<s>
Daikatana	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2000	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Eidos	O
Interactive	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Kemco	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
control	O
a	O
swordsmaster	O
who	O
travels	O
through	O
various	O
time	O
periods	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
obtain	O
the	O
eponymous	O
Daikatana	B-Application
,	O
a	O
powerful	O
sword	O
tied	O
to	O
the	O
fate	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daikatana	B-Application
was	O
directed	O
by	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
co-founder	O
John	O
Romero	O
,	O
a	O
co-developer	O
of	O
the	O
influential	O
first-person	O
shooters	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
3D	I-Application
(	O
1992	O
)	O
,	O
Doom	B-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Quake	B-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
protracted	O
development	O
,	O
combined	O
with	O
promotion	O
that	O
focused	O
on	O
Romero	O
's	O
involvement	O
over	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
,	O
resulted	O
in	O
negative	O
publicity	O
for	O
Daikatana	B-Application
prior	O
to	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
May	O
2000	O
,	O
Daikatana	B-Application
received	O
mostly	O
negative	O
reviews	O
for	O
its	O
outdated	O
graphics	O
,	O
gameplay	O
,	O
repetitive	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
and	O
poor	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
negative	O
response	O
,	O
a	O
separate	B-Application
version	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
did	O
not	O
receive	O
North	O
American	O
distribution	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
Japan	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
positive	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daikatana	B-Application
is	O
composed	O
of	O
24	O
levels	O
(	O
18	O
in	O
the	O
console	O
versions	O
)	O
divided	O
into	O
four	O
episodes	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
varying	O
number	O
of	O
levels	O
per	O
episode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
element	O
that	O
Daikatana	B-Application
stressed	O
was	O
the	O
important	O
role	O
of	O
Hiro	O
Miyamoto	O
's	O
two	O
sidekicks	O
,	O
Mikiko	O
Ebihara	O
and	O
Superfly	B-Application
Johnson	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
poor	O
AI	B-Application
implementation	O
,	O
the	O
sidekicks	O
,	O
who	O
were	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
selling	O
points	O
,	O
became	O
a	O
focus	O
of	O
criticism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mishima	O
go	O
to	O
the	O
swordmaster	O
Usagi	O
Miyamoto	O
to	O
craft	O
a	O
weapon	O
to	O
end	O
the	O
conflict	O
:	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Usagi	O
realizes	O
the	O
Mishimas	O
 '	O
dark	O
desires	O
and	O
gives	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
to	O
the	O
Ebihara	O
;	O
Inshiro	O
Ebihara	O
throws	O
the	O
sword	O
into	O
a	O
volcano	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
war	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toshiro	O
tells	O
Hiro	O
that	O
Kage	O
Mishima	O
,	O
the	O
ruler	O
of	O
the	O
planet	O
,	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
by	O
stealing	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
and	O
using	O
it	O
to	O
alter	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mikiko	O
Ebihara	O
,	O
Toshiro	O
's	O
daughter	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
captured	O
when	O
trying	O
to	O
steal	O
back	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Hiro	O
must	O
rescue	O
her	O
and	O
fix	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hiro	O
storms	O
the	O
Mishima	O
's	O
headquarters	O
where	O
he	O
rescues	O
Mikiko	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Superfly	B-Application
Johnson	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Mishima	O
's	O
head	O
of	O
security	O
who	O
rebelled	O
when	O
he	O
grew	O
sick	O
of	O
the	O
Mishima	O
's	O
brutal	O
totalitarian	O
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mikiko	O
and	O
Superfly	O
join	O
Hiro	O
in	O
his	O
quest	O
and	O
steal	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mishima	O
encounters	O
the	O
trio	O
as	O
they	O
steal	O
the	O
sword	O
,	O
wielding	O
a	O
second	O
Daikatana	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hiro	O
and	O
Mikiko	O
defeat	O
Medusa	O
,	O
recharging	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
as	O
it	O
absorbs	O
Medusa	O
's	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
three	O
time	O
jump	O
once	O
more	O
,	O
only	O
to	O
encounter	O
the	O
Mishima	O
again	O
and	O
be	O
sent	O
through	O
time	O
to	O
the	O
Dark	O
Ages	O
,	O
stranded	O
as	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
has	O
run	O
out	O
of	O
energy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
finds	O
a	O
sorcerer	O
named	O
Musilde	O
who	O
offers	O
to	O
recharge	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
if	O
Hiro	O
,	O
Superfly	O
,	O
and	O
Mikiko	O
can	O
save	O
his	O
village	O
from	O
the	O
black	O
plague	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
King	O
Gharroth	O
recharges	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
,	O
Hiro	O
and	O
his	O
allies	O
time	O
jump	O
again	O
,	O
finally	O
ending	O
up	O
in	O
2030	O
,	O
where	O
San	O
Francisco	O
has	O
fallen	O
to	O
gangs	O
and	O
martial	O
law	O
has	O
been	O
declared	O
by	O
the	O
military	O
and	O
the	O
Mishima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ghost	O
of	O
Usagi	O
enters	O
Hiro	O
's	O
body	O
and	O
gives	O
him	O
full	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
disappears	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
timeline	O
no	O
longer	O
exists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mikiko	O
steals	O
the	O
remaining	O
Daikatana	B-Application
and	O
kills	O
Superfly	O
,	O
revealing	O
that	O
the	O
feudal	O
Ebihara	O
clan	O
was	O
just	O
as	O
evil	O
as	O
the	O
Mishimas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
announces	O
her	O
intentions	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
to	O
restore	O
the	O
honor	O
of	O
her	O
ancient	O
clan	O
and	O
take	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hiro	O
defeats	O
and	O
kills	O
Mikiko	O
,	O
then	O
uses	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
to	O
fix	O
history	O
once	O
and	O
for	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Daikatana	B-Application
is	O
never	O
found	O
in	O
2455	O
,	O
the	O
viral	O
plague	O
is	O
cured	O
in	O
2030	O
,	O
the	O
Mishima	O
never	O
take	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
and	O
Hiro	O
exiles	O
himself	O
to	O
a	O
forgotten	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
space-time	O
continuum	O
,	O
safeguarding	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
it	O
never	O
falls	O
into	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
evil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daikatana	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
John	O
Romero	O
,	O
an	O
influential	O
developer	O
whose	O
resume	O
included	O
founding	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
genre	O
(	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
Quake	B-Application
)	O
when	O
he	O
worked	O
at	O
id	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daikatana	B-Application
was	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
initial	O
three-game	O
contract	O
made	O
between	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
and	O
expanding	O
publisher	O
Eidos	O
Interactive	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
third	O
title	O
to	O
be	O
conceived	O
at	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
after	O
Anachronox	B-Application
and	O
what	O
would	O
become	O
Dominion	B-Application
:	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
Over	I-Application
Gift	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
main	O
influences	O
for	O
Daikatana	B-Application
were	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ocarina	I-Application
of	I-Application
Time	I-Application
,	O
which	O
Romero	O
was	O
a	O
fan	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
2001	O
's	O
Tom	B-Application
Clancy	I-Application
's	I-Application
Ghost	I-Application
Recon	I-Application
as	O
another	O
reference	O
,	O
he	O
wanted	O
the	O
sidekicks	O
to	O
do	O
more	O
than	O
what	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
squads	O
can	O
do	O
like	O
jumping	O
,	O
running	O
,	O
fighting	O
and	O
solving	O
puzzles	O
(	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
squads	O
are	O
locked	O
to	O
the	O
ground	O
and	O
cannot	O
jump	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
built	O
using	O
the	O
original	O
Quake	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	O
;	O
according	O
to	O
an	O
early	O
interview	O
,	O
Romero	O
planned	O
Daikatana	B-Application
to	O
have	O
unique	O
weapon	O
sets	O
and	O
16	O
monsters	O
per	O
time	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
during	O
its	O
earlier	O
production	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
saw	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
decided	O
to	O
incorporate	O
its	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Romero	O
stated	O
prior	O
to	O
release	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
have	O
chosen	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
engine	I-Application
to	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
the	O
start	O
if	O
given	O
the	O
chance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
delays	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
ran	O
parallel	O
to	O
Anachronox	B-Application
,	O
Dominion	B-Application
:	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
Over	I-Application
Gift	I-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
backlash	O
eventually	O
led	O
to	O
his	O
own	O
departure	O
for	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
's	O
Austin	O
studio	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Deus	B-Application
Ex	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daikatana	B-Application
was	O
revealed	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
forming	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
opening	O
publicity	O
for	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
Daikatana	B-Application
was	O
completed	O
and	O
reached	O
gold	O
status	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
tie-in	O
comic	O
book	O
was	O
drawn	O
by	O
Marc	O
Silvestri	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Top	O
Cow	O
for	O
Prima	O
Games	O
 '	O
Daikatana	B-Application
:	O
Prima	O
's	O
Official	O
Strategy	O
Guide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
Blockbuster	O
rental	O
exclusive	O
by	O
Kemco	O
in	O
August	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daikatana	B-Application
final	O
patch	O
,	O
version	O
1.2	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
29	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Daikatana	B-Application
and	O
Anachronox	B-Application
,	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
Austin	O
decided	O
to	O
close	O
the	O
Dallas	O
branch	O
office	O
in	O
July	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
any	O
further	O
official	O
support	O
after	O
this	O
closure	O
,	O
John	O
Romero	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
community	O
members	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
develop	O
additional	O
platform	O
ports	O
(	O
most	O
notably	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
bug	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Daikatanas	B-Application
release	O
,	O
reports	O
indicated	O
that	O
Ion	O
Storm	O
forecast	O
sales	O
of	O
2.5million	O
units	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
that	O
GameDaily	O
called	O
necessary	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
to	O
become	O
profitable	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
version	O
of	O
Daikatana	B-Application
sold	O
8,190	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
which	O
drew	O
revenues	O
of	O
$	O
271,982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
years	O
out	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
Daikatana	B-Application
is	O
notable	O
mostly	O
for	O
its	O
mediocrity.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
received	O
"	O
unfavorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daikatana	B-Application
was	O
delayed	O
multiple	O
times	O
from	O
its	O
conception	O
in	O
early	O
1997	O
to	O
its	O
eventual	O
release	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
numerous	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
more	O
advanced	O
graphics	O
technology	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Quake	B-Application
III	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
and	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Tournament	I-Operating_System
,	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
,	O
causing	O
Daikatana	B-Application
to	O
lag	O
technologically	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
with	O
its	O
dated	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Daikatana	B-Application
garnered	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
reviewers	O
and	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
came	O
from	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
,	O
which	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
5.6	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
until	O
five	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entertainment	O
Weekly	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
D	O
"	O
,	O
calling	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
"	O
disaster	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
scale	O
of	O
the	O
box-office	O
bomb	O
Waterworld	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameTrailers	O
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
the	O
second-biggest	O
gaming	O
disappointment	O
of	O
the	O
2000s	O
,	O
citing	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
terrible	O
AI	B-Application
for	O
friend	O
and	O
foe	O
alike	O
,	O
pushed-back	O
release	O
dates	O
,	O
controversial	O
magazine	O
ad	O
,	O
and	O
gossip-worthy	O
internal	O
drama	O
(	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
)	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
embodiment	O
of	O
game	O
's	O
industry	O
hubris.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
critic	O
Ben	O
"	O
Yahtzee	O
"	O
Croshaw	O
,	O
on	O
a	O
retrospective	O
episode	O
of	O
Zero	O
Punctuation	O
,	O
also	O
citing	O
the	O
development	O
delays	O
and	O
the	O
magazine	O
ad	O
,	O
named	O
Daikatana	B-Application
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
notorious	O
disappointments	O
in	O
the	O
entire	O
history	O
of	O
first-person	O
shooters	O
"	O
,	O
comparing	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Duke	B-Application
Nukem	I-Application
Forever	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Romero	O
said	O
that	O
despite	O
its	O
shaky	O
development	O
and	O
being	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
Daikatana	B-Application
was	O
"	O
more	O
fun	O
to	O
make	O
than	O
Quake	B-Application
"	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
creative	O
interference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daikatana	B-Application
v1.3	O
(	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
1.3	O
patch	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
unofficial	O
patch	O
project	O
started	O
by	O
modder	O
and	O
IT	B-General_Concept
professional	I-General_Concept
Frank	O
Sapone	O
and	O
other	O
modders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matteo	O
Lupetti	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Thanks	O
to	O
these	O
modders	O
,	O
Daikatana	B-Application
is	O
a	O
totally	O
playable	O
game	O
now.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Rashko	O
Temelkovski	O
of	O
GloriousGaming.com	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
thanks	O
to	O
these	O
people	O
,	O
Daikatana	B-Application
is	O
actually	O
much	O
better	O
than	O
you	O
might	O
remember	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Walker	O
of	O
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotgun	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
while	O
boosting	O
it	O
…	O
via	O
the	O
improbable	O
existence	O
of	O
still-maintained	O
Daikatana	B-Application
1.3	O
fan	O
project	O
,	O
nothing	O
can	O
fix	O
what	O
a	O
leaden	O
lump	O
of	O
clumsy	O
unfun	O
 [ Daikatana ] 	O
truly	O
is.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Romero	O
has	O
praised	O
and	O
endorsed	O
the	O
project	O
on	O
his	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Daikatana	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
Japan	O
;	O
publisher	O
Kemco	O
decided	O
against	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
poor	O
reputation	O
of	O
the	O
Daikatana	B-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
version	O
was	O
also	O
only	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
download	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
peripheral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
's	O
gameplay	O
differs	O
greatly	O
from	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
and	O
PC	O
versions	O
:	O
at	O
Romero	O
's	O
request	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
adapted	O
to	O
the	O
platform	O
as	O
a	O
top-down	O
dungeon	O
crawler	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
early	O
Zelda	B-Application
games	O
such	O
as	O
the	B-Application
NES	I-Application
original	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
Link	I-Application
's	I-Application
Awakening	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Romero	O
released	O
the	O
ROM	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
game	O
on	O
his	O
website	O
,	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
emulators	O
.	O
</s>
