id Tech 0
The Wolfenstein 3D engine was created by id Software for their 1992 game Wolfenstein 3D published by Apogee Software using raycasting, following earlier first-person forays with the flatshaded Hovertank 3D and texture mapped Catacomb 3D for Softdisk in 1991. It was subsequently licensed to other developers, such as FormGen Corporation, Capstone Software, JAM Productions, and Wisdom Tree, and modified into the Raven engine. It has been nicknamed as id Tech 0 following the demarcation of the id Tech engines, properly established with the Doom engine. The source code to Wolfenstein 3D was released in 1995, Rise of the Triad in 2002, Blake Stone: Planet Strike in 2013, and Hovertank 3D and Catacomb 3D in 2014. Super 3D Noah's Ark was reverse engineered onto the ECWolf source port in 2014. The Capstone games remain closed source, unlike their later Build engine counterparts.
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Left to right: Space Seal, Noah, Petton Everhail, Brick Sledge, H.U.N.T., B.J. Blazkowicz, Blake Stone, Government Assault Team-member
Every Wolfenstein 3D Engine Game Ranked from Worst to Best
- Hovertank 3D (1991; prototype)
- Catacomb 3D (1991; prototype)
- Catacomb Adventure Series (1992-1993; prototype)
- The Catacomb Abyss (1992)
- The Catacomb Armageddon (1993)
- The Catacomb Apocalypse (1993)
- Wolfenstein 3D (1992)
- Wolfenstein 3D: The Nocturnal Missions (1992)
- Spear of Destiny (1992)
- Spear of Destiny: Return to Danger (1994)
- Spear of Destiny: The Ultimate Challenge (1994)
- Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold (1993)
- Corridor 7: Alien Invasion (1994)
- Super 3D Noah's Ark (1994)
- Operation Body Count (1994)
- Blake Stone: Planet Strike (1994)
- Rise of the Triad: The HUNT Begins (1994; heavily modified)
- Rise of the Triad: Dark War (1995; heavily modified)
- Extreme Rise of the Triad (1995)
The standalone total conversion A Doll's House has been sold by developer Poet since 2015. Numerous other standalone mods exist for Wolfenstein 3D, as unlike later id games it was not designed to load external data, but most include assets from the original games.