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Daikatana
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Also known as John Romero's Daikatana

'''''John Romero's Daikatana, better known as simply Daikatana''''', is a 2000 first-person shooter action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive for Windows. A port to the Nintendo 64 was released the same year by Kemco. Players control a swordsmaster who travels through various time periods using the eponymous Daikatana, a powerful sword tied to the fate of the world.

Game data

Released
2000-05-23
User rating
2.41 / 5
Genres
Shooter, Action
Platforms
PC, Nintendo 64
ESRB
Mature

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Daikatana is a first-person shooter action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm. It was published by Eidos Interactive for Windows and Kemco for Nintendo 64. Players control a swordsmaster who travels through various time periods using the eponymous Daikatana, a powerful sword tied to the fate of the world.

Released
2000
Genres
Shooter, Puzzle
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Engine
id Tech 2
Developer
Ion Storm
Publisher
Square Enix, Eidos Interactive

Key facts

Video game.title
Daikatana
Video game.image
Daikatanabox.jpg
Video game.developer
Ion Storm
Video game.producer
Kelly Hoerner
Video game.designer
John Romero
Video game.programmer
Shawn C. Green
Video game.writer
Jorge Gonzalez
Video game.engine
Quake II engine
Video game.released
Nintendo 64Windows
Video game.genre
First-person shooter
Video game.modes
Single-player, multiplayer
Software.title
Daikatana v1.3
Software.name
Daikatana v1.3
Software.developer
Frank Sapone and others
Software.engine
Quake II engine
Software.platform
Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD
Software.genre
Unofficial patch
Software.latest release version
08-17-2023

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Official website
www.daikatana.com
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publication date
2000-04-14
title
Daikatana
Commons category
Daikatana
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  • Gameplay
  • Plot
  • Development
  • Promotion and release
  • Reception
  • Sales
  • Reviews
  • Retrospective analysis
  • Unofficial patch
  • Game Boy Color version
  • See also
  • References
  • Works cited
  • Bibliography
  • External links

'''''John Romero's Daikatana, better known as simply Daikatana''', is a 2000 first-person shooter action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive for Windows. A port to the Nintendo 64 was released the same year by Kemco. Players control a swordsmaster who travels through various time periods using the eponymous Daikatana, a powerful sword tied to the fate of the world.

Daikatana was directed by Ion Storm co-founder John Romero, a co-developer of the influential first-person shooters Wolfenstein 3D (1992), Doom (1993), and Quake'' (1996). Announced in 1997 as Romero's first game after leaving id Software, it underwent a troubled development that saw a change in its engine, release date delays, and the departure of several staff members. The protracted development, combined with promotion that focused on Romero's involvement over the game itself, resulted in negative publicity for Daikatana prior to its release.

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