Gloom 3
| Industry | Video game development |
|---|---|
| Founder | Gareth Murfin |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Products | Gloom 3, Zombie Massacre |
Gloom 3—also referred to as Ultimate Gloom and Gloom 3: Zombie Edition—is a first-person shooter released in 1997 for the Amiga system. Developed by Alpha Software and published by Guildhall, it represents the third commercial iteration inspired by Doom within the Gloom franchise on the Amiga platform.
The title was primarily developed by Gareth Murfin, proprietor of Alpha Software, with artistic input from James Caygill and Jason Jordache. During a period marked by the decline of the Amiga market, Alpha Software produced only two games for the platform, including Zombie Massacre.
While Gloom 3 garnered positive reviews from critics such as those at CU Amiga, it struggled commercially due to the diminishing Amiga user demographic and faced critiques regarding its graphical presentation. Notably, despite its numbering, it functions as the second installment in the series; an official Gloom 2 was never released, as confusion stemmed from Gloom Deluxe, which is an enhanced edition of the original rather than a true sequel.
In 2013, Alpha Software made Gloom 3 available as freeware. Subsequently, after the source code was published in 2017, a contemporary source port called ZGloom was created in 2020 to enable compatibility with modern hardware and operating systems.
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