I was installing Terminal Velocity today. I decided to explore the cd a bit and found some interesting preview pictures of two upcoming 3D Realms games, Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warriors. If you're into gaming history like me, its fascinating stuff. Take a look.
Seems like the actual development has been interesting too. Both previews have txt files which promise the games for Christmas 1995. Duke Nukem 3D came out around summer of 1996 and Shadow Warrior about a year later.
There were also some more previews on my Duke Nukem 3D CD. Another set of Shadow Warrior and Blood. No info on them, but I think this is a standard release, so both were released about a year later when these were made. It shows too, as there's lot of similarities with final game.
There was third preview too...of Prey. Honestly it looks pretty uninteresting. Whats funny about this thing is that Prey came out 10 years later.
Prey also had TXT info. Did any of this survive to the final game?
Quote:
NOTE
Prey's story and character are still in their infancy stages. None of this
should be considered final product, just development info. We want to take
the step, since the game is about being hunted, of making the character a
Native American. The character will be a successful business person or
politician, striking against the stereotypes. While a few aspects of Native
American culture will be brought into it, it will be as part of fleshing out
the character.
STORY
You are a successful Native American, fighting for part of what were your
ancestral lands. When the ruling goes against you, you pack up your Hummer
and head out to the wilderness to contemplate your future and hope for
guidance. Suddenly, there is a blinding flash of light, your skin crawls
with electricity and you black out. You wake to find yourself in a hostile
alien environment. Strange creatures pour out of every crevice of the odd
alien architecture, firing weapons of incredible might. You must find out
how to defeat them: master the alien weapons, explore the foreboding
battlefields to uncover their secrets, and discover what part you will take
in this violent new world.
DEVELOPMENT CONTACT:
Tom Hall
Creative Director/Producer/Designer/etc.
Apogee / 3D Realms
Apogee Software
Attn: Tom Hall
3960 Broadway, Suite 235
Garland, TX 75043
(214) 271-1648
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