Weclock: NEW HINT: battle the evil flame of metal.
apexultima: Well if it is 3D Realms you could relate that hint to possibly Balls of Steel. Maybe yes, maybe no. but thats all i can think of. I'm probably wrong though.
You might be onto something there. It was developed by Wild
fire Studios, which could be what the "flame" is referring to. The "evil" could be referring to Devil's Island, a table that was dropped from Balls of Steel and released as a game in it's own right.
Based on that and the rest of the clues so far, I'm going to have to go with 3D Realms/Apogee too.