Shadow Warrior is a first-person shooter video game developed by 3D Realms and
released on May 13, 1997 by GT Interactive. Shadow Warrior was developed using Ken
Silverman's Build engine and improved on 3D Realms' previous Build
engine game, Duke Nukem 3D. Mark Adams ported Shadow Warrior to Mac OS in August
1997.[1] The game's improvements included introduction of true room-over-room
situations, the use of 3D voxels instead of 2D sprites for weapons and usable inventory
items, transparent water, climbable ladders, and assorted vehicles to drive (some armed
with weapons). Although ultra-violent, the game emphasized tongue-in-cheek humor and
contained some sexual themes (although less blatantly than in Duke Nukem 3D). A
combination of Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior was published by GT Interactive in March
1998, titled East Meets West.[2]
