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From: 3dgamers@3dgamers.com

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Subject: ANNOUNCE: 3D Action Gamers' Archive now at www.3dgamers.com/3daction/

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Date: 1 Mar 1997 22:22:42 -0000

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 1, 1997 3D ACTION GAMERS' ARCHIVE

UPDATE

Archive now at http://www.3dgamers.com/3daction/

and ftp://ftp.3dgamers.com/pub/3daction/

The 3D Action Gamers' Archive, formerly located at WWW.GAMERS.ORG,

now has its own domain at 3DGAMERS.COM. The content is the same -

we've just moved to a new, dedicated location.

As of just after midnight, accesses to http://www.gamers.org/3dgamers/

are being automatically redirected to

http://www.3dgamers.com/3daction/

You don't have to change your bookmarks or your hyperlinks, but it

would be a good idea to do so because in some distant future the

automatic redirection may go away.

The 3D Action Gamers' Archive is an expanding collection of over 100

3D first-person perspective action games for the PC. It has several

unique features that make it valuable for any serious 3D game players:

- All games are collected together in one archive. No need to hop

from one ftp server to another, trying to find these shareware

games, demo versions, screenshots, add-ons, patches and other

relevant information: you will find all the latest versions in the

3D Action Gamers' Archive.

- Using FTP or WWW, you can browse the list of games in different

ways: ordered by game title or by the name of the companies that

made them. The game titles are split in three categories, for

easier browsing: the current games, the upcoming ones (with screen

shots or previews) and the games pre-dating Doom's technology.

- An info sheet is available for each game, identical in layout so

it's easy to eye-ball. It includes: its title, the name of the

companies that developed and published it, its release date (or

expected release date for upcoming games), the official FTP and WWW

sites for that game, a link to the FAQ (if available) and a list of

newsgroups in which more information about that game can be found.

You will also find a list of keywords that could help you to

classify the game if you are not already familiar with it.

- The most popular games have their add-on archives mirrored locally.

There you will find hundreds of new levels and utilities for games

such as Doom, Doom II, Duke Nukem 3D, Heretic, Hexen, Strife and

Quake. A re-organized archive for Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of

Destiny is also maintained locally.

- The WWW interface is simple and does not use frames or heavy

graphics, and the archive is organized at most three levels deep,

thus making it easier for you to go quickly to the games that you

want to download or simply check out.

- We care about the 'net-underprivileged :) Along with FTP and WWW,

you can access the site via ftp-by-email through ftpmail@gamers.org

(send an email with the word "help" in the body for instructions).

- If you have any questions/comments/concerns you can reach the

maintainers either via email or a local newsgroup. The email

address is 3dgamers@3dgamers.com and the newsgroup is available

from news://news.gamers.org/gamers.3dgamers

And of course it is free. Only pure service to the gaming community.

Here is the list of games that are currently covered in the archive.

Keep in mind that things typically change whenever a relevant new game

is released, so this list may not be 100% up-to-date. For the latest

list of games please see: http://www.3dgamers.com/3daction/

If you are interested in any of these games, the 3D Action Gamers'

Archive is the place that you should visit:

Alien Trilogy, Amok, Angst, Anthrophobia, Ashes to Ashes, Assassin:

2015, Assault Rigs, Blake Stone, BLAM! Machinehead, Blood, Operation

Body Count, Catacomb Abyss, Chasm: the Shadow Zone, The Condemned,

Corridor 7, Cybermage: Darklight Awakening, CyClones, Cylindrix, Dark

Forces, DeathDrome, Depth Dwellers, Descent, Descent II, DOOM, DOOM

II,

Duke Nukem 3D, Metaltech: EarthSiege, EarthSiege 2, Eradicator, Fate,

Fury3, Terminator: Future Shock, G-Nome, In Pursuit of Greed, Havoc,

HeliCOPS, Hellbender, Heretic, Hexen, Hexen2 (working title),

Hi-Octane,

H.U.R.L., Hypercycles, Interstate '76, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II,

Ken's Labyrinth, Killing Time, Krazy Ivan, Lunicus, Magic Carpet,

Magic

Carpet II: Netherworlds, Marathon 2: Durandal, MechWarrior 2:

Mercenaries, MechWarrior 2, Montezuma's Return, Necrodome, Nitemare

3D,

Outlaws, Powerslave, Prey, Pyrotechnica, Quake, Quarantine, Radix:

Beyond the Void, Terminator: Rampage, Rebel Moon Rising, Redneck

Rampage, Rex Blade: The Battle Begins, Road Warrior, Rise of the

Triad,

Sand Warriors, Santa Slayer, Scarab, Scorched Planet, Shadow Warrior,

Shattered Steel, Shellshock, Siege, Skaphander, Terminator: SkyNET,

Slipstream 5000, Soultrap, Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels,

Spear of Destiny, Spectre VR, Star Fighter, Steel Legions, Strife,

Surface Tension, System Shock, William Shatner's Tekwar, Terminal

Velocity, Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri, Thor's Hammer, Tunnel B1,

Unreal, Virtua Squad, Witchaven, Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance,

Wolfenstein-3D, XS, Zone Raiders, ZPC.

Also if you have something you would like to contribute to the archive

please let us know and if it fits we will add it.

Things to contribute that we'd appreciate:

- Reviews of any of the games.

- New or unreleased cheatcodes.

- News tidbits about upcoming products (including gossip).

- Time. If you think you have time to spare to help add more cool

games from other categories let us know - we'd appreciate it.

In particular, we are interested in setting up new archives for

3D RPG games, 3D Simulators, or even 3D Puzzle games, and could

use a lot of help on them.

3D Action Gamers' Archive

http://www.3dgamers.com/3daction/

http://ftp.3dgamers.com/pub/3daction/

ftp://ftp.3dgamers.com/pub/3daction/

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