Wolfenstein 3D 1992

Is it still worth playing?

Allied spy William Blazkowicz escapes from the Nazi prison Castle Wolfenstein and carries out missions against the Nazis, in this 1992 first person shooter for MS-DOS. Each level is a flat grid of rooms divided by walls and doors, and you reach an elevator to the next one, or fight a boss at the end of an episode. You fight guards, soldiers and dogs with a knife, a pistol, a submachine gun and a chain gun, and you find keys for locked doors. Health is a percentage, and when it hits zero you lose a life and restart the level with a knife, a pistol and eight bullets. Points come from enemies and treasure, and also from finding every secret room, which opens when you push certain wall tiles, and from beating a par time. It was released as shareware, with the first episode free. Hunting for secret rooms and beating a par time still give each level a reason to be played again.