<s>
ShadowCaster	B-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Raven	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
featuring	O
two	O
additional	O
levels	O
with	O
new	O
monsters	O
,	O
and	O
replacing	O
text	O
boxes	O
with	O
FMVs	B-Application
and	O
spoken	O
narration	O
through	O
CD-DA	O
audio	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caun	O
–	O
A	O
leprechaun	B-Application
like	O
creature	O
who	O
is	O
a	O
poor	O
fighter	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
heal	O
quickly	O
,	O
jump	O
over	O
obstacles	O
,	O
fit	O
in	O
smaller	O
spaces	O
and	O
unleash	O
a	O
swarm	O
of	O
insects	O
(	O
needed	O
to	O
unlock	O
a	O
particular	O
door	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ShadowCaster	B-Application
game	O
engine	O
,	O
a	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
3D	I-Application
engine	O
and	O
a	O
predecessor	O
of	O
the	O
Doom	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
id	O
Software	O
's	O
John	O
Carmack	O
and	O
licensed	O
to	O
Raven	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carmack	O
wrote	O
the	O
ShadowCaster	B-Application
3D	O
engine	O
during	O
his	O
technology	O
research	O
after	O
id	O
Software	O
completed	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
3D	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
was	O
"	O
about	O
half	O
as	O
fast	O
as	O
that	O
of	O
Wolfenstein	O
"	O
but	O
fit	O
the	O
exploration	O
of	O
ShadowCaster	B-Application
rather	O
than	O
the	O
fast-paced	O
action	O
of	O
Doom	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
engine	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
In	B-Application
Pursuit	I-Application
of	I-Application
Greed	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raven	O
Software	O
would	O
later	O
create	O
a	O
similar	O
game	O
engine	O
in	O
house	O
for	O
CyClones	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
,	O
Gary	O
Whitta	O
remarked	O
that	O
"	O
Underworld	B-Application
fans	O
will	O
lap	O
 [ ShadowCaster ] 	O
up	O
—	O
as	O
should	O
anyone	O
thinking	O
of	O
toying	O
with	O
the	O
genre.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Ed	O
Ricketts	O
of	O
PC	O
Format	O
praised	O
ShadowCasters	B-Application
"	O
bags	O
of	O
atmosphere	O
"	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
role-playing	O
game	O
to	O
appear	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
,	O
long	O
while	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
Today	O
,	O
Trent	O
C	O
.	O
Ward	O
stated	O
that	O
ShadowCasters	B-Application
"	O
fantastic	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
and	O
storytelling	O
...	O
completely	O
immerse	O
you	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	O
world	O
both	O
dark	O
and	O
wondrous	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadowcaster	B-Application
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Action	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
award	O
in	O
June	O
1994	O
,	O
losing	O
to	O
Prince	B-Application
of	I-Application
Persia	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Shadow	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Flame	I-Application
.	O
</s>
