Shadow Warrior

Description

Lo Wang has been working as a Shadow Warrior (a bodyguard and mercenary of sorts) for the powerful Zilla Corporation for years. But when he discovered the evil Zilla's plan to summon monsters from other dimensions and conquer the world, he left in disgust. Realizing that Lo Wang might jeopardize his plans, Zilla sends his assassins after Wang...

Shadow Warrior is a first-person shooter, set in a generic "Asialand" which looks like China and Japan conflated together. It features a lot of immature and politically incorrect humor. Occasionally, you'll even come across scantily clad anime girls.

As Lo Wang you have to complete several levels, fighting enemies and solving (sometimes quite hard) puzzles on the way. Your enemies include evil ninjas with various weapons, "coolies" which carry a crate of dynamite and blow themselves up when near you, female assassins with crossbows and many more.

To combat them, you can find a variety of weapons and equipment. Weapons include: your fists, a katana, shuriken (that's a plural!), a riot gun, an Uzi (or two), a rocket launcher (for which you can find heat-seeking missiles or a nuclear missile), a grenade launcher, sticky bombs, a railgun, and even some enemies' body parts. You can also find equipment such as caltrops to leave in the enemies' way or gas bombs to choke foes who happen to be near it.

Alternate Titles

• "SW" -- Common abbreviation
• "Shadow Warrior 3D" -- Working Title
• "Ninja Master" -- Working Title

Part of the Following Groups

• 2.5D Engine: Build
• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Games made into books
• Games with voxel graphics
• Ninja-themed games
• Shadow Warrior series

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User Reviews

Good game, but the boat had already sailed	DOS	Maw (827)
Who wanted some wang? (The japanese Duke Nukem)	DOS	Depth Lord (950)
Wang Bang! A surprisingly fun game despite outdated technology.	DOS	Trixter (8866)
Do not play this game.	DOS	Mr. Hapton (11)
Lo Wang is not the best FPS character around these days	DOS	Black Wolf (37231)
No good, no fun.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4476)
my style the art of fighting without fighting is called poppin clips	DOS	paul adam (1)

The Press Says

GamePro	DOS	Nov, 1997	4.5 out of 5	90
Just Games Retro	DOS	Dec 28, 2007	86 out of 100	86
Kingdom of Desire	DOS	Apr 26, 2008	8.5 out of 10	85
Gamezilla	DOS	Jan 24, 2001	84 out of 100	84
PC Zone	DOS	Aug 13, 2001	8 out of 10	80
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	DOS	Jul, 1997	80 out of 100	80
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	DOS	Sep 08, 1997		80
Computer Games Magazine	DOS	Jan 30, 1998		70
Shooterplanet	DOS	Apr 07, 2004	45 out of 100	45
Game.EXE	DOS	Apr, 1997	23 out of 100	23

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Trivia

May, 1997
3D Realms releases Shadow Warrior, which is the last of many Build engine games by 3D Realms and many licensees. Build was the foundation for the following eight games, in order of their release: Witchaven, TekWar, Duke Nukem 3D, Witchaven II, Powerslave, Redneck Rampage, Blood and Shadow Warrior. The Build engine is undoubtedly one of the most prolific and successful engines ever used in the game industry.