Reading 1UP's feature on game ripoffs
reminds me of one of the most amusing and bizarre game ripoffs, Super
Noah's Ark 3D. It's an unlicensed SNES game from Christian games
developer Wisdom
Tree, a Wolfenstein 3D
knockoff. Instead of a soldier shooting evil Nazis with machine guns,
you're Noah lobbing sleep-inducing berries at unruly goats on the Ark.
Yes, really.
![]() The rumour is that Super Noah's Ark 3D came about because id leaked them the code as revenge for carebear changes Nintendo demanded of the SNES port of Wolf3D. The story's probably too good to be true, but none the less we can still enjoy spectacle of a Christian games company making an unauthorized SNES game that's a knockoff of an ultraviolent and hugely innovative game. Truly the great ripoff. |