10 Free Apogee Games Worth Downloading Before You Do Anything Else
Scott Miller founded Apogee Software in 1987 on a simple bet: give away the first episode of a game, sell […]
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Apogee Software: How One Texas Company Invented the Free Demo
Before Steam. Before digital downloads. Before the internet changed everything about how games were sold — there was Apogee Software.
Blake Stone: Planet Strike (1994): The Wolfenstein Sequel Doom Overshadowed
Planet Strike had the misfortune of shipping the same month as Doom — which is probably why it’s one of
Mystic Towers (1994): A Free Wizard-Sim Apogee Almost Forgot
Baron Baldric would really rather be reading. Unfortunately, an aging wizard with a talent for clearing monster-infested towers doesn’t get
Word Rescue (1992): Apogee’s Free Vocabulary Platformer
By 1992, Apogee had built its name distributing run-and-gun shareware platformers. Then the company turned its formula toward classrooms with
Math Rescue (1992): The Free Apogee Platformer That Actually Teaches Arithmetic
Can a game built around solving math problems actually be fun rather than something you tolerate because a teacher assigned
Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy (1991): id Software Before the Guns
Two years before Wolfenstein 3D and three before Doom, id Software’s biggest release wasn’t a shooter at all — it
Dark Ages (1991): Apogee’s Medieval Detour From Sci-Fi Platforming
Most of Apogee’s early shareware output leaned sci-fi or cartoonish. Dark Ages, released in 1991, went a different direction entirely
Monuments of Mars (1991): George Broussard’s Free Sci-Fi Platformer
George Broussard would go on to co-create Duke Nukem and spend the better part of a decade on Duke Nukem
Arctic Adventure (1991): George Broussard’s Shareware Platforming, One Sequel Later
By the time Apogee shipped Arctic Adventure in October 1991, George Broussard had already folded his own small studio into
Pharaoh’s Tomb (1990): The Free Apogee Platformer That Predates Duke Nukem
Before Duke Nukem, There Was Nevada Smith Long before the world knew Commander Keen or Duke Nukem, Apogee Software was
Duke Nukem II (1993): The Last Great 2D Duke Before Doom Changed Everything
December 1993 was a brutal month to release a 2D platformer — Doom was weeks away, and it would make