John Bucksnort (1918-2001), aka The Mutant Maker, was a modder who managed to put out more than two dozens of mods despite only being on the scene for roughly 18 months. Bucksnort was in his early 80's when he started modding, making him by far the oldest modder ever to grace the scene.
His mods were notorious for their fast pace, aggressive action, compact level design and trickery, including keys in secret areas, many areas filled with debris and other blood-related sprites. Aesthetically, his main sources of inspiration came from Spear of Destiny and DOOM.
The tribute to Bucksnort included in Beyond Mutantstein SE
From his Wolfer Spotlight entry, written by Andy Nonymous:
John Bucksnort made quite a mark on the Wolfenstein community in only 18 months: he was an actual World War II veteran; started modding in his early 80's; released 25 quality add-ons; contributed to two other mods; and founded the "Spear of Destiny Fan Club" on Yahoo. He was such an energetic and unique character that some even questioned whether he was real.
Bucksnort sadly passed away on September 15, 2001. His grandson Bobby and his wife Lakota (born in 1924) continued to make mods, very much in style with what John Bucksnort himself had put out.
All of John Bucksnort's mods were ported to SDL between May and November 2012 by Andy Nonymous.
Wolfenstein 3D/Spear of Destiny mods[]
- Grossed Out (April 22, 2000)
- Gottspear (May 5, 2000)
- The Bunker (May 10, 2000)
- Tragedy at Istanbul (May 27, 2000)
- The Death Key (June 3, 2000)
- Evil in Iron (June 17, 2000)
- The Bunker Files (June 23, 2000)
- Schabbs Connection (July 8, 2000)
- Footsteps to Despair (July 23, 2000)
- A Touch of Nazi (August 7, 2000)
- Wastelands - Part One (August 16, 2000)
- Wastelands - Part Two (August 20, 2000)
- Journey into Evil (August 30, 2000)
- Beyond Tobruk (October 14, 2000)
- Mutantstein: The Nightmare Returns (October 31, 2000)
- A Madman's Dream (December 9, 2000)
- Mutantstein II: Hell Is Here (January 1, 2001)
- The Greinholdt Covenant I: The Plan (February 3, 2001)
- The Greinholdt Covenant II: The Formula (March 26, 2001)
- The Greinholdt Covenant III: The Dawn of Death (March 26, 2001)
- Mutantstein III: Nightmare's End (April 9, 2001)
- The Tribute (April 30, 2001)
- The New Evil (July 1, 2001)
- So You Want to Be an Assassin? (September 12, 2001)
Contributions[]
- Assault on Hell - with Little Snabes - assisted with mapping
- Robocop 4 Beta - with Little Snabes - helped out with tips & tricks and EXE