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Catacomb 3-D

Catacomb 3-D is the third in the Catacomb series of video games, and the first of these games to feature 3D computer graphics. The game was originally published by Softdisk under the Gamer's Edge label, and is…

1 November 1991

Catacomb 3-D is a shooter developed by id Software, released 1 November 1991 on DOS.

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What Catacomb 3-D is

Catacomb 3-D is a shooter game developed by id Software and released in 1991. It was published by Softdisk Publishing. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Catacomb 3-D is the third in the Catacomb series of video games, and the first of these games to feature 3D computer graphics. The game was originally published by Softdisk under the Gamer's Edge label, and is a first-person shooter with a dark fantasy setting. The player takes control of the high wizard Petton Everhail, descending into the catacomb of the Towne Cemetery to defeat the evil lich Nemesis and rescue his friend Grelminar. Catacomb 3-D is a landmark title in terms of first-person graphics. The game was released in November 1991 and is arguably the first example of the modern, character-based first-person shooter genre, or at least it was a direct ancestor to the games that…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Catacomb 3-D launched on 1 November 1991, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Super Castlevania IV.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Castlevania IV.

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When did Catacomb 3-D come out?
Catacomb 3-D was released on 1 November 1991 for DOS.

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