Ian
Summerfield, aka Little
Cherub, has created
Wolfenstein add-ons that
lean towards the "fun"
side, several of them
being cartoon-based.
With "Crash Bandicoot",
he has developed his
craft to the point of
winning the May 2006
Dome Award.
Ian's
first effort,
"Monkeystein", was
memorable for its
screeching monkeys. Very
funny at first, but I
would waste a lot of
ammo soon thereafter,
trying to silence the
monkeys in their death
throes.
"Southern
Hell" was made with the
Spear Resurrection
"Editor's" version and
featured characters and
popular phrases from the
cartoon South Park.
"Coldfusion!"
and "Spear Resurrection
Master Levels" were a
respite from the cartoon
mods. For me, a very
memorable item here was
the wild pig in
"Coldfusion!" that
squealed, noisily
munched on you, then
burst and melted when
you killed it.
"SpongeBobStein"
was a Spear add-on that
featured the characters
from "SpongeBob
SquarePants". It
contains many humorous
digitized sounds from
the show, and almost
wasn't released due to
copyright
concerns.
The
next four mods were
another break from
cartoon modding and
focused mostly on a DOOM
theme. "Nazi Party" was
a shareware add-on
without Nazis in it, but
mostly monsters. Spear
add-on "Schabbs, An Evil
Lunatic" had an
interesting enemy, the
Stalker, which was a
serpent that seemed to
swim in the floor, until
it arose to shoot at
you! "The DOOM Spear
Demo" was a
collaboration with Mega
Luigi, and "DOOM
Universal Tour" utilized
the "Beyond Mutantstein
SE" engine.
"Invasion
of the Cartoons" was a
return to cartoon
modding. With quite an
array of different
enemies and wall
designs, it was Ian's
first mod with changed
music, and used the
"DOOM Spear Demo"
engine.
When
I started playing "Crash
Bandicoot", I thought,
"Oh, those noisy monkeys
again!" But this time
instead of screeching
monkeys in a Spear
Resurrection world, the
whole environment was
one in which these more
"pleasant" monkeys
seemed right at home.
Every detail was
attended to: all new
music, EXE and VGA
changes, and the top and
bottom of the walls have
been blended with the
ceilings and floors.
"Crash Bandicoot 2"
continued this excellent
formula in a Spear
format.
Andy
Nonymous
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