Blood (DOS)

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Blood
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Platform: DOS
Year: 1997
Developer: Monolith Productions Inc

Blood is a gothic horror style game using using Ken Silverman's Build engine. From a technology perspective, it comes after Duke Nukem 3D and includes some additional features like early sector-over-sector support and 3D sprites (voxels). The sector-over-sector support was further refined after the game's release, and by the time Shadow Warrior was released, all of the glitches had been fixed (however no update was ever made to backport the fixes to Blood.)

Screenshots

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The title screen.

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I live...again! (early in level 1.)
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Music

Recording

# TitleCD Track No. Composer Length Listen Download
101 Unholy Voices3 Daniel Bernstein 7:08
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102 Fate of the Damned8 Daniel Bernstein, Mike Cody 2:55
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103 Double, Double, Toil and Trouble9 Daniel Bernstein, Guy Whitmore 2:08
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104 Dark Carnival4 Daniel Bernstein 2:51
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105 Infuscomus5 Daniel Bernstein, Guy Whitmore 4:36
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106 Waiting For the End7 Daniel Bernstein 3:11
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107 Father Time6 Daniel Bernstein 4:51
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108 Pestis Cruento2 Daniel Bernstein 5:11
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109 Mall of the Dead- Daniel Bernstein 0:35
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# Title Composer Length Listen Download
201 Unholy Voices Daniel Bernstein 3:53
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202 Fate of the Damned Daniel Bernstein, Mike Cody 2:34
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203 Dark Carnival Daniel Bernstein, Jay Wilson 2:29
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204 Great Temple Daniel Bernstein 3:45
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205 Infuscomus Daniel Bernstein, Guy Whitmore 2:40
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206 Shipwrecked Daniel Bernstein 2:36
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207 Double, Double, Toil and Trouble Daniel Bernstein, Guy Whitmore 2:13
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208 Overlooked Hotel Daniel Bernstein 2:17
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209 Lair of Shial Daniel Bernstein 2:41
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210 Ghost Town Daniel Bernstein 3:27
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211 Sick Ward Daniel Bernstein 3:05
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212 Music Test 1 LoudMouth 1:19
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213 Music Test 2 Daniel Bernstein 0:33
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214 Unused ~ Pestis Cruento Daniel Bernstein 6:12
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215 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 1 LoudMouth 2:51
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216 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 2 LoudMouth 2:18
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217 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 3 Jay Wilson 2:20
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218 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 4 LoudMouth 2:17
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219 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 5 LoudMouth 1:36
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220 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 6 LoudMouth 0:49
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221 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 7 LoudMouth 2:08
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222 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 8 LoudMouth 1:59
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223 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 9 LoudMouth 2:40
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224 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 11 LoudMouth 2:34
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225 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 12 LoudMouth 3:28
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226 Unreleased Song ~ Demo 1 LoudMouth 3:07
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227 Unreleased Song ~ Demo 2 LoudMouth 2:07
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228 Unreleased Song ~ Apogee Fanfare Bobby Prince, Lee Jackson 0:12
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# Title Composer Length Listen Download
301 Unholy Voices Daniel Bernstein 3:53
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302 Fate of the Damned Daniel Bernstein, Mike Cody 2:34
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303 Dark Carnival Daniel Bernstein, Jay Wilson 2:29
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304 Great Temple Daniel Bernstein 3:45
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305 Infuscomus Daniel Bernstein, Guy Whitmore 2:40
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306 Shipwrecked Daniel Bernstein 2:37
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307 Double, Double, Toil and Trouble Daniel Bernstein, Guy Whitmore 2:12
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308 Overlooked Hotel Daniel Bernstein 2:17
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309 Lair of Shial Daniel Bernstein 2:41
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310 Ghost Town Daniel Bernstein 3:27
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311 Sick Ward Daniel Bernstein 3:05
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312 Music Test 1 LoudMouth 1:17
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313 Music Test 2 Daniel Bernstein 0:32
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314 Unused ~ Pestis Cruento Daniel Bernstein 6:12
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315 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 1 LoudMouth 2:51
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316 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 2 LoudMouth 2:18
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317 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 3 LoudMouth 2:20
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318 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 4 LoudMouth 2:17
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319 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 5 LoudMouth 1:36
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320 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 6 LoudMouth 0:48
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321 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 7 LoudMouth 2:10
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322 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 8 LoudMouth 1:59
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323 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 9 LoudMouth 2:39
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324 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 11 LoudMouth 2:34
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325 Unreleased Song ~ Blood 12 LoudMouth 3:28
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326 Unreleased Song ~ Demo 1 LoudMouth 3:07
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327 Unreleased Song ~ Demo 2 LoudMouth 2:07
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328 Unreleased Song ~ Apogee Fanfare Bobby Prince, Lee Jackson 0:11
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These tracks have been recorded from the game's MIDI tracks using a Roland SC-55. This was the premier MIDI synth available at the time, and the device the songs were designed to be played back through.


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# TitleSequenceFilename Composer Length Listen Download
01 CBlood 1 (Shareware)Blood - FCBLOOD1.MID * ? 2:08
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01 CBlood 1Blood - FCBLOOD1.MID ? 2:08
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02 CBlood 2 (Shareware)C5CBLOOD2.MID * ? 2:26
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02 CBlood 2C5CBLOOD2.MID ? 2:26
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03 CBlood 3Blood -DCBLOOD3.MID ? 2:04
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04 CBlood 4 (Shareware)Blood - ECBLOOD4.MID * ? 2:19
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04 CBlood 4Blood - ECBLOOD4.MID ? 2:19
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05 CBlood 5 (Shareware)DBlood4CBLOOD5.MID * ? 1:48
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05 CBlood 5DBlood4CBLOOD5.MID ? 1:48
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06 CBlood 6 (Shareware)untitledCBLOOD6.MID * Daniel Bernstein 2:34
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06 CBlood 6untitledCBLOOD6.MID Daniel Bernstein 2:34
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07 CBlood 7*H comp upCBLOOD7.MID ? 2:31
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08 CBlood 8*Blood JCBLOOD8.MID ? 3:17
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09 CBlood 9*G comp2CBLOOD9.MID ? 2:53
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10 CBlood 10Seq-1CBLOOD10.MID Michael 2:25
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11 Pestis CruentoGM_Blood ThemePESTIS.MID ? 6:05
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12 Unholy Voices (Setup)*unholy comp1UNHOLY.MID † ? 0:32
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12 Unholy Voices (Shareware)*unholy comp1UNHOLY.MID * ? 3:44
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12 Unholy Voices*unholy comp1UNHOLY.MID ? 3:44
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13 Blood 1NoneBLOOD1.MID ? 1:21
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14 Blood 4NoneBLOOD4.MID ? 1:04
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15 Blood 9NoneBLOOD9.MID ? 1:18
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* Early versions of these songs appear in the shareware CD (0.99) version.

† An early version of Unholy Voices (comprising mostly of the piano) is used as the test music in the normal shareware audio setup.

The last three tracks (13-15) were only used in the shareware CD (0.99) version and were removed for later releases, except for track 15 (DBLOOD9.MID) which remained inside the game setup and is used as test music when checking that the music device is configured correctly. It is still referred to here as the Blood Theme, despite never actually being used in the game itself.

Credits

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The music is located in SOUNDS.RFF, with another song inside SETMAIN.EXE (used for the music test.) The registered and shareware versions are much the same (with the shareware version lacking a few songs), however unusually an early shareware version was released on CD with the version number 0.99. While not quite a beta version, it was early enough in the development cycle that a number of changes were made before the later releases. This includes a number of major changes to the music, which are included in the rip. The MIDI files were ripped with Camoto. The recordings are from Brandon Blume's SC-55 Blood music pack.

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