Major Stryker Prototype Released
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:49
Now, there's actually something to do with Keen here, if to refer to this post of mine from the corresponding Duke4.net thread, with an emphasis on the response to Malvineous: https://forums.duke4.net/topic/9780-maj ... ntry293291NY00123 wrote:ok, I might not be very familiar with Major Stryker (although I did get to complete the whole game).
Nevertheless, the availability of this prototype build is really great!!
As usual, many thanks to any individual who had a part in making this possible, if directly, and if not.
NY00123 wrote:So, I took a look at the Keen tracks, and here's what I got to say about them:
- skating.imf (Skating O'er the Ice - Keen 5's high scores table): This seems to be the same as in the Keen 5 data.
- alienate.imf (Aliens Ate My Babysitter - Keen 6's world map) and oasis.imf (Tropical Ghost Oasis - Keen 4): These are exactly the same extended versions as found in Romero's supplied IMFs. A MIDI variant of alienate.imf (the extended version) composed by Bobby Prince was also made available online at some point.
- Now, here's some *very* interesting point about wednesdy.imf. Like alienate.imf, it is an extended version, and a MIDI variant was made available. However, I think the IMF was *not* supplied by Romero at all. Either that, or it got lost on the way (which I'm doubtful). So this might be the *very first time* we all get access to the extended wednesdy.imf track in IMF form!
They really are unused. Searching the (uncompressed) executable for ".imf" shows that the game only plays these songs:
Looks like all of these songs (except for invince.imf, the Apogee Fanfare proto.) can be played from the so-called "Music Test" accessible from the menus ("Music Jukebox" in the freeware release). There are 4 more slots in the music test, but they seem to be empty.