As a member of HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce), you know fighting evil won't be easy, but never have you ran into a mission like this... A madman with power to kill millions has been discovered... and HUNT has been dispatched to discover his plans... Your team was infiltrating his island stronghold when everything went to hell... The infiltration boat exploded... And fire came from all directions... The only way out is in... into the the fortress, but to stay out here would be certain death... So in you go, guns blazing...

Rise of the Triad, a straightforward 3D shooter, is the successor of Wolfenstein 3D, with a somewhat improved 3D engine, tons of explosions and carnage, and some evil monks. Everything is still composed to blocks, but multiple vertical levels have been added (but only via "jump pads") along with a LOT of multiplayer features. Wield everything from simple pistols to split missiles to take on your enemies, and survive environmental hazards like firechutes, spinblades, and more. Players can choose from one of five members of the HUNT team before blasting their way through four episodes and around 40 single-player levels.

ROTT was also one of the most multi-player friendly games on the market at the time of its release, with several different game modes in addition to the standard deathmatch and "Capture the Triad" The multiplayer mode, known as "Comm-bat", also featured unique multi-player only maps and very frenetic action.

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Alternate Titles

"Wolfenstein 3D: Part II" -- Working title
"ROTT" -- Abbreviated title
"Rise of the Triad: The HUNT Begins" -- Shareware Title

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	Rise of the Triad: Dark War	$5.99
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User Reviews

A campy, underrated classic shooter	DOS	jTrippy (50)
BOOOOOM!!!! Let's see...here's an arm...there's a finger...oh, is this your spleen? :)	DOS	Satoshi Kunsai (1856)
Awesome, awesome and awesome again.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4480)
A good DooM-era FPS with great multiplayer!	DOS	Ludicrous Gibs! (40)
Deserves to be one of the all-time CLASSIC first person shooters...	DOS	Mr. Me (36)
A great game... although a bit rough around the edges.	DOS	Chris Martin (1118)
Gore, Gore, and Triads	DOS	Plix (209)
ROTT is definitely deserving of its cult classic status.	DOS	Matt Dabrowski (215)
A revolutionary FPS game but very under appreciated!	DOS	adam payne (18)
One of the best 1st person shoot 'em up games in the pre-3dfx era.	DOS	Benjamin Willis (3)

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The Press Says

Coming Soon Magazine	DOS	Mar, 1995	90 out of 100	90
PC Gamer	DOS	Jun, 1995	81 out of 100	81
High Score	DOS	Jun, 1995	3 out of 5	60

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Trivia

Try starting up Rise Of The Triad using: "rott dopefish"

It will bring you into "dopefish" mode, where instead of getting the level name at the loading screen you get a smart-ass comment, and a special dopefish death cam for when you're hit by enemy missile fire. There's probably other secrets hidden in this mode as well...

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This entry was contributed by Picard (19786) and Matt Dabrowski (215)