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1939:Nunneley-Jackson, Stephany (27 June 2019).
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1789:(in Finnish). Archived from
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1654:"Castle Wolfenstein Review"
1558:"Beyond Castle Wolfenstein"
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2208:Video games
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1521:Wolfenstein
1494:(Podcast).
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1216:Barton 2010
1124:Cooper 1983
1079:Thorpe 2014
1052:Brooks 1991
983:Warner 1981
875:Retro Gamer
827:John Romero
825:co-creator
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739:Wolfenstein
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721:id Software
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645:floppy disk
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142:Atari 8-bit
130:Platform(s)
122:Wolfenstein
112:John Benson
76:Designer(s)
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2580:Global War
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2351:Youngblood
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2007:Ziff Davis
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1724:14 January
1633:Ziff Davis
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1363:Ziff Davis
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1243:Mitra 2021
1231:Bowen 2020
1016:Chalk 2011
971:Brill 1984
854:References
840:The Smurfs
780:Metal Gear
408:sauerkraut
263:is a 1981
2662:DOS games
2389:Companies
2106:MobyGames
1903:11 August
1893:The Gamer
1866:Routledge
1587:11 August
1577:Game Rant
1468:Salon.com
1441:Gamasutra
1414:Xbox Wire
1280:Xbox Wire
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859:Citations
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756:spin-offs
662:InfoWorld
526:Reception
521:Reception
466:The Voice
377:maze game
108:Artist(s)
96:Dale Gray
2594:RobotWar
2054:GameSpot
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1880:Archived
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1479:19 April
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1367:Archived
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363:using a
337:Gameplay
269:Apple II
232:Genre(s)
164:Apple II
137:Apple II
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2158:Portals
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1496:YouTube
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1343:18 July
1294:Au 2002
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545:AllGame
475:Achtung
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