Super Noah's Ark 3D (DOS)

Super Noah's Ark 3D

Platform: DOS Year: 1995 Developer: Wisdom Tree, Inc. Buy: Amazon

Super Noah's Ark 3D, also called Super 3-D Noah's Ark, is a first-person shooter that utilizes the Wolfenstein 3D (DOS) engine. However, instead of saving the world from Nazis in an underground bunker, you're trying to feed a bunch angry animals on the ark.

Various feeding tools are collected through the game, and grain is fired at them. If they eat enough grain they will fall asleep. There is a big boss animal at the end of each episode. To claim that the game is educational, you will occasionally encounter trivia questions about the biblical story.

Overall, the game is pretty abysmal. Every level uses brown wood paneling making the game visually dull, the levels often feature tedious poorly constructed mazes, the bigger weapons cover the screen making it hard to see enemies, and by the time it hit shelves, other people were playing Quake. Still, it did have a couple nice features. There was floor and ceiling textures, and one addition many Wolfenstein fans would have loved, an overview map.

While there is speculation that the Wolfenstein 3D engine was given to Wisdom Tree by id Software as revenge for what the Nintendo censors did to Wolfenstein 3D (SNES), Wisdom Tree was actually a properly licensed buyer of id's technology. The game was actually originally supposed to be Hellraiser, based on the movie, using special hardware, but production of the cartridges proved too expensive for Color Dreams, and they had to make a new game.

Screenshots

The title screen The main menu Choosing an episode Putting some sheep to bed! A trivia question The wonderful overhead map

Music

The game's music is far from ground-breaking, but it does feature a wide variety of instruments and genres keeping it interesting throughout the game. While the game lacks credits, an interview with Vance Kozik confirms that he composed the music.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Size	Listen
01	Title	Vance Kozik	Unknown	1:02	707 KB
02	Menu	Vance Kozik	Unknown	1:46	1.1 MB
03	Level Music 1	Vance Kozik	Unknown	1:20	941 KB
04	Level Music 2	Vance Kozik	Unknown	2:05	1.1 MB
05	Level Music 3	Vance Kozik	Unknown	1:38	1.0 MB
06	Level Music 4	Vance Kozik	Unknown	1:46	1.2 MB
07	Level Music 5	Vance Kozik	Unknown	2:05	1.4 MB
08	Level Music 6	Vance Kozik	Unknown	0:44	510 KB
09	Boss Stages	Vance Kozik	Unknown	1:46	1.2 MB
10	Bonus Stages	Vance Kozik	Unknown	1:31	931 KB
11	High Scores	Vance Kozik	Unknown	1:29	1.0 MB

Credits

• Ripper: Adam Biser
• Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru
• Game Credits:
  • Not Credited Composer: Vance Kozik

(Source: Interview with Vance Kozik; game lacks credits.)

Game Rip

Format	Download	Size
	Download	13 KB

The type-0 MIDI files were ripped from the AudioHed.N3D and AudioT.N3D files using Adam Biser's Wolf Data Compiler. They were recorded using Winamp's MIDI plugin v3.17. Unlike all other games that use the Wolfenstein engine but Rise of the Triad: Dark War (DOS), Super Noah's Ark 3D does not use IMF music. Instead, the developers added their own code to play general MIDI through AdLib. Because of this, the sound of the recording isn't 100% accurate, and should be updated when a suitable AdLib MIDI rendering is made.

The titles of the music is based on when you hear them in the game, and the track order is based on the order you'll hear the background music.

Audio Devices

Music
Sound

(Source)

Releases

USA Title: Super Noah's Ark 3D Platform: DOS Released: 1995-??-?? Publisher: Wisdom Tree, Inc.

Links

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_3D_Noah%27s_Ark - Wikipedia.