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Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders (PC cover
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Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders PC

Extended Edition of a fantasy-based first person shooter entitled Heretic. Compared to the basic version, two additional episodes were introduced.

Action | FPP | shooters

Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders Release Date PC

23March1995

developer: Raven Software publisher: GT Interactive

English language game language: English

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Raven Software teamed up with Id Software for the second time in its creation of the hit fantasy action game Heretic. Based on a modified DooM engine, Heretic pioneered a revolutionary new inventory system for character item use that has become commonplace in the FPS genre. Id Software published the game under its flag and it was distributed by GT Interactive.

Players took the role of Corvus, an Elven hero whose race was nearly eliminated by a horde of evil monsters from another dimension. The first episode of Heretic was released as Shareware as a precursor to the full version of the game, Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders.

Heretic won several awards for excellence, appeared in such notable publications as USA Today and Playboy, and opened many new doors in the computer gaming software industry for Raven Software and its team of developers. Heretic was Raven Software's most popular, highest acclaimed, biggest selling game to that point.

Last updated on 11 March 2009

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Age restrictions Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders: 16+

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