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| software_name = Wolfenstein 3D| | | company_name = AOL| |
| software_image = [[File:Wolfenstein 3D cover.jpg|300px]]| | | company_logo = [[File:AOL logo.jpg|100px]]| |
| developer = [[iD Software]]<br />[[Alternate Worlds Technology]] ([[arcade]] [[virtual reality|VR]])| | | company_type = Subsidiary of [[Yahoo! Inc.]]| |
| publisher = [[iD Software]]<br />[[Alternate Worlds Technology]] ([[arcade]] [[virtual reality|VR]])| | | foundation = 1983 (Control Video Corporation)<br />1985 (Quantum Computer Services)<br />1991 (America Online)<br />January 11, 2001 (AOL Time Warner)<br />2009 (AOL)| |
| systems = [[Arcade]], [[DOS]], [[Jaguar]], [[Mac OS]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]|
| | location = New York City, New York, USA| |
| release = '''DOS'''<br />NA: May 5, 1992<br />'''Wolfenstein VR Arcade'''<br />NA: 1993<br />'''Super Nintendo Entertainment System'''<br />JP: February 10, 1994<br />WW: 1994<br />'''Atari Jaguar'''<br />NA: May 1994<br />'''Mac OS'''<br />NA: August 3, 1994<br />'''Acorn Archimedes'''<br />NA: November 1994<br />'''Apple IIGS'''<br />Shareware WW: November 17, 1996<br />Full version WW: February 13, 1998<br />'''Game Boy Advance'''<br />NA: April 2002<br />'''Linux'''<br />WW: August 3, 2007<br />'''iOS'''<br />NA: March 25, 2009<br />'''Xbox 360'''<br />NA: June 3, 2009<br />'''PlayStation 3'''<br />NA: June 4, 2009|
| | key_people = [[Marc Seriff]], founder<br />[[Steve Case]], founder<br />[[Jim Kimsey]], founder<br />[[William von Meister]], founder| |
| added_to_museum = DOS: January 25, 2023|
| | num_employees = 5,600| |
| | industry = internet service| |
| | products = internet service| |
| | homepage = https://www.aol.com/ |
| }} | | }} |
| '''''Wolfenstein''''' is a first-person shooter [[video game]] developed by [[iD Software]]. | | '''AOL''' is a web portal and internet service provider. |
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| | It is a subsidiary of [[Yahoo! Inc.]] |
| It was originally published as [[shareware]] for [[DOS]] in [[1992]]. The first ten levels were released as a free-to-distribute episode. Sixty levels, including the ten from the shareware release, could be purchased in two sets with three episodes each. | |
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| Twenty-one additional episodes that served as a prequel to ''Wolfenstein 3D'' were released in a stand-alone release for DOS in 1992. This release was titled ''Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny''.
| | ==Control Video Corporation== |
| | '''Control Video Corporation''' was founded in [[1983]]. |
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| [[Alternate Worlds Technology]] released a head-mounted [[virtual reality]] version of ''Wolfenstein 3D'' as a coin-operated [[arcade]] game in [[1993]].
| | ==Quantum Computer Services== |
| | Control Video Corporation was renamed '''Quantum Computer Services''' in [[1985]]. |
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| The sixty levels from the DOS version were ported to the [[PC-9800 series|PC-9801]] in [[1994]].
| | ==America Online== |
| | Quantum Computer Services was renamed '''America Online''' in [[1991]]. |
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| A 1994 [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] version contained thirty levels that were remixed compared to the DOS version. It was commissioned by [[Imagineer]] with an advance of $100,000 USD. Due to the policies of [[Nintendo]] in the United States, the game needed to be censored. Nazi imagery, German voice clips, and blood were removed, and the dogs were changed to giant rats.
| | ==Time Warner merger== |
| | On January 11, [[2001]], Time Warner and AOL merged forming '''AOL Time Warner'''. |
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| The 1994 [[Atari]] [[Jaguar]] version contained the levels from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System version as it was developed based on the source code from that release. However, the censored changes required by Nintendo were restored for the Atari Jaguar version.
| | AOL was spun off from Time Warner in [[2009]]. |
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| The 1994 [[Mac OS]] port was also available in three releases, which together contained all of the levels released at the time. The free-to-distribute shareware release, with three levels, was released as ''Wolfenstein 3D: The First Encounter''. The thirty levels from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System were released as ''Wolfenstein 3D: The Second Encounter''. ''Wolfenstein 3D: The Third Encounter'' contained the sixty levels from the DOS version.
| | ==Verizon aquisition== |
| | [[Verizon]] announced on May 12, [[2015]] its intention to purchase AOL. The acquisition cost was $4.4 billion USD. |
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| The sixty DOS levels were also ported to the [[Acorn Archimedes]] in 1994.
| | ==Apollo Global Management aquisition== |
| | Verizon announced on May 3, [[2021]] that it would sell 90% of the Verizon Media division, including AOL, to [[Apollo Global Management]] for $5 billion USD. The division was renamed [[Yahoo! Inc.]] |
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| In August [[1995]] id Software uploaded the source code for the game to [[CompuServe]]. The visual and audio elements as well as the level design remained commercial.
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| The 1995 [[3DO]] version contained all of the levels from the DOS version as well as all of the levels from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System release.
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| The demo version of the [[Apple II|Apple IIgs]] version, with three levels, was released in [[1996]]. The full version was released for free with all of the levels from the Mac OS release in [[1998]]. ''The Second Encounter'' from the Mac OS version was renamed ''The Original Encounter''.
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| The sixty DOS levels were ported to the [[Game Boy Advance]] in [[2002]].
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| The [[2007]] [[Linux]] version contained the sixty DOS levels as well as the twenty-one levels from the ''Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny'' expansion pack.
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| The [[2009]] [[iOS]] version included the sixty levels from the DOS version.
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| The 2009 [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3]], and [[Windows]] versions contained all 60 DOS levels as well as those from the ''Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny'' expansion pack.
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