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by nhatbui 3186 days ago
I was fairly young when these games came out but could someone confirm with me that the first collage of game screenshots are mirrored backwards? They say [bottom to top, left] but it looks like they have it flipped. Like Wolfenstein 3D (left), Hovertank (right) and Quake (left), Doom (right).
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Lots of mistakes in that caption. The games are:

  Top: Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001)
  Second row, from left: Quake II (1997), Doom (1993)
  Third row: Wolfenstein 3D (1992), Hovertank 3D (1991)
  Bottom: Dangerous Dave In the Haunted Mansion (1991)
Very much this. It doesnt bode well for the credibility of an article posted on IEEE no less, when random 30 something person can spot 2 errors in 5 seconds after loading the page.
I spotted:

  - Bad image order instructions
  - Quake should be Quake II
  - Hovertank should be Hovertank 3D
  - Commander Keen should be Dangerous Dave In the Haunted Mansion
Looks right to me. Right to left, bottom to top is what I read their description as being. One thing wrong is that isn't Quake, but Quake 2 which was released in 1997
Also the bottom image isn't Commander Keen, it's Dangerous Dave.
They do mention that order, kind of. I guess the problem is that right to left, top to bottom is a fairly maniacal order to put things in without a good reason.
Oh that's my mistake. I thought by the description "left", it meant "yes, bottom to top but for each row, read left to right". Thanks!
The entire article has far too many errors. Most of the info is correct but they make several mistakes including lots of typos.