Shadow Warrior

ReleasedMay 13, 1997

PC (Microsoft Windows)
iOS
Mac
DOS

About

Shadow Warrior is a first-person shooter video game 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. Mark Adams ported Shadow Warrior to Mac OS in August 1997. The game's improvements included introduction of true room-over-room situations, the use of 3D voxels instead of 2D 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 and contained some sexual themes (although less blatantly than in Duke Nukem 3D). A combination of Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior was published by GT Interactive in March 1998, titled East Meets West.

Developer: 3D Realms
Publisher: MacSoft Games, GT Interactive Software, General Arcade, 3D Realms, Devolver Digital, Eidos Interactive
Genres: Fighting, Shooter
Themes: Action, Science fiction, Comedy
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: First person
Age ratings: ESRB M
Time to beat: 7 h normally
IGDB rating: 78 / 100 (89 ratings)
Also known as: SW, Shadow Warrior 3D, Ninja Master, Lo Wang is Shadow Warrior, Shadow Warrior Classic

Release dates

Release dates by platform
Platform	Release
DOS	May 13, 1997 · North America1997 · Europe
iOS	Dec 19, 2012
Mac	Oct 1, 1997 · North AmericaMay 29, 2013 · Worldwide
PC (Microsoft Windows)	May 29, 2013