Speaking of companies unable to recapture past successes, Apogee Software was never really able to surpass the fame it had with Duke Nukem 3D.
At the time, Apogee published software under many different names depending on the genre of the game. 3D Realms was the name created for the burgeoning field of first person shooters, which became so dominant that Apogee changed its name to 3D Realms, and distributes software under that name to this day.
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