[Subz1987]

The only Apogee games I played were Math Rescue and Word Rescue. Fun games, even if they were educational.

[evktalo]

Originally Posted by Gollgagh

One of my greatest regrets in life is not finding a full copy of Cosmo; sure, I could pirate it by now, but it's not the same.

I actually went as Cosmo for halloween once, complete with suction cup hands.

You know, you can also *buy it* from 3D Realms. The Halloween costume sounds awesome.

Originally Posted by Subz1987

The only Apogee games I played were Math Rescue and Word Rescue. Fun games, even if they were educational.

Word Rescue! We played the hell out of it with my sister. It must have actually been somewhat useful for learning English vocabulary. Other favourite Apogee games of mine were the first three Keens, especially the sw episode, played so much of that. And Jumpan Lives! which was pulled for copyright reasons.

edit: Oh right, Raptor: The Call of Shadows as well. Played the SW version quite a bit back in the day, and finally bought it last year from GOG.com. It feels kinda good to finally be able to buy these games, it was practically impossible to do so in my childhood/teens.

--Eino

[lazygecko]

Star Gunner was one of their last 2D games and also one of their best.

[Sengin]

Oh man Apogee - my brothers and I played the hell out of monster bash, crystal caves, and Duke Nukem when we were younger.

I always loved the sound effects of shooting the skull heads in monster bash - but once the computer got upgraded, they never sounded the same

What ever happened to Apogee? Imagine if they continued their quality and fun gameplay into the modern era...

[Gollgagh]

DN3D happened to Apogee

[suzumebachi]

I got like, some weird limited edition release of Duke Nukem 3D for my birthday some millions of years ago. With it, came a separate disc with nothing but demos for older Apogee/3D Realms games. Some of them were pretty fun but I can't seem to remember their names (with the exception of Death Rally which I later ended up buying). Maybe you guys can help me remember?

One was a top down game they put out i think towards the end of their 2D era where you're like a future cop and you drive around some weird town in some kinda space... car... thing and do weird mission stuff? It was weird but kind of fun.

And there was a sidescrolling beat-em-up that shot super pixelated blood all over the screen whenever you hit someone. No not Ninja Rabbits. Though Ninja Rabbits was kinda fun too. Or at least it was when I was 7.

And there was also a 3D shoot-em-up that didn't totally suck.

Anybody remember these?

[Gollgagh]

Originally Posted by suzumebachi

one was a top down game they put out i think towards the end of their 2D era where you're like a future cop and you drive around some weird town in some kinda space... car... thing and do weird mission stuff? it was weird but kind of fun.

Traffic Department 2192? (Technically an Epic Megagames game; same era though)

Originally Posted by suzumebachi

and there was a sidescrolling beat-em-up that shot super pixelated blood all over the screen whenever you hit someone. no not ninja rabbits. though ninja rabbits was kinda fun too. or at least it was when i was 7.

Bio Menace?

[suzumebachi]

Yes! Traffic Department 2192! Thanks man, I have been trying to figure that one out for ages. Weird that it was included on a 3D Realms demo CD, but now that you mention it One Must Fall: 2097 (also an Epic Megagames game) was on that disc too. Maybe they had some kind of partnership deal back in the day?

Anyways didn't take me much digging on Wikipedia to figure out the other two. Realms of Chaos (2D beat-em-up) and Terminal Velocity (3D shoot-em-up).

[ella guro]

apogee was my life when i was younger! DOS games were the only real games i owned for a long time. i'd say my favorites are (having gone back and played these pretty recently):

1. Commander Keen Episode 2: The Earth Explodes or 3: Keen Must Die!
2. Duke Nukem 1 Episode 1: "Shrapnel City" (the other two Duke 1 episodes definitely have their moments, but aren't as consistent as the first)
3. Jill of the Jungle Episode 2: Jill Goes Underground

also, honorable mention to Secret Agent

(this is ignoring the obvious choices of Wolf 3D, Duke 3D etc)

oh, right. Jill of the Jungle isn't an Apogee game. well, whatever.

[KyleJCrb]

Originally Posted by ella guro

oh, right. Jill of the Jungle isn't an Apogee game. well, whatever.

I was totally thinking it was too, until I looked it up to make sure. My mind tends to get classic Epic and Apogee mixed up sometimes.