Wolfenstein 3d facts
While investigating facts about Wolfenstein 3d, I found out little known, but curios details like:
There is a Wolfenstein 3D clone where you play as Noah and put animals to sleep on the Ark. It is the only commercially released SNES game that was not licensed, and used a hack to bypass Nintendo's DRM.
In Wolfenstein 3D if you're under 11 health you can drink the blood puddles on the ground spread though out the level for 1 health
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 12 of the best facts about Wolfenstein 3d I managed to collect.
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Id Software made a prototype PC port of Super Mario 3 and showed it to Nintendo, who declined permission to fully develop it, leading to them making Commander Keen, which then lead to them being able to publish Wolfenstein 3D, and finally lead them to creating DooM.
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A Christian game company licensed Wolfenstein 3D, turning it into the SNES game "Super 3D Noah’s Ark" by replacing nazis with goats and bullets with fruits. Throwing fruit at the animals doesn't kill them, rather they just fall asleep. Hitler was replaced with a bear.
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Wolfenstein 3D wasn't the first entry in the series. There were two games prior to it, both in the stealth game genre. The dev team behind the two games closed its doors in 1987, with Id Software making 3D, despite never acquiring the license.
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One level in Wolfenstein 3D is made entirely out of swastikas.
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There exists a Wolfenstein 3D port for the Nintendo Game Boy Color, with an exceptionally high frame rate.
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In 1992 the video game Wolfenstein 3D was banned in Germany due to it's use Nazi iconography.
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The theme music in Wolfenstein 3D is actually Horst-Wessel-Lied: The German Nazi Party's official anthem.
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The unlicensed, nonviolent, Christian-themed 1994 first-person shooter game 'Super 3D Noah's Ark' for the SNES uses the same proprietary engine as 'Wolfenstein 3D', which was acquired by the developer of the former game. The game involves catapulting sedative fruit at animals.
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Wolfenstein 3D was banned in Germany due to its inclusion of Nazi symbolism.
