History VideoGame / CastleWolfenstein

* {{AFGNCAAP}}: The player's character is never actually named in the game.

* RewardingVandalism: Averted; blowing up a chest with a grenade causes everything within to be LostForever. Blowing up a chest with ammunition results in an NonstandardGameOver.

''Castle Wolfenstein'' (1981) was a computer game written by Silas Warner for the AppleII, Atari8BitComputers, and the {{Commodore 64}}. It is regarded as one of the [[UrExample first stealth-based games ever]], and is the direct inspiration for the ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' series.

The success of ''Castle Wolfenstein'' prompted a sequel, ''Beyond Castle Wolfenstein'' (1984). In this game, the player must infiltrate a secret Berlin bunker where AdolfHitler is holding secret meetings; he must find a bomb hidden somewhere inside the bunker, plant it in Hitler's meeting room, then escape before the bomb explodes.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Schanpps screws up your shooting accuracy, and bratwurst fixes it.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Schanpps screws up tyour shooting accuracy, and bratwurst fixes it.

''Castle Wolfenstein'' (1981) was a computer game written by Silas Warner for the AppleII, Atari8BitComputers, and the {{Commodore 64}}. It is regarded as one of the [[UrExample first stealth-based games ever]], and is the direct inspiration for ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' and ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}''.

* OutlivedItsCreator: The ''[[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D Wolfenstein]]'' franchise has outlived Silas Warner, who died in 2004. Although he wasn't involved with further games, he endorsed the use of the name.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: In the original game, you can steal a uniform and wear it; the regular guards would ignore you, but the SS would spot you instantly.

* MasterOfUnlocking: In the original game, if the player finds a locked chest he has to "lockpick" it ([[WaitingPuzzle wait for a timer to count down]]) before it will open. The player can shoot the chest to speed up the timer; unfortunately, this uses up bullets, and may attract nearby guards. It's also bad news if the chest has explosives (ammounition, grenades, cannonballs (???)) in it.

* OneHitPointWonder: Played mostly straight in the first game -- while a single shot will kill the player, the ''probability'' that a shot will hit depends on several factors, such as the distance of the gunman and whether the player is wearing a bulletproof vest.

* VideoGameStealing: You can steal [[DressingAsTheEnemy the uniform of a guard]] or an SS trooper's bulletproof vest, then put it on and use it, all while holding the guard at gunpoint.
** This was the best way to kill an SS Trooper, actually, since it usually took a full clip or more to take one down. Sneaking up on them, telling them to give you their bulletproof vest and then shooting them? One.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Averted; though you can find food in chests, they have no effect in the game.
** Not true, schnapps would mess up your shooting accuracy, bratwurst would restore it.

* OutlivedItsCreator: The ''[[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D Wolfenstein]]'' franchise has outlived Silas Warner. Although he wasn't involved with further games, he endorsed the use of the name.

The success of ''Castle Wolfenstein'' prompted a sequel, ''Beyond Castle Wolfenstein.'' In this game, the player must infiltrate a secret Berlin bunker where AdolfHitler is holding secret meetings; he must find a bomb hidden somewhere inside the bunker, plant it in Hitler's meeting room, then escape before the bomb explodes.

''Castle Wolfenstein'' was a computer game written by Silas Warner for the AppleII, Atari8BitComputers, and the {{Commodore 64}}. It is regarded as one of the [[UrExample first stealth-based games ever]], and is the direct inspiration for ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' and ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}''.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[MetalGear Solid Snake's]] grandpa at work.]]

* LoadingScreen: The game displays four pages of unskippable introductory text while loading.

* MasterOfUnlocking: In the original game, if the player finds a locked chest he has to "lockpick" it (wait for a timer to count down) before it will open. The player can shoot the chest to speed up the timer; unfortunately, this uses up bullets, and may attract nearby guards. It's also bad news if the chest has explosives (ammounition, grenades, cannonballs (???)) in it.

* OneBulletClips: The player only has one pistol and can't store any extra bullet magazines. Thus if he came across enemy bullets, he only reloaded if they had more bullets then he currently had.

* MasterOfUnlocking: Normally, if the player finds a locked chest, he has to "lockpick" it (wait for a timer to count down) before it will open. The player can shoot the chest to speed up the timer; unfortunately, this uses up bullets, and may attract nearby guards. It's also bad news if the chest has ammo in it.

* LockedDoor

* UtilityWeapon: In the original game bullets can shoot out doors and help open chests faster, and grenades can blow open doors and destroy interior walls and chests.

* UtilityWeapon: In the original game bullets can shoot out doors and help open chests faster, and grenades can blow open doors and destroy interior walls.

* UtilityWeapon: bullets can shoot out doors and help open chests faster. Grenades can blow open doors and destroy interior walls.

* CollisionDamage: Touching a Nazi is an immediate GameOver.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[MetalGearSolid Solid Snake's]] grandpa at work.]]