# Rise of the Triad on Good Old Games! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 4, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291 "2009-03-04T17:35:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/1 "2009-03-04T17:35:25Z")
The greatest first person shooter ever (yes, better than DOOM) has been added to Good Old Games for $6. And it’s compatible with XP and Vista. Sweet! Did anyone else ever play ROTT? It was wild with crazy weapons, Shrooms Mode and all the flying eyeballs a 13 year old could want. I can’t wait to get home and load it up again. [http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/rise\_of\_the\_triad\_\_dark\_war](http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/rise_of_the_triad__dark_war) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/2 "2009-03-04T17:38:45Z")
Whoa, my husband and I played a whole lot of that game when it came out. Were they the same company who did Hexen? Loved that one too. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/3 "2009-03-04T17:49:29Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Whoa, my husband and I played a whole lot of that game when it came out. Were they the same company who did Hexen? Loved that one too. Nah. Hexen was Raven Software, Rise of the Triad was Apogee/3D Realms (yes, the guys who are STILL working on Duke Nukem Forever). Needless to say, I’m not holding my breath for ROTT 2. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/4 "2009-03-04T17:57:22Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Needless to say, I’m not holding my breath for ROTT 2. :eek: Good plan. I’m going to have to tell my husband about this; sounds like a great nostalgia break for us. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/5 "2009-03-04T18:03:08Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > The greatest first person shooter ever (yes, better than DOOM) has been added to Good Old Games for $6. And it’s compatible with XP and Vista. Sweet! > > Did anyone else ever play ROTT? It was wild with crazy weapons, Shrooms Mode and all the flying eyeballs a 13 year old could want. > > I can’t wait to get home and load it up again. > > [Best Video games, DRM-free | GOG.COM](http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/rise_of_the_triad__dark_war) ROTT was a fun game, but I’ll have to take issue with its being better than _Doom_. Lotta fun, though. “Dog” mode was a hoot. RR ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/6 "2009-03-04T19:17:14Z")
Holy Jesus, this is good news. We used to wait after school a few days a week to see if the network admin would let us camp out for a few hours to play ROTT. Might be a good excuse to email some old friends I haven’t spoken to in years. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/7 "2009-03-04T22:44:41Z")
I thought RoTT was a good effort that lacked polish. Still for those very early FPS only Descent and System Shock are better. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/8 "2009-03-05T00:12:41Z")
OK, the better than Doom stuff was just the nostalgia talking. I mean, Doom is one of the single greatest games of all time. But I love ROTT, and it’s amazing how well it’s held up. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/9 "2009-03-05T01:03:42Z")
Bless you. It’s one of my all-time favorites. Praise heaped by me in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=460627) thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/10 "2009-03-05T01:31:49Z")
I’ve never played it, but I’ve heard of it. Was that the one where one of the weapons was a Louisville Slugger +5? Unfortunately, no Mac version, so it doesn’t look like I’ll be trying it out. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/11 "2009-03-05T01:40:47Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’ve never played it, but I’ve heard of it. Was that the one where one of the weapons was a Louisville Slugger +5? Excalibat, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/12 "2009-03-09T03:32:13Z")
Never seen that website before, but I am totally signing up. Like, right now. They even have more than two options for “gender”! (ie., pirate, Jedi, Dawta, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Keen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Commander\_Keen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Keen)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-triad-on-good-old-games/488291/13 "2009-03-09T19:21:51Z")
Ludicrous gibs! [This old ROTT FAQ](http://www.3drealms.com/faq/rottfaq30.txt) has some pretty interesting info, particularly about the Developers of Incredible Power.