The Ray Casting Games List

A non-exhaustive list of games utilizing ray casting technology.

Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold

Blake Stone: Planet Strike

Blood

Catacomb 3-D

Chasm: The Rift

Corridor 7: Alien Invasion

Cryptic Passage for Blood

Doom

Duke Nukem 3D

Dungeon Master (1987; Amiga, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, MS-DOS (x86), SNES, TurboGrafx-CD, Sharp X68000, PC-9801, FM Towns)

Dungeon Master II: The Legend of Skullkeep (1993/1995; Amiga, PC, PC-9801, Mac OS, Sega Mega-CD)

Eye of the Beholder (1990; DOS, Amiga, Sega CD, SNES)

Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon

Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor

Heretic

Hexen

Might and Magic: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum (1986; Apple II, Mac, DOS, Commodore 64, NES, MSX, PC-Engine CD-ROM)

Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World (1988; Apple II, Amiga, DOS, Commodore 64, Mac, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Europe only), SNES (Japan-only, different from the European version), MSX, PC-Engine CD)

Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra (1991; DOS, Mac, Amiga, SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, PC-Engine CD-ROM)

Might and Magic IV: Clouds of Xeen (1992; DOS, Mac)

Might and Magic V: Darkside of Xeen (1993; DOS, Mac)

Might and Magic: World of Xeen (1994; DOS, Mac)

Operation Body Count

Redneck Rampage

Redneck Rampage Rides Again: Arkansas

Redneck Rampage: Suckin’ Grits on Route 66

Rise of the Triad: Dark War

Road Rash

Road Rash II

Shadow Warrior

Strife

The Catacomb Abyss

The Terminator: Rampage

Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds

Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss

Wolfenstein 3D

Yendorian Tales Book I: Chapter 2

Yendorian Tales: The Tyrants of Thaine

Zero Tolerance

3 Responses to “The Ray Casting Games List”

  1. BUILD engine games don’t utilise raycasting.

  2. Do you have any more information on this? I took a look about and some sources seem to reckon that it renders polygons in the typical 3D manner?

  3. Ken Silverman, the man who wrote Build explained how his engine works.
    Take a look at this post:
    http://www.jonof.id.au/forum/index.php?topic=1584.msg10179#msg10179

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