Nether

Computer Workshops

Status: Preview, Findability: 3/5

Also known as: Aptitude

Nether is a game that I can remember from the days of Commodore Scene, being touted as a Doom clone. Eventually when I saw a preview, there wasn’t much to see and I then completely forgot about it.

The game’s development had however been continuing way into 2004 – where a new engine was developed called Nether G-II. It was lacking sprites though, but apparently was a lot more sophisticated compared to the old blocky and slow engine. Although we sound critical, the game was one of the first engines to have light sourcing included – it just was character block blocky and slow.

We assume that the game was to be a straight Doom clone, as this is how the game was sold on their website (which we’ve grabbed an archived copy for you to see – see Creator Speaks).

What happened to the game? There had been no updates since around 2004, so we assume that the project is now officially dead. However, the game resurfaced again in 2012 in the form of “Aptitude”.

Instead of being a Doom style game, Cameron had reworked the title to become more of a puzzler – inspired by Portal it seems. A special free three level pretest pack was released (see downloads) and the full edition was due for release in Winter 2013.

Sadly it didn’t make that release date, and the game is still yet to be finished. The page for Aptitude is still online currently at http://www.floodgap.com/retrotech/cbm/3d/

We hope that it is completed some day, especially as we are seeing so many new C64 games finished these days and released. Cameron may get the final urge to finish the title once and for all.

Contributions: Kevin Tilley

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