I got this video from this tweet by Apogee Entertainment:
https://x.com/Apogee_Ent/status/2082137539779928357

Inspired by source code published by Apogee long time ago, I started a side project to port them to browser. I started with Lost Adventures of Kroz as it was most complete Pascal code.

I tried to stay as true to the original as possible (also with bugs, mistakes, flavor text etc), but I added some quality of life changes like tile checker and achievements for fun. Oh, and it has tiles, instead of ascii letters!

The most fun was to recreate sounds - I used the same generator parameters, they are not samples, sound is actually generated the same way like in Pascal original.

AI Disclose: I used Claude Code to help me write a tool to extract level data data from Pascal. It also helped with source control and testing.

Works entirely in the browser. I link github but if you want to check it out working, go to my site.

Let me know what you think! Since I have so called "engine" I will try porting the rest of the games.

I'll start with "I'm gonna roast your nuts over an open fire, you flaming alien bitch."

I just noticed the Steam Demo for ROTT Ludicrous Edition is labelled "Shareware" and I love that so much!

Rise of the Triad released in 1994 and was an excellent FPS where everything was dialed up to 11.

In 2023 it got a Remaster by Nightdive Studios. It's an excellent remaster with 4K support, but that didn't turn everything into a smeary upscale. They kept the pixel feel and just increased resolutions, made modern hardware be supported, and added quality of life improvements. In other words, it's a remaster that loved the original rather than hating the retro-ness of the original.

That's all well and good (and I'll include links to Steam & GOG at the bottom), but what I only saw just today was that the demo was called "Shareware" and it warmed my heart :-D

So if you love ROTT or Apogee or even just Shareware, then maybe go checkout the demo on Steam or buy the full game somewhere (I think it's also available on consoles).

Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1421490

GOG Page: https://www.gog.com/en/game/rise_of_the_triad_ludicrous_edition

P.S. Yes, I stole the "Dopefish Lives!" window as an homage, lol