Wolf3D: Spear of Destiny Mission Pack 2 - lost rerelease
Nov 23, 2019 3:30:31 GMT
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Post by wadmodderpudu on Nov 23, 2019 3:30:31 GMT
Alot of you guys may have rarely heard about the 2 Mission Packs of Spear of Destiny called Return to Danger and Ultimate Challenge released by FormGen back in 1994, well they were just wierd cash-ins on the popularity of Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny respectively, both released in 1992, with wierd level layouts, sprite swaps of existing Spear of Destiny enemies, weapons, items and props, and texture that looks like they are out of place for a Wolfenstein game, particularly some UAC computer and box textures blatantly ripped and converted from DOOM (1993).
Now in the DoomWiki's article of Doom references in other games in the "Games that use Doom assets" section of the article there is a mention of Spear of Destiny Mission 3: Ultimate Challenge, where Floor 21: Future Threat using UAC computer and box textures from DOOM in the level.
Although clearly references to the game, it mentions that id Software did not approve the insertion of the material and that the references were removed in a later release of the Mission Pack.
However, I honestly don't think this ever really happened or if copies even exist. If I'm correct the Steam version of Spear of Destiny released in 2007 (when id Software joined Valve's digital storefront, 2 years prior to the Zenimax/Bethesda acquisition) and the GOG.com version with both Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny released in 2015 (when Bethesda/Zenimax released a portion of their catalog, including a few id Software games preconfigured with DOSBox) still have the UAC computer and box textures from DOOM still included in the second mission pack.
If this rerelease/revision did get released, then copies are likely rare and hard to find. In addition there isn't any screenshots of Floor 21: Future Threat from the revised version of the second mission pack anywhere to be seen, as the screenshots currently seen online still feature the UAC computer and box textures from DOOM from the older and currently available version for digital distribution services.
Now in the DoomWiki's article of Doom references in other games in the "Games that use Doom assets" section of the article there is a mention of Spear of Destiny Mission 3: Ultimate Challenge, where Floor 21: Future Threat using UAC computer and box textures from DOOM in the level.
Although clearly references to the game, it mentions that id Software did not approve the insertion of the material and that the references were removed in a later release of the Mission Pack.
However, I honestly don't think this ever really happened or if copies even exist. If I'm correct the Steam version of Spear of Destiny released in 2007 (when id Software joined Valve's digital storefront, 2 years prior to the Zenimax/Bethesda acquisition) and the GOG.com version with both Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny released in 2015 (when Bethesda/Zenimax released a portion of their catalog, including a few id Software games preconfigured with DOSBox) still have the UAC computer and box textures from DOOM still included in the second mission pack.
If this rerelease/revision did get released, then copies are likely rare and hard to find. In addition there isn't any screenshots of Floor 21: Future Threat from the revised version of the second mission pack anywhere to be seen, as the screenshots currently seen online still feature the UAC computer and box textures from DOOM from the older and currently available version for digital distribution services.
