Catacomb (series)

''This article is for the whole series; for the first game in the series, see Catacomb. For the Catacomb 3D level, see Catacomb (level)''

Catacomb or Catacombs is a series of video games created by Gamer's Edge, part of Softdisk, featuring the wizard Petton Everhail.

The original game was written for the Apple II, but all subsequent releases were for MS DOS.

After first passing to Flat Rock Software, the series rights are currently held by Catacomb Games.

First Team
The original 2D games, and the first 3D one, were created by John Carmack with assistance from the other founders of id Software.


 * Catacomb (1989, 1990; Apple II, MS DOS)
 * Catacomb II aka The Catacomb (1991, MS DOS)
 * Catacomb 3D aka Catacombs 3 (1991; MS DOS)

Several pieces of lore imply that Carmack's Dark Designs trilogy is also set in the same universe; a second trilogy was later created by Softdisk.

Second Team
The Catacomb Adventure Series were expansions created by a second team at Gamer's Edge, who largely went on to form JAM Productions. Although always trending towards dark fantasy, this new trilogy is infused with more distinct themes of gothic horror and ultimately also science fiction.


 * Catacomb Abyss (1992; MS DOS)
 * Catacomb Armageddon (1992; MS DOS)
 * Catacomb Apocalypse (1993; MS DOS)

Abyss was released as shareware; the latter two were subsequently published to retail in 1993 by Froggman under the titles Curse of the Catacombs and Terror of the Catacombs.

Compilations
The original game was released as part of Big Blue Disk (1990; issue #50) and the Gamer's Edge Sampler (1991), while Catacomb 3D and the related Hovertank 3D were released as part of the id Anthology in 1996. Both the original 2D and first 3D version were included in the The Lost Game Collection of ID Software by Softdisk in the early 1990s. All of the games were released digitally onto GOG.com on March 14, 2013 as the Catacombs Pack.