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Events on Tuesday 5 May 1992 1
1992Wolfenstein 3D releasedid Software game popularizes the first-person shooterid Software released Wolfenstein 3D, a fast-paced first-person shooter that popularized the genre and helped establish the shareware distribution model for PC games. Players fought their way through a Nazi stronghold using an early 3D game engine. It set the template followed by later hits like Doom.