Apogee Software
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Apogee Software is a pioneering American video game company best known for popularizing the shareware distribution model and launching influential titles in the early 1990s PC gaming era.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apogee Software canonical | 19 |
| Apogee | 4 |
| Apogee Software, Ltd. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11250145 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apogee Software Context triple: [Wolfenstein 3D, publisher, Apogee Software]
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A.
Apogee, Inc.
Apogee, Inc. is a visual effects company established by Academy Award–winning special effects artist John Dykstra, known for its pioneering work in film visual effects.
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B.
Avalanche Software
Avalanche Software is an American video game development studio best known for creating titles such as Disney Infinity and Hogwarts Legacy.
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C.
Steinberg
Steinberg is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as music, art, business, and politics.
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D.
Steinberg
Steinberg is a small settlement in Norway situated along the Drammenselva river, known for its riverside location and local railway station.
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E.
Steinberg
Steinberg is a locality within the town of Wadern in the Saarland region of Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apogee Software Target entity description: Apogee Software is a pioneering American video game company best known for popularizing the shareware distribution model and launching influential titles in the early 1990s PC gaming era.
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A.
Apogee, Inc.
Apogee, Inc. is a visual effects company established by Academy Award–winning special effects artist John Dykstra, known for its pioneering work in film visual effects.
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B.
Avalanche Software
Avalanche Software is an American video game development studio best known for creating titles such as Disney Infinity and Hogwarts Legacy.
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C.
Steinberg
Steinberg is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as music, art, business, and politics.
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D.
Steinberg
Steinberg is a small settlement in Norway situated along the Drammenselva river, known for its riverside location and local railway station.
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E.
Steinberg
Steinberg is a locality within the town of Wadern in the Saarland region of Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
software publisher
ⓘ
video game company ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Apogee Software, Ltd.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apogee Software
|
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| businessModel | shareware ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
3D Realms
ⓘ
id Software ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionModel | episodic shareware ⓘ |
| era | early 1990s ⓘ |
| focus |
action games
ⓘ
first-person shooters ⓘ platform games ⓘ |
| industry |
software publishing
ⓘ
video games ⓘ |
| influenced |
PC game distribution practices
ⓘ
independent game publishing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
PC games
ⓘ
early 1990s PC gaming era ⓘ shareware distribution model ⓘ |
| market | PC gaming ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Commander Keen series
ⓘ
linked to:
Commander Keen
Duke Nukem series ⓘ
linked to:
Duke Nukem
Wolfenstein 3D (as publisher) ⓘ
linked to:
Wolfenstein 3D
|
| platform |
MS-DOS
ⓘ
PC ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| role | publisher of shareware titles ⓘ |
| roleInIndustry | pioneer of shareware games ⓘ |
| type | privately held company ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Apogee Software Description of subject: Apogee Software is a pioneering American video game company best known for popularizing the shareware distribution model and launching influential titles in the early 1990s PC gaming era.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Commander Keen
linked to: Apogee Software
linked to: Apogee Software
linked to: Apogee Software
linked to: Apogee Software
linked to: Apogee Software