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This a wiki for the Softdisk created series Catacomb, originally devised by John Carmack and the boys of id Software and then maintained by their successors at Gamer's Edge. As well, this wiki shall also seek to document the closely related Hovertank 3D.
2D Games: The Catacomb, Catacomb II
3D Games: Catacomb 3D, Catacomb Adventure Series (Catacomb Abyss, Catacomb Armageddon, Catacomb Apocalypse)
Compilations: Big Blue Disk, id Anthology, Catacombs Pack
Hovertank 3D: Brick Sledge, UFA, Hovertank
Characters: Petton Everhail, Nemesis, Grelminar
Locations: Nemesis's Keep, Nemesis's Lair, The Crypt of Nemesis the Undead, The Ancient Aqueduct, The Lost City of the Damned, The Crystal Maze, The Axis of the Time Lords, The Encounter Chamber, The Passage to the Surface
Technology:
- Engine: Polygon, Rasterization, Texture Mapping, Sprite
- Tools: Dosbox, Wolf3D Data Compiler (WDC), Hovertank 3D Editor
- Source ports: CatacombSDL, Reflection Keen, ECWolf, CatacombGL, WinWolf3D, Hovertank3DdotNet
- Re-creations: Catacomb: ABYSS, Catacomb WebGL
- Modifications: Demon Hunter, Robot Redemption
Companies/Organizations: Softdisk, Gamer's Edge, id Software, Flat Rock Software, GOG.com, Catacomb Games, JAM Productions, Froggman
People:
- First Team: John Carmack, Adrian Carmack, John Romero, Jason Blochowiak, Tom A. Hall, Robert Prince
- Second Team: Greg Paul Malone II, Nolan Martin, Michael Maynard, James T. Row, Jerry Jones, Carol Ludden, Steven Maines
- Business: Al Vekovious, Judi Mangham, Jim Weiler, James Gulledge, John Hicks
Related: Wolfenstein 3D, Commander Keen, Dark Designs, Dangerous Dave, Blake Stone
Community: Catacomb Crypt, Let's Play Catacomb Abyss 3D (Kikosia), The Catacomb Abyss - Kiwi Jam,