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MBCooklast Tuesday at 10:22 PM3 repliesview on HN

> The 3D games at the time let you go anywhere, view anything.

In 1993? I don’t remember any full freedom games back then. Certainly nothing could begin to approach the visuals for a very long time.


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amatechalast Wednesday at 5:16 AM

I remember a fully 3d game from quite a bit earlier than then! Spectre for Macintosh, from 1991: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(1991_video_game) , and some gameplay at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-F3XISR3ME

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qingcharlesyesterday at 5:34 AM

Cholo was open world 3D in 1986:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholo_(video_game)

gwbas1clast Wednesday at 2:57 AM

Wolfenstein 3D came out in 1992