<s>
Golgotha	B-Application
is	O
an	O
unfinished	O
video	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Crack	O
dot	O
Com	O
prior	O
to	O
shutting	O
down	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Dave	O
Taylor	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
name	O
came	O
from	O
Shakespeare	O
's	O
King	O
Lear	O
tragedy	O
,	O
wherein	O
Golgotha	B-Application
was	O
a	O
massive	O
plain	O
and	O
a	O
future	O
battlefield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
try	O
to	O
recover	O
what	O
really	O
happened	O
at	O
Golgotha	B-Application
they	O
discover	O
a	O
supernatural	O
conflict	O
behind	O
a	O
veil	O
of	O
political	O
discord	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
successful	O
release	O
of	O
Abuse	B-Application
in	O
February	O
1996	O
,	O
Crack	O
dot	O
Com	O
began	O
instantly	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
project	O
,	O
called	O
Golgotha	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
FPS/RTS	O
hybrid	O
should	O
draw	O
inspiration	O
specifically	O
from	O
Doom	B-Application
and	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demo	O
included	O
two	O
levels	O
,	O
one	O
based	O
on	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
and	O
one	O
based	O
on	O
Cairo	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
demo	O
level	O
was	O
the	O
more	O
complete	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
demo	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
non-interactive	O
demo	O
level	O
that	O
showed	O
the	O
terrain	O
rendering	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	B-Device
engine	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
many	O
AI	B-Application
issues	O
had	O
been	O
left	O
unattended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
originally	O
inspired	O
by	O
Command	B-Application
&	I-Application
Conquer	I-Application
,	O
the	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
abandon	O
the	O
traditional	O
RTS	O
format	O
because	O
both	O
the	O
team	O
and	O
budget	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
ill-suited	O
to	O
solving	O
the	O
problems	O
inherent	O
in	O
an	O
RTS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
removal	O
of	O
squad	O
control	O
in	O
Golgotha	B-Application
was	O
intentional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crack	O
Dot	O
Com	O
tossed	O
C&C	O
as	O
the	O
inspiration	O
and	O
embraced	O
Rescue	B-Device
Raiders	I-Device
,	O
changing	O
it	O
from	O
a	O
1.5D	O
RTS/action	O
hybrid	O
to	O
a	O
2.5D	O
RTS/action	O
hybrid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Golgotha	B-Application
,	O
players	O
controlled	O
a	O
supertank	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
twitchy	O
action	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
for	O
the	O
opposing	O
supertank	O
was	O
still	O
wobbly	O
and	O
posed	O
another	O
notoriously	O
challenging	O
problem	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
far	O
more	O
tractable	O
problem	O
than	O
the	O
pathsolving/routing	O
problem	O
and	O
a	O
much	O
better	O
fit	O
for	O
the	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
about	O
the	O
time	O
the	O
team	O
had	O
finally	O
settled	O
on	O
this	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
burned	O
through	O
the	O
cash	O
generated	O
from	O
sales	O
of	O
Abuse	B-Application
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
a	O
little	O
money	O
from	O
AMD	O
for	O
3DNow	B-General_Concept
!	I-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
effort	O
was	O
rekindled	O
as	O
Golgotha	B-Application
Forever	O
,	O
headed	O
by	O
Mark	O
O'Hara	O
.	O
</s>
