Wolfenstein 3D comes to Sega 32X at long last in homebrew form
By Darren Murph 
posted February 9th 2009 1:37AM
posted February 9th 2009 1:37AM
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posted February 9th 2009 1:37AM
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I still have my 32X around here somewhere...and what happened to that thumb?!
It was still Sega out here... just replace MegaDrive with Genesis to make it North American friendly...
This guy developed a version of Wolfenstein 3D - WITH NO SOUND - for the 32X.
Am I reading that right or am I just overtired? Because if this is true, HOLY CHRIST PLEASE GET OUT MORE JLF65.
+1
No one cares. Waste your time on something slightly more worthwhile..
It's called a HOBBY. Guess you think Ben Heck's efforts are wasted too?
Ben Heck created a video game controller for a disabled veteran, didn't he? That one handed controller? This guy ported a game available on no less than three zillion platforms - to a platform best left forgotten - and forgot the fucking sound. See any difference between those "hobbies?"
Woah, chill AVG, you're just as "sad" for getting your knickers all in a twist over the way someone you've never met spends their free time. If you don't see any point in it, just skip this story and move on.
I don't think he FORGOT the sound, I think it's an alpha release and he hasn't gotten around to the sound yet...
"Okay, still no sound... that's next, followed by optimizations."
"you're just as "sad" for getting your knickers all in a twist"
Eeeeh, I don't know if taking 15 seconds to comment (make it more like 1 minute now) makes me "just as sad" as someone who is programming Wolfenstein onto a 32X.
I'm always amazed when people are critical of homebrew projects. It's just a hobby, dude! The guy wanted to do it, so he did it. It doesn't affect you that this port exists, no one is charging you anything or making you look at the article. STFU if you don't have anything nice to say, k?
I'm always amazed when people are critical of people that are critical.
Based on your OWN wording Drew, you should not have left that comment. Nothing you say is positive in that post. Clearly you had nothing "nice" to say. So why did you post? Oh yea, cause this is an open forum. And EVERYONE (!) is entitled to an opinion. Whether it be bad or good. K?
People are entitled to their opinions, but they don't have to be dicks about it either.
Ridiculously huge wastes of time and (apparently) talent should not go without being pointed out in a cruel manner.
lil wayne.
..sucks ass. Alot of ass.
Congrats to JLF65, this is a quite an achievement.
Current nextgen game developpers should be inspired by him on how to get the most out of the available hardware.
I doubt that this will make the AVGN stop hating the 32X.
lol, yes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvR_3OTxs8A
(avgn vid)
Ah nostalgia... Wolfenstein 3D. There was something about that game that you cannot find in any of today's fancy games. Games like Call of Duty have all the fancy graphics, but you can only play it once, because it is too complex. Wolfenstein was something you can play over and over again, it had that fun, simplistic theme.
Or maybe it just wasn't satisfying the first time around so you play it again and again until you feel you got your moneys worth. I kid Wolfenstein 3D was a great game. I wish developers would focus more on satisfying gameplay than length.
Putting 50+ hours into an RPG so you can hone your basket weaving skill does not a fun game make. I'm look at you MMORPGs. Later, I need to go grind my sword fighting skill to level 50 so I can trade out my sword of no life -4 to an epic fail sword.
Sounds like a fun project :)
This was my first 3D game, and I god it near to my heart. My parents strongly opposed shooter games, but this one was approved. My Dad would play it and sing, "Lets go shoot some Nazis".
Yes, I will MIL for life. Now we need some one to port Nightmare 3D.
Waste of time FTW!
aww man, I took mine to goodwill like just 9 months ago!
maybe it's still there...
I might have used my 32x for longer if it had wolfenstein 3d on it.....
Why not just run it on a PC and save yourself the trouble? Pretty much any pc can run wolf 3d even a 386 could.
No matter how crappy or useless this may be, it's still a feat in itself. How was he able to run it on a 32X? As far as I can tell, it was a cartridge based system and very difficult to develop for.
the 32X wasn't very tough to code for...it was more genesis than anything else, the only thing was it had TONS more lines than the genesis did, so all the games were a least a 32megabit cart. I know it's puny and I know super nintendo was doing the same thing, but then again....super nintendo is regarded as one of the best consoles ever....sega 32x sold maybe 1000 units....
I must say...This is pretty impressive...
not the actual coding, but finding the correct tools and serial bootloaders and plugs to actual code a wolfenstein game on the PC using 32X code. imagine how many write only carts he must have burned...wait a min...where the hell did he get so many blank 32x carts?!
That's one of the most utterly pointless things I've ever heard of anyone doing... ever.