Golgotha was a computer game that was being developed by Crack dot Com prior to shutting down.

The game was originally meant to be a real time strategy game, with elements from first-person shooter games. Specifically, the game was meant to be "Doom meets Command & Conquer."

Demo 5c

The last released demo, version number 5c, was playable in Windows. It supported both software rendering and 3dfx Glide-based 3D cards. The demo included two levels, one based on Switzerland and one based on Cairo. The Switzerland demo level was the more complete one. In addition to this, the demo also had a non-interactive demo level that showed the terrain rendering capabilities of the graphics engine.

In the demo, the gameplay worked in the following fashion. The player controlled a super-tank, which can be driven in first-person mode. In third-person mode, the player is presented with a bird's-eye view of the battlefield, and can command squads of individual units. The object of the level is to secure the enemy base and move any unit capable of taking over enemy bases to the "takeover pad" in the base.

Near the release

However, around the time the company folded, the gameplay had several issues: Basically, there was no way to control squads any more; grand-scale strategy was limited to choosing path for the produced units to follow. This didn't allow for much variation in gameplay. Also, many AI issues had not been ironed out.

Ultimate fate

The unfinished game's assets were released to public domain. This included source code, game data, textures and music, some of which have been later recycled into other games.

After the release, some volunteers started working on the game code, but the interest died down.

External links and references

• "So long, Crack.com" - by Jonathan Clark, Golgotha programmer
• Crack dot Com's Golgotha website (last archived version of the site prior to bankruptcy), through the Internet Archive

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