--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 240 APOGEE GAMES Ref: F5G00005 Date: 04/22/98 From: SIMON MACLACHLAN Time: 11:58am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Hmmm Is this actually run by a rep of Apogee or is it just some avid fans? CMPQwk #1.42-21 UNREGISTERED EVALUATION COPY --- EzyQwk V1.48g0 00f90055 * Origin: Alcatraz Feilding New Zealand +64-6-323-7327 (3:771/675) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 240 APOGEE GAMES Ref: F5G00006 Date: 04/12/98 From: CHRISTIAN FINDLAY Time: 06:06pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: You said you wanted more, so here it is!18:06:0004/12/98 Hi everyone. If you have ever said to yourself "Gee I would like to play Dungeons & Dragons" or "What the hell is Dungeons & Dragons" or "My DM is a F$%^wit" or "What the hell are we gonn do with the DM's body?" the you should try this site site: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/4449 Note: This is a new message and you may have tried this site before but this is now correct. 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BBS (03) 9510-1791 (3:632/525) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 240 APOGEE GAMES Ref: F5G00007 Date: 04/23/98 From: JONATHAN FINGAS Time: 08:58pm \/To: JOE SIEGLER (Read 0 times) Subj: DNF at E3? JS> Not gonna happen. That's why you're not in charge of it. :) Hey! I think a P2/Voodoo 2 combo would be an excellent display at E3! Great game + great graphics = great sales pitch. I hear everyone salivated at last year's E3 (from the online reports I read), when Quake II was shown on a high-end machine with a "mere" Voodoo 1 card. Maybe I'll just sign up with 3D Realms as a playtester to frustrate you! :-) JS> I can find out anything I want. I generally don't want to, so I can ide JS> behind "I don't know" when people ask me. It's not my place to be telling JS> people about this stuff, so the less I know, the better. Sure it is! How many people using BBS e-mail can ever hope to talk to Broussard or Replogle? I guess I'm an exception (I have Internet access as well as a BBS account), but I know there are others, and you're still a more accessible source. JS> There are some people out there that just bug you and JS> bug you for information JS> and don't know when to stop asking. That's one of the reasons why I avoid JS> saying things. Such as me? :-) C'mon, I'd just like to know why I should be getting Duke Nukem Forever as opposed to Half-Life or (dare I say it?) Sin. Right now, I only know about a whole bunch of "maybes" from the PC Gamer issue of yonder days. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: BitByters BBS, Rockland ON, Can. (613)446-7773 v34, (1:163/215) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 240 APOGEE GAMES Ref: F5G00008 Date: 04/23/98 From: JONATHAN FINGAS Time: 09:10pm \/To: JOE SIEGLER (Read 0 times) Subj: Duke Forever JS> Nope. We used to do that, and people gave us too much JS> shit over not making JS> them, so we're not doing it anymore. Sorry to jump in, but I found this little thread interesting! But aren't those also the people who'll generally trash anything if it doesn't meet their exacting standards (I've heard people trash Duke 3D and Jedi Knight!)? I know that game developers can't always predict how soon a game will come out; there may be "wailing and gnashing of teeth" because I didn't get the game when I was hoping to get it, but I WON'T berate the developers for the delay. I think you can afford to give a "guesstimate" for a release date, at least to me (no, really!). Just send a private message if you're concerned about leaks. I won't blab (beyond my brother, anyways); I don't have any real incentive to spread the news (you'd catch me, as it is), I'd just like to have some tangible time frame to start saving money for. It could even be something vague like "sooner than you think," "still a bit of work," or "don't start biting your nails just yet." --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: BitByters BBS, Rockland ON, Can. (613)446-7773 v34, (1:163/215) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 240 APOGEE GAMES Ref: F5G00009 Date: 04/25/98 From: JOE SIEGLER Time: 12:02am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Conference Rules AutoPost v4.7 04-25-98 00:02:42 * Registered To: JOE SIEGLER ---------------------------------------------------------------- | Official Fido APOGEE Conference Rules - Updated Apr 2nd, 1997 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Echotag: APOGEE Moderator: Joe Siegler, who can be reached via Netmail at 1:124/9006, or via Internet E-Mail at joe.siegler@apogee1.com This conference exists for the purpose of providing support for Apogee Software, Ltd, the shareware game publisher. Apogee's two divisions, 3D Realms Etertainment and Pinball Wizards are valid discussions here, too. Product support, bug reports, product announcements, and much more will be posted/talked about in this conference. This conference also serves as the discussion conference for the Apogee FDN, which is carried on the Fido Filebone. If you are interested in getting the Apogee FDN on your BBS, grab yourself a copy of FILEBONE.NA; it will have information on how to contact a Filebone representative. Failing that, you can ask your local Fido administration on what their policy is regarding obtaining Filebone files. Note: The following are not Apogee/3DR/PW games and are not valid topics of discussion in this Conference: Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, Strife, Quake, Descent, Witchhaven, Tekwar, Powerslave, Blood. The last four can be peripherally talked about, as they o use our technology, but direct threads on them are off-topic. 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Siegler Fidonet APOGEE Conference Moderator --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0074 * Origin: Apogee Software - Garland, TX - 972-271-5410 (1:124/9006) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 240 APOGEE GAMES Ref: F5G00010 Date: 04/25/98 From: JOE SIEGLER Time: 12:18am \/To: SIMON MACLACHLAN (Read 0 times) Subj: Hmmm -> Is this actually run by a rep of Apogee or is it just some avid fans? No, it's run by me, Joe Siegler. I'm the webmaster (among other things) for Apogee/3D Realms. Joe Siegler Apogee Software --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0074 * Origin: Apogee Software - Garland, TX - 972-271-5410 (1:124/9006) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 240 APOGEE GAMES Ref: F5G00011 Date: 04/25/98 From: JOE SIEGLER Time: 12:40pm \/To: JONATHAN FINGAS (Read 0 times) Subj: DNF at E3? Hello JONATHAN. 23 Apr 98 20:58, JONATHAN FINGAS wrote to JOE SIEGLER: > Hey! I think a P2/Voodoo 2 combo would be an excellent display at > E3! Great game + great graphics = great sales pitch. I hear everyone We don't need that kind of attention. It's only needed by products that an't stand on their own. > Maybe I'll just sign up with 3D Realms as a playtester to frustrate > you! :-) Not gonna happen, as I run the beta group. > Sure it is! How many people using BBS e-mail can ever hope to talk > to Broussard or Replogle? I guess I'm an exception (I have Internet > access as well as a BBS account), but I know there are others, and > you're still a more accessible source. To you. BBS's are all but dead. If it weren't for my personal affinity with this hobby, we'd have no presence here at all. No one at the company gives a rat's ass about the BBS anymore. Nor does any big company, either. JS>> There are some people out there that just bug you and JS>> bug you for information and don't know when to stop asking. > Such as me? :-) Yes. > C'mon, I'd just like to know why I should be > getting Duke Nukem Forever as opposed to Half-Life or (dare I say it?) Because it will be better than them. Period. It's as simple as that. However, you won't find out until it's released. Joe Siegler --- GoldED/386 2.50+ 424LM1 Fnord! * Origin: Apogee Software - Garland, TX (1:124/9006) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 240 APOGEE GAMES Ref: F5G00012 Date: 04/25/98 From: JOE SIEGLER Time: 12:43pm \/To: JONATHAN FINGAS (Read 0 times) Subj: Duke Forever Hello JONATHAN. 23 Apr 98 21:10, JONATHAN FINGAS wrote to JOE SIEGLER: > get it, but I WON'T berate the developers for the delay. I think you > can afford to give a "guesstimate" for a release date, at least to me You really don't get it, do you? Joe Siegler --- GoldED/386 2.50+ 424LM1 Fnord! * Origin: Apogee Software - Garland, TX (1:124/9006)