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HopeHoops

(47,675 posts) Fri Dec 9, 2011, 01:22 PM Dec 2011

Historical note: Does anyone remember the original "Castle Wolfenstein" on the Apple II? [View all]

As far as I know, it was the first game to use voice simulation. A buddy of mine worked on it. The way they did it was to use the cassette port (remember cassette tapes? This is a song about cassette tapes.) and pipe in speech. They digitized it and just threw it back at the speaker. The sound sucked, but so did cassette storage.

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Historical note: Does anyone remember the original "Castle Wolfenstein" on the Apple II? [View all] HopeHoops Dec 2011 OP

I remember wondering why the nazis had so many chests filled with Liebfraumilch foo_bar Dec 2011 #1

I'll have to ask my buddy about the Liebfraumilch chests. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #3

I played that on our school Apple II's in junior high. Systematic Chaos Dec 2011 #2

My teacher parents would borrow their high schools Apple II for a week or two in the holiday's uriel1972 Dec 2011 #4

I played it on my Commodore 64. MrSlayer Dec 2011 #5

C=64 also had the most killer sound chip available. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #6

Berzerk was the first game I heard that used digitized speech Ter Dec 2011 #7

"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! THE ENTRUDER MUST NOT ESCAPE!" HopeHoops Dec 2011 #8

Schweinhund! Gore1FL Feb 2012 #9