John Romero's Daikatana
May 23, 2000
About
*John Romero's Daikatana* is a first-person shooter where players control Hiro Miyamoto, a swordmaster tasked with retrieving the time-traveling Daikatana sword to correct altered history. The game features 24 levels across four distinct time periods—25th-century Japan, medieval Norway, ancient Greece, and 2030 San Francisco—with combat and puzzle-solving mechanics typical of the genre. Players are accompanied by AI-controlled sidekicks who assist in battles but must be kept alive, as their death results in a game over.