Alekhine's Gun

This page details one or more prototype versions of Alekhine's Gun.

To do: More comparisons with the final game. Rename audio track uploads to match the site's standards. See if there's anything else of note.

A prototype from the game's days as "Death to Spies III".

General Differences#

• The demo has Semyon in his WW2-era camo outfit (a recurring outfit in the DTS series) on the main menu. In the final, he wears his suit instead.

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• Aside from the logo, the prototype has a direct link (which still works!) to the official forums of the developer, Haggard Games.

• The loading screen displays various promotional artwork from Death To Spies in this version.

Audio Differences#

The main menu theme is simply called "b_dark2". The final game uses "ColdWar", which is also used in the "Dogs of War" mission.

The alert theme used if the alarm is raised in "Ghosts of the Past" is a track called "roulet", which appears to be a remix of "Action 3" from Death to Spies. The final game uses "Alarm".

The background music for "Ghosts of the Past" is a track called "Dark5", which appears to be similar to "Dark" from Death To Spies: Moment of Truth. The final game uses "Castle".

"Dark6", which also appears to be heavily inspired by the "Dark" tracks from Death To Spies: Moment of Truth.

Gameplay Differences#

• There is no loadout screen in the demo.
• Semion starts the mission with a High-Standard with one full reserve magazine, it uses a different gunshot sound unused in the final game. (ppk_fire_01)
• The MP40 isn't implemented yet, so all guards carry STG44's like Mission 3 Snake Born. The STG44 also reuses the AKM's icon in the demo.
• Chloroform has 5 uses instead of 2.
• Instinct flashes the screen white then puts everything in a black and white filter while active. The final game removes these effects from Instinct, in addition two of the additional effects of Instinct (Using a full meter for either a non-lethal silent takedown chokehold or a quarter to instantly select the correct pick when lockpicking) aren't present aside from auto-aim with guns.
• One of the target's rooms has a silenced Mosin-Nagant Sniper Rifle. In the final game it was replaced with a Kar98k, and the editor even still refers to this rifle as a Mosin as the entity was swapped to the other rifle.
  • The Silenced Mosin is also called "Sniper Rifle (Silencer)" in-game instead of Mosin.
• The cells and various props in the second room of the basement are missing as well as everything relating to Rambaldi.
• The player doesn't turn the valve to disable the fire. Instead, the mission automatically ends upon approaching it.

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Story Differences#

Several characters have different names:

The targets also have different bios, with Dr. Giese notably being heavily based on the infamous Josef Mengele.

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