Heretic: Shadows of the Serpent Riders

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Heretic is a 1994 first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software and published by id Software. It was distributed by GT Interactive for DOS.

Using a modified version of the Doom engine, Heretic was one of the first first-person games to feature inventory manipulation and the ability to look up and down. It also introduced multiple gib objects that spawned when a character suffered a death by extreme force or heat. Previously, the character would simply crumple into a heap. The game used randomised ambient sounds and noises, such as evil laughter, chains rattling, distantly ringing bells, and water dripping in addition to the background music to further enhance the atmosphere. The music in the game was composed by Kevin Schilder. An indirect sequel, Hexen: Beyond Heretic, was released the following year. Heretic II was released in 1998, which served as a direct sequel continuing the story.

In 2025, Heretic was rereleased by Bethesda Softworks alongside Hexen with a new expansion titled Faith Renewed.

From Wikipedia's article Heretic (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.

Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.

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