Talk:Wolfenstein 3D

Page recreation

As far as I was able to understand, this page was removed and locked from re-creation due to the following reasons:

1. MS-DOS versions of all Wolfenstein 3D games use very low-resolution sprites not allowing to tell what kind of weapon it actually is: the guides are giving hints that, for example, DOS Wolfenstein 3D uses Walther P38, and Return to Danger/The Ultimate challenge features Walther PPK, but that's barely obvious from sprites themselves. Same for its generic Minigun, generic rocket launchers used by some of the bosses and especially flamethrowers by Fake Hitlers - we can't even that weapon.
2. The game covers feature more detailed weapons such as AK47 and M16 series weapons, but since none of that appears in-game, it barely makes an IMFDB article eligible.

It seems that there was some bad rationale of why this page can be eligible. I found out some better one:

1. An official Atari Jaguar port features a better resolution. For example, it has pistol modeled after Doom's Beretta 92FS, Doom's minigun, that M16 series weapon from the cover scaled down.
2. An official Macintosh port also has a better resolution. While the weapons are kind of generic, it again has its cover in-game and features some weapon with M16-esque foresight. An official 3DO port in terms of sprites is the same as Macintosh one.

I guess that allows Wolfenstein 3D to be eligible if written this way. All the other weapons, especially all DOS ones, can be added in some "Trivia" category with the guides' explanations what are these weapons supposed to be: MP40, Walther PPK, Walther P38 and so on - but with some note that it looks like generic weapons by itself not eligible for that wiki. --MP-3008 (talk) 07:24, 15 March 2023 (UTC)