Alex Kot – Chasm: The Rift (1997)

Composer: Alex Kot

Tracklist

1. The Shadow Zone 04:57
2. Timestrikers 03:58
3. The Rift 04:13
4. Egypt 04:00
5. Military Base 04:09
6. Tomb 03:54
7. Dark 04:01
8. England 04:06
9. The Ship 05:54

Chasm: The Rift (also known as Chasm: The Shadow Zone) is a first-person shooter video game

created by Ukrainian video game developer Action Forms

 and published in 1997 by Megamedia as the first Eastern European shooter ever made.
The game was meant to compete with Quake a year earlier,

since GT Interactive lost publishing rights to Activision when id Software signed with the latter.
The player takes on the role of an unnamed commando whose mission is to stop the so-called "Timestrikers",

mutant beings invading different time epochs, from taking over Earth.

On this mission, he visits various locations ranging from military bases in the present to tombs in ancient Egypt.
All of the levels involve dark corridors, often like those of catacombs and crypts.

One of the most notable features of the game was the ability to remove limbs from enemies.

Chasm received mixed reviews from critics.

While they noted that Chasm had better animation and greater amounts of enemy detail when compared to Quake,

the lack of a true 3D environment left much to be desired.
The sound effects and the soundtrack of the game were composed by Alex Kot.

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