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Shadow Warrior is a First-person Shooter Computer Game featuring Lo Wang , a master Ninja Assassin or "Shadow Warrior", developed by 3D Realms and released on May 13 , 1997 by GT Interactive . ''Shadow Warrior'' was developed using Ken Silverman 's Build Engine and improved on 3D Realms' previous Build engine game, '' Duke Nukem 3D '', by introducing true room-over-room situations, the use of Voxel s instead of Sprites for weapons and usable inventory items, transparent water, climbable ladders, and assorted vehicles to drive (some armed with weapons). Although ultra-violent, the game emphasized Tongue-in-cheek humor. Two original Novel s featuring Lo Wang, ''For Dead Eyes Only'' and ''You Only Die Twice'', were published in the wake of the game's release. On April 1 2005 3D Realms released the Source Code for ''Shadow Warrior'' under the GPL , which resulted in the first Source Port a day later on April 2 2005 . GAMEPLAY ''Shadow Warrior'' is a First-person Shooter similar to Duke Nukem 3D ; both use the Build Engine . Players navigate the protagonist, Lo Wang, through three-dimensional environments called "levels". Throughout levels are enemies that attack Lo Wang, these are killed by the player using weapons such as a Katana . Powerful enemies called "bosses" are usually present at the end of a level. ''Shadow Warrior'' also features puzzles that must be solved to progress in a level. Lo Wang's arsenal of weaponry includes Japanese-themed weapons such as . It also includes guns such as Uzi s and the Eraser -inspired Railgun . In addition, the head and heart of certain enemies can be used. STORY The preface of ''Shadow Warrior'' is that the protagonist, Lo Wang , worked as a bodyguard for Zilla Enterprises, a Conglomerate that had power over every major industry in Japan . However, this led to corruption, and Master Zilla - the president - planned to conquer Japan using creatures from the "dark side". In discovery of this, Lo Wang quit his job as a bodyguard. Master Zilla realized that not having a warrior as powerful as Lo Wang would be dangerous, and sent his creatures to battle Lo Wang. DEVELOPMENT Development of ''Shadow Warrior'' began in early 1994 as ''Shadow Warrior 3D'',http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue21/flooks/shadow.html and preliminary screenshots were released with , an area in the GT Interactive booth was dedicated to ''Shadow Warrior''.http://www.3drealms.com/gallery/e397/1.jpg.htmlhttp://www.3drealms.com/gallery/e397/14.jpg.htmlhttp://www.thefreelibrary.com/GT+Interactive+to+unveil+strongest+lineup+in+company+history+at+E3-a019495773 Add-ons Three Expansion Pack s to ''Shadow Warrior'' were started before its release, but disappointing sales compared to '' Duke Nukem 3D '' led the publishers to drop the projects. ''Twin Dragon'' was released as a free download on July 4 , 1998 . It was created by Wylde Productions and Level Infinity , and features music by Castles Music Productions . ''Deadly Kiss'' from SillySoft remains unreleased, but screenshots were released in January, 1998.http://www.3drealms.com/news/1998/01/shadow_warrior_8.html ''Wanton Destruction'' was created by , 2005 . Source code 3D Realms released the Source Code of ''Shadow Warrior'' on April 1 , 2005 under the GNU General Public License . The first Source Port was released a day later on April 2 , 2005 . Some source ports bring Shadow Warrior to new Operating Systems like Linux . Mac OS port Mark Adams, formerly of Lion Entertainment , ported ''Shadow Warrior'' to Mac OS . This was announced in August 1997. Adams had previously worked on Duke Nukem 3D , also by 3D Realms . http://www.gamespot.com/news/2467294.html?tag=result;title;6 MERCHANDISE Two original Novel s featuring Lo Wang were published. ''For Dead Eyes Only'' was written by Dean Wesley Smith and ''You Only Die Twice'' by Ryan Hughes . A combination of '' Duke Nukem 3D '' and ''Shadow Warrior'' was published by GT Interactive in March 1998, titled ''East Meets West''.http://www.gamespot.com/news/2462223.html?tag=result;title;4 RECEPTION AND CRITICISM Robert Parungao, a graduate of University Of British Columbia , criticized ''Shadow Warrior'' for ignoring distinctions among Asia n cultures: "The villain {Link without Title} in Shadow Warrior goes by a Chinese name, Lo Wang," "But when he fires his rocket launcher at his enemies, he screams 'just like Hiroshima.'"http://www.gamespot.com/news/6154591.html?tag=result;title;1 REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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