Assassinate Hitler is a mod for registered Wolfenstein, initially released in late 1998. It was made by Gary Ragland.
Description[]
It was one of the earliest mods to modify the source code. This was done by hex editor. Assassinate Hitler was for a brief while available only as an add-on to the Chokage EXE, titled Hitler20, initially released on December 30, 1998.
Version 1.2 was released on February 2, 1999. Smaller in size than it was as a Chokage add-on, this made the mod more appealing to download sites and more easily accessible. This was the version most commonly used.
The mod follows a seamless level flow, among the first if not the first to do so. 20 levels are featured. There are no bonus levels.
Storyline[]
The storyline as featured in the Read Me file:
You are to Assassinate Hitler, dealing one final crippling blow to the Third Reich. Adolf Hitler, realizing that the end is near, has escaped to his TITANIC bunker in the German countryside. Allied intelligence has just now determined its location, and you must go there to perform your mission. The bunker itself is located underground and is bomb-proof, but you wont be able to access it immediately. First, you must blast your way through an ancient German castle, which sets atop the entrance to the bunker itself. (This segment is represented by the first 10 levels of the game). The last 10 levels represent the bunker itself, which is a little more hectic than the castle levels. Level 20 is where you'll finally confront Hitler...
Known bugs and points of interest[]
As with some early mods using seamless level flow (The Six Depths of Terrorism being another) there was some difficulty in getting from level 9 to 10 and onto level 11. Though this was fixed in v1.2, this resulted in level 10's starting point being near the exit, making the rest of the level inaccessible, unless certain guards were alerted. For many years, this was the only way to play level 10 in DOS.
Level 8 features a particularly difficult secret area section, obviously inspired by original Wolfenstein 3D's E2M8. This secret area features an elevator taking the player to level 10, avoiding the aforementioned issue. Similar treatment can be found in Schabbs 2000, which features an actual secret level as its level 9, as well as Armageddon.
Ports[]
Available only in DOS for more than a decade, the mod was ported to SDL by MCS. This port fixed the aforementioned level 10 issue. It was released on May 10, 2013 which was also the same day where Executor put out an ECWolf port of the mod.
External links[]
- Download Assassinate Hitler (DOS) at The Wolfenstein 3D Dome
- Download Assassinate Hitler (SDL) at The Wolfenstein 3D Dome
- Download Assassinate Hitler (SDL) at The Wolfenstein 3D Vault
- Download at MediaFire: DOS | SDL | ECWolf
- ECWolf port thread at DieHard Wolfers
- SDL release thread at DieHard Wolfers
- U-Rate-It poll at DieHard Wolfers
- News at the Dome
- YouTube videos: Lingyan203