CyClones (1994) - Raven Software's first FPS - Playing good MS-DOS games 5

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CyClones (1994)
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(English below) CyClones es el tercer juego de Raven Software, creadores de juegos como Heretic, Hexen, Jedi Oucast, Jedi Academy, Soldier of Fortune, etc. Sus dos primeros juegos habían sido en primera persona, pero del género RPG, este es el primero en el de los shooter en primera persona, género por el que serían conocidos principalmente. Aquel año 1994 Raven no perdió el tiempo, pues en noviembre lanzaron este juego, y al mes siguiente Heretic (hechos por 2 equipos diferentes dentro de la compañía).

El juego usa una versión mejorada del motor Raven, creado por John Carmack (principal programador de id Software en juegos como Doom y Quake) a partir del motor de Wolfenstein 3D, y que se usó por primera vez en el anterior juego de Raven, ShadowCaster.

CyClones tiene cierta relevancia en la historia de los FPS por ser uno de los primeros en tener vista con el ratón (o algo similar) y porque instaba al jugador a usar las teclas WASD para el movimiento, lo que se convertiría en standard del género años más tarde.

En este gameplay lo estoy jugando bajo DOSBox, y muestro los 3 primeros niveles del juego, junto a los vídeos introductorios y los de informe de misión, interpretados por actores reales. Bueno, eso de actores es un decir, porque son malísimos y se nota que no tienen experiencia previa ninguna en actuar.

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CyClones is the third game from Raven Software, creators of games like Heretic, Hexen, Jedi Oucast, Jedi Academy, Soldier of Fortune, etc. Their first two games were in first person, but in the RPG genre, this is their first one in the first person shooter, genre for which they will mainly known. Raven didn't waste time that year 1994, because in November they released this game, and the following month Heretic (made by 2 different teams within the company).

The game uses an improved version of the Raven engine, created by John Carmack (id Software's main programmer in games like Doom and Quake) from the Wolfenstein 3D engine, and that was used for the first time in the previous Raven game, ShadowCaster.

CyClones has some relevance in FPS history for being one of the first to have mouse view (or something similar) and because it suggested the player to use the WASD keys for movement, which would become standard in the genre years later.

In this gameplay I'm playing it under DOSBox, and I show the first 3 levels of the game, along with the introductory and mission report videos, played by real actors. Well, something like that, because they are really bad actors, and you can tell they have no previous acting experience whatsoever.

ShadowCaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd5wy76awYA
Black Crypt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umgrYGzQzT8




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