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	\|bobscreen= Shadow Warrior (1997)-title.png		// \|bobscreen= Shadow Warrior (1997)-title.png
	\|title= Shadow Warrior		// \|title= Shadow Warrior
	\|aka= Shadow Warrior Registered, Shadow Warrior Classic (previously known as ''Shadow Warrior Original'')<ref name="steam">[https://store.steampowered.com/app/238070/Shadow_Warrior_Classic_1997/ Shadow Warrior Classic (1997)] - Steam</ref>, Shadow Warrior Classic Complete<ref name="gog">[https://www.gog.com/game/shadow_warrior_complete Shadow Warrior Classic Complete] - GOG</ref>		// \|aka= Shadow Warrior Registered, Shadow Warrior Classic (previously known as ''Shadow Warrior Original'')<ref name="steam">[https://store.steampowered.com/app/238070/Shadow_Warrior_Classic_1997/ Shadow Warrior Classic (1997)] - // Steam</ref>, Shadow Warrior Classic Complete<ref name="gog">[https://www.gog.com/game/shadow_warrior_complete Shadow Warrior Classic Complete] - GOG</ref>
	\|developers= {{developer\|3D Realms\|ref=<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241205153300/https://legacy.3drealms.com/sw/index.html 3D Realms Site: Shadow Warrior] - 3D Realms (Legacy), </ref>}}, {{developer\|Sunstorm Interactive\|ref=<ref name="wanton">[https://web.archive.org/web/20250223022929/http://legacy.3drealms.com/news/2005/09/wanton_destruction_for_shadow.html Wanton Destruction for Shadow Warrior Released!] - 3D Realms (Legacy), September 9th 2005</ref>}} (''Wanton Destruction'')		// \|developers= {{developer\|3D Realms\|ref=<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241205153300/https://legacy.3drealms.com/sw/index.html 3D Realms Site: Shadow Warrior] - 3D Realms (Legacy), </ref>}}, {{developer\|Sunstorm // Interactive\|ref=<ref name="wanton">[https://web.archive.org/web/20250223022929/http://legacy.3drealms.com/news/2005/09/wanton_destruction_for_shadow.html Wanton Destruction for Shadow Warrior Released!] - 3D Realms (Legacy), // September 9th 2005</ref>}} (''Wanton Destruction'')
	\|publishers= {{publisher\|GT Interactive}} (DOS), {{publisher\|MacSoft}} (Mac), {{publisher\|Eidos Interactive}} (EU), {{publisher\|Devolver Digital\|ref=<ref name="steam"/>}}<ref name="gog"/> (''Classic''/''Classic Complete'')		// \|publishers= {{publisher\|GT Interactive}} (DOS), {{publisher\|MacSoft}} (Mac), {{publisher\|Eidos Interactive}} (EU), {{publisher\|Devolver Digital\|ref=<ref name="steam"/>}}<ref name="gog"/> (''Classic''/''Classic Complete'')
	\|systems= {{system\|DOS}}, {{system\|Mac OS Classic}}		// \|systems= {{system\|DOS}}, {{system\|Mac OS Classic}}
	\|world= {{date\|1997\|May\|13}} (DOS), {{date\|1997\|October\|nocat=true}} (Mac), {{date\|2005\|September\|9\|nocat=true\|ref=<ref name="wanton" />}} (''Wanton Destruction'')		// \|world= {{date\|1997\|May\|13}} (DOS), {{date\|1997\|October\|nocat=true}} (Mac), {{date\|2005\|September\|9\|nocat=true\|ref=<ref name="wanton" />}} (''Wanton Destruction'')
	\|graphics= y		// \|graphics= y
	\|debug= y		// \|debug= y
	\|code= y		// \|code= y
	\|region= y		// \|region= y
	\|devmessage= y		// \|devmessage= y
	}}		}}
	{{nsfw\|Naked 90s anime girl kills herself because her lover is dying.}}		{{nsfw\|Naked 90s anime girl kills herself because her lover is dying.}}

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{{Bob
|bobscreen= Shadow Warrior (1997)-title.png
|title= Shadow Warrior
|aka= Shadow Warrior Registered, Shadow Warrior Classic (previously known as ''Shadow Warrior Original'')<ref name="steam">[https://store.steampowered.com/app/238070/Shadow_Warrior_Classic_1997/ Shadow Warrior Classic (1997)] - Steam</ref>, Shadow Warrior Classic Complete<ref name="gog">[https://www.gog.com/game/shadow_warrior_complete Shadow Warrior Classic Complete] - GOG</ref>
|developers= {{developer|3D Realms|ref=<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241205153300/https://legacy.3drealms.com/sw/index.html 3D Realms Site: Shadow Warrior] - 3D Realms (Legacy), </ref>}}, {{developer|Sunstorm Interactive|ref=<ref name="wanton">[https://web.archive.org/web/20250223022929/http://legacy.3drealms.com/news/2005/09/wanton_destruction_for_shadow.html Wanton Destruction for Shadow Warrior Released!] - 3D Realms (Legacy), September 9th 2005</ref>}} (''Wanton Destruction'')
|publishers= {{publisher|GT Interactive}} (DOS), {{publisher|MacSoft}} (Mac), {{publisher|Eidos Interactive}} (EU), {{publisher|Devolver Digital|ref=<ref name="steam"/>}}<ref name="gog"/> (''Classic''/''Classic Complete'')
|systems= {{system|DOS}}, {{system|Mac OS Classic}}
|world= {{date|1997|May|13}} (DOS), {{date|1997|October|nocat=true}} (Mac), {{date|2005|September|9|nocat=true|ref=<ref name="wanton" />}} (''Wanton Destruction'')
|graphics= y
|debug= y
|code= y
|region= y
|devmessage= y
}}
{{nsfw|Naked 90s anime girl kills herself because her lover is dying.}}
'''''Shadow Warrior''''' is a story of one Lo Wang, who goes out on a mission to stop a corrupt executive from taking over Japan. Wang is prepared to slay any enemies in his path and make some cheesy jokes along the way.

Basically, a slightly Asianized ''[[Duke Nukem 3D (PC)|Duke Nukem 3D]]''.

{{todo|1=
* We could really have a pre-release page
* Unused earlier sprite of the dying Master Leap, indications the dog statues were supposed to be a fourth key type, among other typical unused stuff in the .GRP file similar to Duke3D.}}

==Sub-Page==
{{namespaces}}

==Unused Graphics==
===Shuriken Icon===
[[File:Shadow_Warrior-alt_cursor.gif|right]]

A shuriken cursor that would have been for the main menu. The final version uses a yin-yang symbol instead.

This cursor is used in several prototypes.
{{source|Hendricks266}}
{{clear}}

===Old Player Design Head===
[[File:sw97_1744.png|right]]

Tile 1744 contains a texture featuring the head of an older player design. This design can be seen in several prototypes, but oddly, the sprite itself has never appeared in any prototypes where this design was in the game.
{{clear}}

{{compare
|leftt = Unused Sprite
|left = [[File:sw97_1744.png]]
|rightt= Old Player Head
|right = [[File:Swjun11th 1722.png]]
}}

===Spikeless Sticky Bomb===
[[File:sw97_2370.png|right]]

Inside the game's files is a first person sprite of a Sticky Bomb armed, but without spikes on it, and a world sprite of a Sticky Bomb without spikes. Some prototypes did feature a spike-less Sticky Bomb that could not stick to things.
{{clear}}

<gallery>
File:sw97_2371.png|Spikeless Sticky Bomb on the ground.
</gallery>

===Unused Skies===
Inside the game's files are two unused skies. Larger versions of these are used in the April 4th prototype, though.

<gallery>
File:Sw97 0037.png|Tile 37
File:Sw97 0038.png|Tile 38
</gallery>

Although the sky on the left (Tile 37) is never used as a parallax texture, it can still be seen on the secret level ''Auto Maul'' ($AUTO.MAP) as a decorative wallpaper in one of the car exhibitions.

===Portable Medkit===
[[File:Sw97_dukeportablevoxel.png|300px|right]]

Among the game's voxel files is one called "medkit2". When opened, it reveals a voxel version of the Portable Medkit from ''Duke Nukem 3D''. This does not appear anywhere in the game.
{{clear}}

===Seppuku Girl===
{{NSFWWarning}}
[[File:sw97_5100.png|YUKIO NO!|right]]

Inside the game's files are a full set of animations for a naked anime girl killing herself with a katana. She appears in a texture found in Master Leep's Temple, suggesting she was meant to appear there.
{{clear}}

<gallery>
File:sw97_5103.png|Dead.
File:sw97_4935.png|Texture from Master Leep's Temple. The seppuku girl can be seen in the upper-right corner of the texture.
</gallery>
{{NSFWWarningEnd}}

==Unused/Undocumented Commands==
{{todo|See what these commands do: -net, -control, -allsync, -name, -ten, -col, -s, -ddr, dmo}}
On top of the commands seen by entering '''sw -?''', many other command line options were programmed into the game. These can be entered in the command line like the documented commands (such as '''sw -cheat -cacheprint -level1''').

{|class="prettytable"
!Command Line Argument||Effect
|-
|'''autonet'''||Unknown.
|-
|'''cacheprint'''||Enables CachePrintMode, which prints to stdout whenever a sound effect is cached/loaded.
|-
|'''setupfile'''||Used by setup.exe, possibly no longer used in source release.
|-
|'''f8''', '''f4''', or '''f2'''||MovesPerPacket = 8, 4, 2 (tweaks how movement is encoded during netplay)
|-
|'''demosyncrecord'''||Enables DemoSyncRecord, records demo sync information to a file.
|-
|'''demosynctest'''||Enables DemoSyncTest, which reads previously recorded demo sync information and errors out if demo playback doesn't match.
|-
|'''cam'''||Enables CameraTestMode, which tests third-person demo cams during an actual game.
|-
|'''cheat'''||Makes the player invulnerable and gives them every single item and weapon, complete with the maximum amount that can be stored for each one.
|-
|'''coop#'''||Cooperative, # parameter refers to number of players. In single-player, only effect is keeping keys around after pickup, as getting killed still restarts the level.
|-
|'''commbat#'''||Single-player commbat play, # parameter refers to number of players. Simply displays an (empty) scoreboard on Lo Wang's death.
|-
|'''nopredict'''||Disables prediction for network play. The game will no longer try to guess the "actual" location of other players.
|-
|'''short'''||Multiplayer: Reduces kill limit to 1/10th, and time limit by half.
|-
|'''ddr'''||Demo recording, with debug mode.
|}
{{tcrf source|devin, Divingkataetheweirdo}}

==Regional Differences==
===Shurikens to Darts===
[[File:Sw97 2510.png|right]]

Because of "video nasty" laws in the United Kingdom which at the time prohibited the use of ninja weapons (or the term ninja, at all) in media, the Shuriken was changed into darts in order to be sold in that region.

The commercial ''Shadow Warrior Redux'' port allows the player to swap between darts and shurikens at any time.
{{clear}}

<gallery>
File:Sw97_2519.png|Dart ammo pickup.
File:Sw97 2525.png|Front of dart in the air.
File:Sw97 2526.png|Side
File:Sw97 2529.png|Back(?)
</gallery>

==Hidden Messages==
Three levels contain hidden messages, two of which require cheats to see them.

===Killing Fields===
[[File:Sw97 killingmessage.png|right|300px]]

The message "monkey mappers say hi" can be found in a lava pool just past the main entrance to the room with the Bronze Key. It is at the bottom of the large pit the player can fling himself. This makes it the only secret message that can be found without cheats, as the player can see it while rotating his head after dying. If this was intended is unknown.
{{clear}}

===Raiders of the Lost Wang===
[[File:Sw97_raidersmessage.png|right|300px]]

"Monkeys say what ?" can be found past the waterfall at the far left side of the large area the level starts in. Either noclip or the jetpack gained from God Mode are required to see it.
{{clear}}

===Auto Maul===
[[File:Sw97_automaulmessage.png|right|300px]]

The parking lot seen at the very end of the level has the message "Follow Me To XXX-Stacy's" behind an orange car. "XXX-Stacy" refers to the level in the Atomic Edition of ''Duke Nukem 3D''. Noclip is required to go through the invisible wall blocking the parking lot from the rest of the level.{{clear}}

==References==
<references />

{{Shadow Warrior series}}

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Mawxiwtz at 00:56, 11 February 2026