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MDK is a third-person shooter game developed by Shiny Entertainment and released in 1997 by Interplay for the PC, Macintosh, and PlayStation. It was one of the first games to run only in Pentium or superior range of processors (for the PC version). Critically, it was one of the best games of 1997, and sold accordingly. The game soundtrack, composed by Tommy Tallarico, was also released, with moderate success. MDK front cover. ...
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Interplay Entertainment Corporation was an American video game and computer game publisher and developer. ...
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A third-person shooter is a genre of 3D video games where the camera view is outside and thought of as usually being behind the main player character, its name chosen for the number of third-person video games whose gameplay is derivative of first-person shooters. ...
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Interplay Entertainment Corporation was an American video game and computer game publisher and developer. ...
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The game tells the story of its protagonist, Kurt Hectic and his attempts to rescue Earth from an alien invasion. The game combined fast action with great graphics (for the time), as well as weird and grotesque sense of humour. Earth is the third-closest planet to the Sun. ...
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A sequel, MDK2 was developed by Bioware and released by Interplay for the PC and Dreamcast in 2000, and later for the PlayStation 2 (titled MDK 2: Armageddon) in 2001. MDK2 is the sequel to the third-person shooter, MDK, developed by Shiny Entertainment and released in 1997 by Interplay. ...
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MDK2 is the sequel to the third-person shooter, MDK, developed by Shiny Entertainment and released in 1997 by Interplay. ...
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Technology
The game uses a powerful software-based engine, unlike most other games that relied on "brute force" hardware acceleration, low resolution graphics or tricks such as fogging and clipping to maintain good FPS in large maps. Although a fast CPU was recommended, the game ran smoothly with (relatively) low RAM and a slow CD-ROM drive, as the game did not use FMV (which by 1997 was the video game component that required more drive speed). The game also surprised the industry with the fluidity of Kurt's movement, which was done using motion capture and sprite-based animation. Distance fog is a technique used in 3D computer graphics to enhance the perception of distance. ...
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One of the most innovative features was the sniper mode, where player could zoom in all the way from one side of the map to the other without having objects popping up. The traditional definition of a sniper is an infantry soldier especially skilled in field craft and marksmanship, who kills selected enemies from concealment with a rifle at long distances. ...
Gameplay Gameplay-wise, the game is a standard third-person shooter, slightly similar to Tomb Raider, although with less emphasis on puzzles and jumping sequences and a more linear style of play. As expected, Kurt has a wide range of weapons to choose from, but in the third person view only the unlimited ammo chaingun (and the upgrade, super chaingun, which carries twice the power but has limited ammo) and the hand grenades are available. The true focus of the game is in the sniper mode, where more weapons are available. As with the chaingun, the regular bullet is unlimited, but there are other limited munitions such as the sniper grenade, mortars and even a (rather comical) airstrike. Up to three shots can be fired simultaneously, and each of them is tracked in one of three windows above the zoomed view. Tomb Raider is a 1996 video game originally published by Eidos Interactive and developed by Core Design. ...
Most of the puzzles in the game are solved with the sniper mode. While the chaingun is the best option to clear nearby enemies, it's completely ineffective at medium and long ranges. The enemies, when out of range or protected by glass, tease, wave and moon at Kurt, who had to either aim between a gap or employ the use of a mortar to proceed. Students at Stanford University mooning at a well-attended protest (and world record attempt) in May 1995 Mooning is the act of displaying ones bare buttocks by lowering the back side of ones trousers and underpants, usually without exposing the genitals. ...
There are other items that can be picked up, including the World's Smallest Nuclear Bomb, a dummy decoy, health powerups (one that boosted Kurt's hitpoints by over 100 was called the most cowardly powerup) and The Worlds Most Interesting Bomb.
In addition to the third person shooter and first person shooter sniper portions of the game, there are also several minigames including a snowboarding type sequence as well as an overhead bombing sequence. These short sequences blend seamlessly into the action and often aid Kurt through supplying powerups or clearing enemies.
Meaning of MDK
 While the actual meaning of the title's TLA is not revealed within the game, the gaming press and fans adopted Murder, Death, Kill (used to designate homicides) as the official title, going with the game's tagline In a good day, only 2.5 billion people will die. In interviews, Shiny employees gave each one their own version - My Dog Ken; Max, Dr. Hawkins, and Kurt; Million Dollar KO; Massive Dollops of Ketchup; Mother's Day Kisses; and My Diary something beginning with K. Yet another possibility is documented inside the game manual, where Kurt's mission is named Mission: Deliver Kindness. Download high resolution version (689x704, 121 KB)MDK term explained in the videogame manual. ...
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In the European version of the game, the background images of the installation program present many possible meanings for the letters M, D and K; some silly, some believable, and one of them "Murder, Death, Kill."
It is revealed in the "Making of MDK" booklet that came with the "Limited Edition" of the game that the term was actually the game's codename, when Shiny came around to coming up with a name for the game, they chose to stick with the codename. A code name or cryptonym is a word or name used clandestinely to refer to another name or word. ...
However, there is no information available as to why "MDK" was chosen in the first place. The British computer magazine, PC Format, in a prelude to an interview they published with the shiny director, said that the game was indeed called "Murder, Death, Kill" but was changed to "MDK" to give it a lower rating as the rating authorities in Britain felt it was too violent a name. This was then turned into a marketing campaign with various silly meanings for "MDK" given followed by a question mark, such as "Madonna Dates Kylie?".
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