Shadow Warrior (DOS)

Shadow Warrior

Platform: DOS Year: 1997 Developer: 3D Realms Entertainment

Shadow Warrior is the next title released by 3D Realms using Ken Silverman's Build engine, after Duke Nukem 3D. It introduces new features including voxels (3D sprites) and improves the sector-over-sector "hack" first introduced in Blood (transitions between sectors are now seamless and there is no judder.)

Continuing in the tradition of Duke Nukem 3D, the humor is over-the-top and the main character is very stereotypical of a specific genre.

While this game was very well made, it never reached the popularity of Duke Nukem 3D.

Screenshots

The title screen. Early in level 1.

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Music

The Shadow Warrior sound and music was created entirely by Lee Jackson, and was his most complex work at the time. The soundtrack fits well into the various levels of the game adding greatly to the ambiance. Only the shareware version had MIDI music. The full version relied on CD music, which was itself rendered originally from MIDI. Lee Jackson has stated that while MIDIs of the CD tracks do exist, they are specific to the synth he used at the time and wouldn't be playable on any other devices.

Lo Wang's Rap includes voice over by John Galt.

Recording

Several output options were used to record the music.

1. - CD-audio
2. - Gravis UltraSound (classic patch set)
3. - Gravis UltraSound ("Pro Patches Lite" v1.60 with Power drum bank)
4. - Roland Sound Canvas (SC-88) - recorded using a Roland Sound Canvas for iOS in SC-88 mode, which was the premier MIDI synth available at the time, and the device the songs were designed to be played back through.
5. - General MIDI (based on Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth)
6. - OPL2 (Sound Blaster)

Note: outputs 2-6 are only possible to set up in the shareware version of Shadow Warrior. The CD music is the option exclussive to the full registered version.

#	Title	CD Track No.	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
101	Okinoww!a	2	Lee Jackson	2:55		Download
102	Everybody Off!!!	4	Lee Jackson	3:03		Download
103	Shellac	9	Lee Jackson	3:35		Download
104	A Game of Chants	12	Lee Jackson	4:11		Download
105	Landwaster	10	Lee Jackson	3:48		Download
106	Attention	5	Lee Jackson	3:45		Download
107	Leep's Prophecy	6	Lee Jackson	3:17		Download
108	Nin-Nin Gets His	8	Lee Jackson	3:30		Download
109	Thunder Winds	11	Lee Jackson	4:00		Download
110	Love Field	7	Lee Jackson	2:38		Download
111	Shadow Raver	13	Lee Jackson	5:00		Download
112	Okinoww!a - Reprise	3	Lee Jackson	1:05		Download
113	Lo Wang's Rap	14	Lee Jackson	2:32		Download

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
201	Okinoww!a	Lee Jackson	2:35		Download
202	Everybody Off!!!	Lee Jackson	4:46		Download
203	254 mm	Lee Jackson	4:09		Download
204	Morse Kodo	Lee Jackson	3:08		Download
205	Attention	Lee Jackson	3:09		Download
206	Taiko Recall (Unreleased Prototype)	Lee Jackson	2:51		Download
207	Pyroclastic Flow (Unreleased Prototype)	Lee Jackson	4:52		Download

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
301	Okinoww!a	Lee Jackson	2:35		Download
302	Everybody Off!!!	Lee Jackson	4:46		Download
303	254 mm	Lee Jackson	4:08		Download
304	Morse Kodo	Lee Jackson	3:06		Download
305	Attention	Lee Jackson	3:10		Download
306	Taiko Recall (Unreleased Prototype)	Lee Jackson	2:49		Download
307	Pyroclastic Flow (Unreleased Prototype)	Lee Jackson	4:50		Download

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
401	Okinoww!a	Lee Jackson	1:14		Download
402	Everybody Off	Lee Jackson	2:21		Download
403	254 mm	Lee Jackson	3:55		Download
404	Morse Kodo	Lee Jackson	2:55		Download
405	Attention	Lee Jackson	2:58		Download

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
501	Okinoww!a	Lee Jackson	2:32		Download
502	Everybody Off!!!	Lee Jackson	4:44		Download
503	254 mm	Lee Jackson	4:04		Download
504	Morse Kodo	Lee Jackson	3:05		Download
505	Attention	Lee Jackson	3:08		Download
506	Taiko Recall (Unreleased Prototype)	Lee Jackson	2:57		Download
507	Pyroclastic Flow (Unreleased Prototype)	Lee Jackson	4:46		Download

#	Title	Composer	Length	Listen	Download
601	Okinoww!a	Lee Jackson	2:32		Download
602	Everybody Off!!!	Lee Jackson	4:45		Download
603	254 mm	Lee Jackson	4:07		Download
604	Morse Kodo	Lee Jackson	3:05		Download
605	Attention	Lee Jackson	3:08		Download
606	Taiko Recall (Unreleased Prototype)	Lee Jackson	2:47		Download
607	Pyroclastic Flow (Unreleased Prototype)	Lee Jackson	4:45		Download

Credits

• Ripper: Malvineous
• Recorder: Nuke.YKT
• Game Credits:
  • Sound & Music Development: Lee Jackson
  • Not Credited Programmer: Jim Dosé

Game Rip

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The music is located in SW.GRP in the shareware version only, and is in a special MIDI format called EMIDI that was designed by Jim Dosé and Lee Jackson, although it's similar enough to MIDI to be played by all standard players. The MIDI files were ripped with Camoto. The track titles are taken from the metadata in the MIDI files and the track order is the same order of the levels in the game.

Audio Devices

Audio devices need to be detailed.

Releases

USA Title: Shadow Warrior Platform: DOS Released: 1997-05-13 Publisher: GT Interactive Software Corp.     Germany Title: Shadow Warrior Platform: DOS Released: 1997-??-?? Publisher: GT Interactive Software Corp.     France Title: Shadow Warrior Platform: DOS Released: 1997-??-?? Publisher: GT Interactive Software Corp.     UK Title: Shadow Warrior Platform: DOS Released: 1997-??-?? Publisher: GT Interactive Software Corp.     Brazil Title: Shadow Warrior Platform: DOS Released: 1997-11-?? Publisher: GT Interactive Software Corp.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/dos/shadow-warrior - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.com/pc/198606-shadow-warrior-1997 - GameFAQs.