#Shadow warrior game original plus

Written by Dean Wesley Smith & Ryan Hughes respectively, these two novels were released in October of 1997. They were titled “ For Dead Eyes Only” and “ You Only Die Twice“, both of which were parodies of Ian Fleming James Bond novels. One of the lesser known items were the two print novels for Shadow Warrior. Screenshotsīeing 3D Realms, we released a lot of other ancillary, and sometimes strange extras to go with our games.

#Shadow warrior game original plus

Of course, a video game (even a 20 year old one) isn’t created by just a couple of guys, and there were more than just these six, one of the other mappers was 3D Realms vet Joe Selinske, plus of course Scott & George and several others (Michael Wallin, Ken Silverman, and the late Stephen Hornback). Stephen Cole – Steven joined us during the development of the Atomic edition of Duke Nukem 3D, and was one of the main mappers on Shadow Warrior, as well as working on early versions of Duke Nukem Forever. Something unique! You can read Jim’s “Legacy Interview” here. That was the only game released using licensed tech from id Software’s second Commander Keen game. Jim Norwood – Jim also was responsible for the side scroller Bio Menace from us.

He also worked on several other titles like Duke Nukem 3D. Keith Schuler – Keith had been with us for some time, and was responsible for the titles Paganitzu & Realms of Chaos besides Shadow Warrior. He also has a career as voice over artist, and was “Grandfather” in the 2006 version of Prey from 3D Realms & Human Head. John Galt – John was of course the voice of Lo Wang. Lee Jackson – our legendary sound and musician Lee worked both in our tech department and also wrote music to many of our classics including Rise of the Triad & Duke Nukem 3D as well as “Grabbag” (aka the theme song to Duke Nukem). Read our Legacy Interview with Frank here. Some info on the guys in the picture (L-R):įrank Maddin – previously did Crystal Caves & Monster Bash previous to Shadow Warrior, and an unpublished game called “Cybertank”. The photo above is team Shadow Warrior on a day that the voice of Lo Wang (John Galt) visited us. Team Shadow Warrior included several 3D Realms veterans. This article isn’t one that will go into the nitty gritty of game development, just a few fun memories of people, events, and things relative to Shadow Warrior. Here’s a quick look back at the second major Build game we released 20 years ago today. Over the top weapons and action, and an even more over the top game hero. The very anticipated next game from the makers of Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior followed in much the same path as Duke Nukem 3D did. On May 13, 1997, 3D Realms released the original Shadow Warrior to the world. One of the last old school Apogee/3D Realms games was released 20 years ago today.