Terminal Velocity (DOS)

Terminal Velocity

Platform:	DOS
Year:	1995
Developer:	Terminal Reality, Inc.
Buy:	Amazon

Terminal Velocity is one of the first games published by Apogee since they started using the name 3D Realms. The game is a 3D dogfighter that allows the typical flying combat out in the open, but as a twist, you can also take the battle underground and engage the enemy in subterranean tunnels. Each level features several objectives and an ending boss to destroy. You can get multiple power ups including an afterburner and several weapons like lasers, missiles, and mines.

To add to the fun factor, Terminal Velocity was network playable so up to 8 players could dogfight at once. Terminal Reality later published two games in a spiritual successor series for Windows under Microsoft: Fury3 and Hellbender.

Screenshots

The title screen.

Fighting in an above ground level.

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Music

VGMPF Album Art

The development team opted for MOD music instead of the more common AdLib of the time. This worked out well in their favor because the music has a much crisper sound than those from MIDI soundtracks. The music itself has a wonderful techno sound that really fits with the game's theme.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Download
01	Sex	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	1:40	Download
02	Alien	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	1:17	Download
03	Back	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	2:51	Download
04	Boss	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	1:04	Download
05	Broke	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	1:49	Download
06	Corner	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	1:39	Download
07	Creep	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	0:58	Download
08	Desert	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	1:41	Download
09	Fear	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	1:03	Download
10	Hell	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	3:37	Download
11	Hit	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	1:01	Download
12	Jest	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	1:50	Download
13	Mark	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	1:04	Download
14	Raise	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	3:35	Download
15	Repo	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	4:29	Download
16	Tame	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	4:30	Download
17	Weave	Kyle Richards	Kyle Richards	0:56	Download

Credits

Ripper: TheAlmightyGuru
Recorder: TheAlmightyGuru
Game Credits:
- Music and Sound Effects By Kyle Richards
- Configuration Music By Rob Wallace

(Source: 1, 2)

Game Rip

Format	Download	Size
	Download	2.7 MB

Terminal Velocity's music and titles are found in the CDROM.POD or DISK.POD depending on which media you installed with. They use the FastTracker format of MOD and were recorded using Dumb Module Decoder v0.9.9.55.

There are also some chat macros for playing multiplayer in WAV format located in the install folder and given the name TRI#.WAV