History VideoGame / KensLabyrinth

''Ken's Labyrinth'' is a first-person shooter DOS game, released in 1993 by Creator/EpicGames (then called Epic [=MegaGames=]). It was mostly coded by Ken Silverman, who went on to design the Build engine that was used for rendering a first-person viewpoint in Creator/ApogeeSoftware's ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D''. It consists of three episodes, the first of which was released as {{shareware}}.

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** Enemies can fall down the permanent holes (yes, [[CrowningMomentofFunny the living holes can, too]]). They won't, however, go down the moving holes.

''Ken's Labyrinth'' is a first-person shooter DOS game, released in 1993 by EpicMegaGames (now called Epic Games). It was mostly coded by Ken Silverman, who went on to design the Build engine that was used for rendering a first-person viewpoint in Apogee Software's ''Duke Nukem 3D''. It consists of three episodes, the first of which was released as shareware.

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: They are named "Don't Touch Me" and "OUCH!" and subtitled "Easy" and "Hard," respectively. On easy mode, enemies generally will not use melee attacks, while on hard mode, they will ram into you, thus causing damage. Therefore, the idiosyncratic level names actually make sense.

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: They are named "Don't Touch Me" and "OUCH!" and subtitled "Easy" and "Hard," respectively.
** So named because, on easy mode, enemies generally won't melee you. On hard mode, however, they will ram into you, thus causing damage.

* SaveThePrincess: More like Save The Dog.

** Enemies can fall down the permanent holes (yes, the living holes can, too). They won't, however, go down the moving holes.

** Starting in episode 2, there are [[MookMaker beehives that spawn bees.]] You can shoot the beehive and destroy it, then pick up the honey it drops for about as much health as an apple.

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* GoodBadBug: If, on the last level on episode 1 or 2 (so, level 10 or 20), you have one or more magic items active (the potions and cloaks), they will remain active in the next episode seemingly forever (at least until you die). Here's how this works:
** The game timer keeps track of how long you've been in the entire episode (this part you don't see) as well as in each level. When you get a potion or cloak, the game calculates when it should expire (giving 40 seconds for either potion, 28 seconds for the gray cloak, and 18 seconds for a blue cloak; collect more than one, and they stack). When you complete an episode, the overall game timer resets to zero, but ''the game doesn't recalculate when the items should expire.'' So, if you took, say, 45 minutes to complete the first episode, and you had a gray cloak active at the time, you will get a little over 45 minutes of invincibility.

* QuadDamage: The purple potion doubles the damage you do to enemies with your shots. As a nice bonus, it also halves damage that enemy shots do to you.

* ScoringPoints: And that's all they're good for, is the high score board for each level. No, points don't carry over between levels.

* HyperactiveMetabolism/HealThyself: Eat an apple, and you get about a twelfth of your health back. A meal is good for about a sixth of your health, and a first-aid kit gives you back about a third of your health.

** Also, the green potions let you reflect projectile attacks back at the enemy, and the blue cloaks let you [[OneHitKill kill enemies just by touching them.]]

** So named because, on easy mode, enemies generally won't melee you. On hard mode, however, they will ram into you, thus causing damage.

** The first just sits there. The second kind has red eyes and moves around. Either way, move over one and you die.

Here's what's going on, plot-wise. The Zogar [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Imperial Empire]] led by the [[AuthorAvatar infinitely evil (and ugly) Ken]] takes people from various worlds and puts them in their danger-filled labyrinth [[ForTheEvulz just for their own entertainment.]] If that person doesn't make it out of the labyrinth alive, their home planet becomes coal for the Zogarians' jelly-making stoves. By the way, [[NintendoHard nobody has pulled it off.]]

Your dog Sparky has been kidnapped, and put in the evil Ken's Labyrinth. You must rescue him. Can you do it?

''Ken's Labyrinth'' is a first-person shooter DOS game, released in 1993 by Epic Megagames (now called Epic Games). It was mostly coded by Ken Silverman, who went on to design the Build engine that was used for rendering a first-person viewpoint in Apogee Software's ''Duke Nukem 3D''. It consists of three episodes, the first of which was released as shareware.