encountered the enemy.
Apogee recently posted on X and Bluesky this:
"The Octabrain from Duke Nukem 3D got its own action figure in 1997! Here are the original sketches Resaurus sent to Apogee for approval. Somehow, they managed to make this ugly bastard look even cooler than he did in the game."
Bluesky had one more image than X, so I'll link to both:
https://bsky.app/profile/apogeeent.com/post/3mvv2t4mpbc25
and
https://x.com/Apogee_Ent/status/2101342137363116138
Comment below with the name of the character and the game they first appeared in!
Bonus points if you tell us about the first time you faced this enemy.
Remember Magazines?!
Duke was recently featured in the magazine PC Gamer for the 30th anniversary of Duke Nukem 3D, so it seems fitting to remember this blast from the past from 1998.
Photo credit: Apogee's X account: https://x.com/Apogee_Ent/status/2097691383364542636
If you want to see more about the recent PC Gamer magazine, Scott Miller posted about it here: https://x.com/ScottApogee/status/2094831858118766755
Death Rally was released in 1996. It was developed by Remedy Games and published through Apogee.
It's an overhead racer with 3D elements and a lot of soul. It's got gore, humor, and interesting mechanics like a black market to sabotage the competition, contracts to kill a competitor, and even bonuses from the Grim Reaper for killing all your competitors.
Very fun, and you can play the classic version for free on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/358270/Death_Rally_Classic/
This is from level 4 of Shadow Warrior where you can find Lara Croft in a jail cell.
The only interaction available is killing her, though.
You can read more about it in the Shadow Warrior wiki:
https://shadowwarrior.fandom.com/wiki/Classic_Easter_Eggs#Tomb_Raider
There are also several other Easter Eggs listed on that page :-D
True Apogee fans know this one :-D
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Bonus points if you tell us about the first time you faced this enemy.