History VideoGame / Nitemare3D

''Nitemare 3D'' is a haunted-house-themed FirstPersonShooter for DOS and Windows 3.1 [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PCs]], based on the ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein 3D}}'' engine and released in 1994. It was nominally a follow-up to the ''VideoGame/HugosHouseOfHorrors'' series of adventure games, but instead of solving tricky AdventureGame puzzles, you just shoot stuff.

* WhipItGood: The weapon of choice for the stone-wall living statues.

''Nitemare 3D'' is a haunted-house-themed FirstPersonShooter for DOS and Windows 3.1 [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PCs]], based on the ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein 3D}}'' engine and released in 1994. It was nominally a follow-up to the ''VideoGame/HugosHouseOfHorrors'' series of adventure games, but instead of solving tricky AdventureGame puzzles, you just shoot stuff. Well, and collect keys and cards needed to advance to the next level. And find hidden passages. And solve the occasional BlockPuzzle. The game expanded greatly on the concept introduced by ''[=Wolf3D=]'', with the aforementioned keys and cards as well as an on-screen [[LevelMapDisplay minimap]] showing the nearby areas you've visited and [[EnemyDetectingRadar any enemies in the vicinity]].

* FrankensteinsMonster

* ShoutOut: To AlfredLordTennyson's "The Lady of Shalott", when you go through the mirror in level 1-10: the mirror is now broken, preventing you from returning, and attempting to Use it displays the text "The mirror crack'd from side to side!"
* SoundCodedForYourConvenience

%%* WallMaster: The {{Living Statue}}s.

* WallMaster: The aforementioned {{Living Statue}}s.

''Nitemare 3D'' was a haunted-house-themed FirstPersonShooter for DOS and Windows 3.1 [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PCs]], based on ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein 3D}}'' and released in 1994. It was nominally a follow-up to the ''VideoGame/HugosHouseOfHorrors'' series of adventure games, but instead of solving tricky AdventureGame puzzles, you just shoot stuff. Well, and collect keys and cards needed to advance to the next level. And find hidden passages. And solve the occasional BlockPuzzle. Expanded greatly on the concept, with the aforementioned features as well as an on-screen [[LevelMapDisplay minimap]] showing the nearby areas you've visited as well as [[EnemyDetectingRadar any enemies in the vicinity]].

* DemBones: Skeletons that throw flaming bones, or something.
** They toss torches, though if you're close enough to make that out when they do that, you're about to take a lot of damage.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: The game starts you off with a plasma gun despite the current-day setting. In level three, however, when you find the pistol which in keeping with the classic horror theme uses silver bullets. (This is the actual reason for the plasma gun; its obvious futurism contrasts better as a hint you should be using specific weapons against "mad scientist", "gothic", and "magical" monsters.)

* HealingPotion
** Also the Pentagram of Good Heath, which restores you to full health, always.

* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: The plasma guns and magic wand all fire relatively slow-moving projectiles. The pistol [[{{Hitscan}} hits its target instantly]] (albeit with more of a delay between shots and the inability to blow the exploding walls), making it a godsend for enemies whose ranged attacks do likewise.

** SortingAlgorithmOfWeaponEffectiveness: Also averted. Each of the three weapons are more effective against certain enemies and less effective against others. [[AllThereInTheManual According to the manual]], the Wand is better against Witches and Sorceresses, while the Pistol is loaded with silver bullets and thus better against Vampires.)

* LivingStatue: Two of the enemy types are statues (referred to as "gargoyles" in the game data) that come to life when the player gets close enough.

* {{Mummy}}

''Nitemare 3D'' was a haunted-house-themed FirstPersonShooter for DOS and Windows 3.1 based on ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein 3D}}'' and released in 1994. It was nominally a follow-up to the ''VideoGame/HugosHouseOfHorrors'' series of adventure games, but instead of solving tricky AdventureGame puzzles, you just shoot stuff. Well, and collect keys and cards needed to advance to the next level. And find hidden passages. And solve the occasional BlockPuzzle. Expanded greatly on the concept, with the aforementioned features as well as an on-screen [[LevelMapDisplay minimap]] showing the nearby areas you've visited as well as [[EnemyDetectingRadar any enemies in the vicinity]].

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* HopelessBossFight: Similar to the ending of the final stage of ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''' Knee-Deep in the Dead episode, when you first face off against Hammerstein he will simply taunt you and deplete your health all the way to zero, ending the first episode on a {{Cliffhanger}}.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: The game starts you off with a plasma gun despite the current-day setting. Subverted in level three, however, when you find the pistol.
** In keeping with the classic horror theme, though, it uses silver bullets. (This is the actual reason for the plasma gun; its obvious futurism contrasts better as a hint you should be using specific weapons against "mad scientist", "gothic", and "magical" monsters.) There are also gun turrets in level seven that you must get past.

** In keeping with the classic horror theme, though, it uses silver bullets. There are also gun turrets in level seven that you must get past.

Still has a cult following, due in part to being continually updated for compatability with the latest version of Windows.

''Nitemare 3D'' was a haunted-house-themed FirstPersonShooter for DOS and Windows 3.1 based on ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein 3D}}'' and released in 1994. It was nominally a follow-up to the ''HugosHouseOfHorrors'' series of adventure games, but instead of solving tricky AdventureGame puzzles, you just shoot stuff. Well, and collect keys and cards needed to advance to the next level. And find hidden passages. And solve the occasional BlockPuzzle. Expanded greatly on the concept, with the aforementioned features as well as an on-screen [[LevelMapDisplay minimap]] showing the nearby areas you've visited as well as [[EnemyDetectingRadar any enemies in the vicinity]].

* UnwinnableByDesign: Most of the time, you'll want to kill off any enemy around as soon as possible, but in a select few situations you'll need to coax enemies into blocking off certain passageways. Killing those enemies too soon makes the level unwinnable.

* WickedWitch: Two standard Halloween-style witches (white and black) and one blue-robed sorceress, referred to in the game data as "Vampira", "Zelda", and "Mrs. H" respectively.

* KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter: The plasma guns and magic wand all fire relatively slow-moving projectiles. The pistol hits its target instantly (albeit with more of a delay between shots and the inability to blow the exploding walls), making it a godsend for enemies whose ranged attacks do likewise.

* UnwinnableByDesign: Most of the times, you'll want to kill off any enemy around as soon as possible, but in a select few situations you'll need to coax enemies into blocking off certain passageways. Killing those enemies too soon makes the level unwinnable.