Editing Rise of the Triad (section)

===Original concept===
''Rise of the Triad'' began its life as a follow-up to ''Wolfenstein 3D'' (though it reportedly shares some similarities with director [[Tom Hall]]'s "Doom Bible", which laid out Hall's conception of the video game ''[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]'' and even shares the name of one of the protagonists). The working titles of the game were ''Wolfenstein II''<ref name="GamaSultanSW">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/apogee-software-when-the-sultans-of-shareware-went-retail |title=Apogee Software: When the sultans of shareware went retail |first=Alexander |last=A ntoniades|date=April 8, 2014 |work=[[Gamasutra]] |publisher=[[UBM plc|UBM Tech]] |access-date=February 8, 2018}}</ref> and ''Wolfenstein 3D: Rise of the Triad''.<ref name="Gama20years"/> It was to use the same game engine code as ''Wolfenstein 3D'', and have new levels, art, and characters. The artwork took around six months to do.<ref name="GamaSultanSW"/> As the game was getting into deeper development, project leader [[Scott Miller (entrepreneur)|Scott Miller]] was contacted by [[John Romero]], informing Miller that the project had been cancelled. Miller suspected that this was because [[id Software]] did not want to draw the spotlight away from the upcoming ''Doom''.<ref name="Gama20years">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4112/20_years_of_evolution_scott_.php |title=20 Years Of Evolution: Scott Miller And 3D Realms |first=Benj |last=Edwards |date=August 21, 2009 |work=Gamasutra |publisher=UBM Tech |access-date=August 5, 2013 |page=5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808123226/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4112/20_years_of_evolution_scott_.php |archive-date=August 8, 2013 }}</ref> In order to keep as many of the numerous game assets the team had already created from going to waste, Tom Hall came up with a new storyline which still incorporated the Nazi themes seen in the Wolfenstein series, however they would ultimately depart from plotlines involving Nazis, with the final narrative concerning a cult apparently inspired by the Californian folk legend of the [[Dark Watchers]] or 'los vigilantes oscuros'.<ref name="Gama20years"/>

According to the Apogee website, the original storyline was the following: <blockquote>After the fall of [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]], the true powers behind him have drawn into seclusion, planning their next strategy for world domination. Three large corporations guided Hitler as a puppet, and now plan the subjugation of the planet to their organization, the Triad. Their new plan: having developed nuclear weapons and new V-3 rockets to carry them, they plan to get a stranglehold on the world with the threat of [[Armageddon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legacy.3drealms.com/rott/originalspec.html |title=3D Realms Site: Rise of the Triad Original Spec |publisher=Legacy.3drealms.com |access-date=16 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815142753/http://legacy.3drealms.com/rott/originalspec.html |archive-date=15 August 2016 }}</ref></blockquote>