Heretic (video game)

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dark fantasy video game first-person shooter video game video game

Heretic is a 1994 dark fantasy first-person shooter built on a modified Doom engine, known for its medieval setting, magical weapons, and early implementation of features like inventory and vertical aiming.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Heretic	16
Heretic (1994 video game)	6
Heretic series	2
Heretic (video game) canonical	1
Heretic episode 3	1
Heretic universe	1
Heretic video game	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2433039 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Heretic (video game)
Context triple: [Doom franchise, influenced, Heretic (video game)]

A. Strife
Strife is a 1909 stage play by John Galsworthy that portrays a bitter industrial conflict between capital and labor, highlighting the human cost of class struggle.
B. Havoc
Havoc is an American rapper and record producer best known as one half of the influential hip-hop duo Mobb Deep.
C. Simon the Zealot
Simon the Zealot is a figure in the New Testament traditionally recognized as one of Jesus Christ’s twelve apostles, distinguished by his epithet suggesting former association with a Jewish nationalist movement.
D. Risen
Risen is a 2016 biblical drama film that follows a Roman tribune investigating the mysterious disappearance of Jesus’ body after the crucifixion.
E. Kotor
Kotor is a historic coastal town in southwestern Montenegro, renowned for its well-preserved medieval old town and dramatic bay-side setting.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Heretic (video game)
Target entity description: Heretic is a 1994 dark fantasy first-person shooter built on a modified Doom engine, known for its medieval setting, magical weapons, and early implementation of features like inventory and vertical aiming.

A. Strife
Strife is a 1909 stage play by John Galsworthy that portrays a bitter industrial conflict between capital and labor, highlighting the human cost of class struggle.
B. Havoc
Havoc is an American rapper and record producer best known as one half of the influential hip-hop duo Mobb Deep.
C. Simon the Zealot
Simon the Zealot is a figure in the New Testament traditionally recognized as one of Jesus Christ’s twelve apostles, distinguished by his epithet suggesting former association with a Jewish nationalist movement.
D. Risen
Risen is a 2016 biblical drama film that follows a Roman tribune investigating the mysterious disappearance of Jesus’ body after the crucifixion.
E. Kotor
Kotor is a historic coastal town in southwestern Montenegro, renowned for its well-preserved medieval old town and dramatic bay-side setting.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dark fantasy video game ⓘ first-person shooter video game ⓘ video game ⓘ
ageRatingSystem	ESRB ⓘ
audioFormat	MIDI soundtrack ⓘ
bossCharacter	D'Sparil ⓘ
coPublisher	GT Interactive ⓘ
developer	Raven Software ⓘ
distributor	GT Interactive ⓘ
enemyType	disciples of D'Sparil ⓘ gargoyles ⓘ undead creatures ⓘ
followedBy	Heretic II ⓘ linked to: Heretic II (Amiga port) Hexen: Beyond Heretic ⓘ
gameEngineModification	modified Doom engine ⓘ
gameMode	multiplayer ⓘ single-player ⓘ
genre	dark fantasy ⓘ first-person shooter ⓘ
initialReleaseDate	1994-12-23 ⓘ
multiplayerMode	cooperative ⓘ deathmatch ⓘ
notableFeature	environmental effects like wind and water currents ⓘ flight power-up ⓘ inventory system ⓘ vertical aiming support ⓘ
notableFor	early implementation of inventory in FPS games ⓘ early implementation of vertical aiming in FPS games ⓘ
originalPlatform	MS-DOS ⓘ
perspective	first-person ⓘ
platform	Atari Jaguar (unreleased port) ⓘ linked to: Atari Jaguar Classic Mac OS ⓘ Linux ⓘ MS-DOS ⓘ Mac OS ⓘ linked to: macOS Sega 32X (unreleased port) ⓘ linked to: Sega 32X Windows ⓘ
powerUp	Morph Ovum ⓘ Quartz Flask ⓘ Shadowsphere ⓘ Tome of Power ⓘ Wings of Wrath ⓘ
protagonist	Sidhe elf ⓘ
protagonistName	Corvus ⓘ
publisher	id Software ⓘ
releaseYear	1994 ⓘ
series	Heretic series ⓘ linked to: Heretic (video game)
setting	medieval fantasy world ⓘ
supports	modding via WAD files ⓘ
usesGameEngine	Doom engine ⓘ linked to: Doom game engine
visualStyle	2.5D sprite-based graphics ⓘ
weapon	Dragon Claw ⓘ Elvenwand ⓘ Ethereal Crossbow ⓘ Firemace ⓘ Hellstaff ⓘ Phoenix Rod ⓘ
weaponType	magical weapons ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Doom franchise → influenced → Heretic (video game) ⓘ

subject linked to: Doom franchise (via id Software)

Raven Software → notableWork → Heretic ⓘ