The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki originally released back in 1994 and it's getting a little revival thanks to ZOOM Platform Media / Lee Jacobson with a Steam release due out in May. It actually had a re-release already back in 2023 on the ZOOM Platform store, and now it's getting expanded again.
Some of the improvements (that can be disabled) includes:
- THERE IS NOW STRAFING
- Non-nausea inducing mouselook
- You no longer need to hold down the left mouse button to move the camera.
- Yes. Really.
- Switch weapons using the scrollwheel, with a cool new radial weapon wheel: the Radialki
- Fully rebindable controls and options in a brand new custom launcher
- Presets for both original and modernized control schemes
- Left mouse is actually Fire now. And WASD are used for movement. Groundbreaking stuff.
- Toggle the new features on and off on a whim, if you want that original experience for some reason
- Native support for the most common controllers
- Fully compatible with the DK Bongos
- 3 hand drawn pillarboxes to choose from, for more style points
- Togglable sprinting
- More reasonable default settings, for improved graphical fidelity and gameplay
- Native Linux build, fully playable on Steam Deck!
- Save scum across devices with the power of Steam Cloud
They note on the Steam page it's using DOSBox Staging.
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The release will arrive on May 8th.
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Leahi84 4 days ago
Classic is a bit much. I was actively playing plenty of PC shooters back then, any I could get my hands on, even terrible ones like Tek War, and I've NEVER heard of this.
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Last edited by Leahi84 on 8 Apr 2025 at 2:09 pm UTC
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Raaben 4 days ago
"Katie, I need the Beetlejuice again"
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Not quite the right Civvie joke, seeing how Radiaki has no (live) rendered models...
All of the Merit Studios published first-person shooters are considered rather awful, but Isle of the Dead at least has the comic book aesthetic and point-and-click elements going for it. Suprised they didn't go for that one, although Nerves of Steel is probably the worst.
https://90sfps.fandom.com/wiki/Merit_Studios
Last edited by Technopeasant on 9 Apr 2025 at 2:55 pm UTC
All of the Merit Studios published first-person shooters are considered rather awful, but Isle of the Dead at least has the comic book aesthetic and point-and-click elements going for it. Suprised they didn't go for that one, although Nerves of Steel is probably the worst.
https://90sfps.fandom.com/wiki/Merit_Studios
Last edited by Technopeasant on 9 Apr 2025 at 2:55 pm UTC
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chickenb00 4 days ago
I don't recall this game and I thought I knew all the crappy doom clones from back then. This screenshot makes it look like the Build engine, but Duke 3D didn't come out til later.
Simpler times. Remember when Duke Nukem was 2D ONLY? (Whatever grandpa) ((Duke who??))
Simpler times. Remember when Duke Nukem was 2D ONLY? (Whatever grandpa) ((Duke who??))
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It's closer to Wolfenstein 3D or Rise of the Triad, but with angled walls.
It should be noted this is already out on the ZOOM store, including the Linux version by the looks of it.
https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/the-fortress-of-dr-radiaki
Last edited by Technopeasant on 9 Apr 2025 at 3:15 pm UTC
It should be noted this is already out on the ZOOM store, including the Linux version by the looks of it.
https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/the-fortress-of-dr-radiaki
Last edited by Technopeasant on 9 Apr 2025 at 3:15 pm UTC
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Slackdog 3 days ago
Classic is a bit much. I was actively playing plenty of PC shooters back then, any I could get my hands on, even terrible ones like Tek War, and I've NEVER heard of this.
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Give this fella a watch :)
https://www.youtube.com/@Civvie11
Give this fella a watch :)
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