December 2005
| Saturday, December 31, 2005 |
Singularity Complex & IC 2005
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:22 PM |
Category: DOOM |
I was just on Wads In Progress and there is a couple new(ish) releases that should be worth a downgrab and a play. First of all The Flange Peddler finished IC2005 which is a Doom, Singleplayer level designed for Boom. Nextly Jan Van der Veken released The Singularity Complex which is a Doom, Singleplayer episode of 9 maps that requires a limit removing port to run. If for some reason, you happen to be one of the unlucky sods who can't get on WIP, then grab IC 2005 right here on /idgames and for The Singularity Complex you can just hit the Classic Episode II site and get the full meal deal.
| Friday, December 30, 2005 |
Doom Movie: Unrated Extended Edition DVD
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:46 PM |
Category: Other Stuff |
Over on Yahoo! they posted that the Unrated Extended Edition DVD of the Doom Movie is coming sometime in 2006 (Surely Feb 7th 2005 can't be right. Haahaa!).UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Dec. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Heart-stopping action and groundbreaking visual effects explode onto the screen when the thrilling action-adventure Doom arrives on DVD and UMD in an Unrated Extended Edition February 7, 2005 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ("The Rundown," "The Scorpion King"), Karl Urban ("The Bourne Supremacy," "Chronicles of Riddick," "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy) and Rosamund Pike ("Die Another Day"), Doom blasts viewers into an electrifying and dangerous vision of the future. With fight sequences choreographed by Hong Kong martial arts master Dion Lam ("The Matrix" trilogy, "Spider-Man 2") and innovative, state-of-the-art visual effects from the legendary Stan Winston Studios ("Jurassic Park III," "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence"), Doom combines thrilling action with nail-biting suspense to create an unforgettable cinematic thrill-ride. Go read the full press release about the Unrated Extended Edition DVD.
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 |
Demon Aquarium Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:52 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Bob Larkin who we all know runs the Doom Wad Station went and reviewed a Doom 2, Singleplayer wad called Demon Aquarium.Well, Played and conquered what could conceivably be one of the most difficult and deceptive maps I've played in quite some time. Why deceptive? Because it seems so easy at first and quickly becomes a bloodbath - using YOUR blood. If you play nothing else today, play this. Check out Demon Aquarium!
| Wednesday, December 28, 2005 |
Dark Mod Updateth
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:33 PM |
Category: DOOM |
The Dark Mod site was updated and apparently they have rope arrows working in the game.We have working rope arrows in the game! Ropes deploy, swing realistically, drape over obstacles, and can easily be climbed, circled, etc. They also report that they have the short sword working as well plus theres new Screenshots to check out. Thanks to iori for sending in the news.
Freedoom 0.4 Unleashed
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:46 PM |
Category: General |
Jon dropped me a PM to let us all know that Freedoom version 0.4 has been released. Jon sayeth:Freedoom is the project to create free (as in speech) replacements for the doom resources, to complement the game engine (which is available under the GPL). This is the first release in over a year: it was due on 25th Dec but slipped a few days, due to my inexperience of Fraggle's crazy build system. Version 0.4 of Freedoom features updated versions of E1M1 and E1M8, new map04 plus new sound effects and alot of other work, which should make future releases more straightforward. So go grab your fav port, get the Freedoom downgrab and get into the game.
| Tuesday, December 27, 2005 |
Brief Carmack Interview
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:54 PM |
Category: General |
Over on Guardian Unlimited Keith Stuart has posted up A brief John Carmack Interview.So what can we expect to see from the next generation of PC games, in terms of interesting new visual effects and physics features?
At this point, I’m not saying, but we have something in store! Overall they talk about the Doom RPG, Doom III, and some bits about game developing. Yeah so check out A brief John Carmack interview. Thanks to Aliotroph? for spotting the news item.
| Monday, December 26, 2005 |
Last Man Standing Interview
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:56 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Cali Girl of Lady Gamers took the time to Interview Calimer of the Last Man Standing mod for Doom 3.I think we have far surpassed our original goals for the mod. We have added in a lot of new features, especially Single Player Cooperative support and ROE (the Doom 3 expansion) Cooperative support. Also all of the new weapons, Infrared and content really goes beyond our original concept. I think that the multiplayer element is huge as I personally think that it is much more fun to play with and/or compete against other human beings. You cannot directly kill other players in LMS Coop (unless friendly fire is enabled), but you can try to outscore them in our Killfest maps. Go read the rest of that Interview.
| Sunday, December 25, 2005 |
Update On Doom Wad Station
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 1:15 AM |
Category: DOOM |
On Doom Wad Station today (or thereabouts) not a creature was stirring, unless you count Bob Larkin who posted five more total conversions to his total converstions area for Doom and Doom2. The five conversions are Quake2, Duke 3d, Chex and Chex2 as well as Heretic. Make sure to check those conversions out on the Total Conversions page. Finally, Bob also released the review for a multiple level Doom 3 map called Ultimate Hell. According to the review: These are a very difficult set of maps, especially the final battle type maps. In the fourth map you are deposited into a room full of Hell Knights. Appropriately enough the map is called "Knightmare". I hate to admit it but I ended up using the "God" cheat to get out of it. I finally tired of getting my ass kicked consistently and constantly. You can check out that review here and the rest of the doom3 maps and more here. Finally, Bob has reworked his main page on Doom Wad Station. Apparently the appearance is much more professional and allows the visitor to more easily navigate the site from the main page.
| Saturday, December 24, 2005 |
UAC Franchise 666
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:33 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Doom 3 Files has a singleplayer mod that is called UAC Franchise 666 (2.3 Beta) that is made by iwantmore.You are a highly decorated, combat tested marine, who just happens to have a problem with authority. Your last mission went badly because of the dumb-ass, green-horn, college-boy lieutenant who was in charge of the mission. Your whole squad was KIA during the mission, and you barely made it out alive. That's all on Doom 3 Files.
| Friday, December 23, 2005 |
Newdoom Community Project Release Delayed
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:57 PM |
Category: Hosted_Ports |
Due to not getting the playtesting quite finished on the NewDoom Community Project, I decided not to release it as previously planned on the 24th. The release date has been pushed forward to Jan 1st and the playtesters are working to get everything checked out properly before we release the megawad. Currently I'm also trying to get the final screenshots posted on the site as the olde ones needed updating. I'll be adding new shots whenever I have time and I have several up now, so check those out. Soon it'll be all set for download. 9 days really isn't that far away...
| Thursday, December 22, 2005 |
Silly Wars On Doom Wad Station
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 5:06 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Eugene Valido sent me an email to let us know that the latest site to be hosted on Doom Wad Station is Silly Wars which looks to be some sort of TC with Aliens and stuff. You may have to use IE to get the site graphics to load tho as FireFox seems to have problems.
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 |
Recall To Hell Screens
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:07 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Doom 3 mod site Recall To Hell has updated with some new screenshots of a dark prison compound that is on a meteorite that orbits Jupiter, so go forth and check that stuff out..
| Tuesday, December 20, 2005 |
Issue Five Of The Newdoom Reviews
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:36 PM |
Category: Hosted_Resources |
He who we all know as Fatal informed me with a PM that there's a new issue of Newdoom Reviews! So check out NewDoom Wad Reviews #5. Also be sure to discuss this weeks reviews right here. Crank your Doom ass into the latest NewDoom Reviews and downgrab some wads or something!
| Monday, December 19, 2005 |
NeoDoom Site Online
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 7:46 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Daniel posted in the forums that he went and put up a site for his NeoDoom mod that is designed for Doom 2, so hit the site for more info, screenshots and such..
Doom Movie Review
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:29 PM |
Category: Other Stuff |
Take a walk over to Boomtown where they posted up a Doom Movie Review.The acting between Urban and Pike initially feels a little bland and unconnected but as the film crawls along their relationship grows. You begin to see Reaper care about his sister and vice versa. So when the action finally heats up it is these two and Sarge who you really care for the most. Take a look at that Doom Movie Review.
| Sunday, December 18, 2005 |
GZDoom 0.9.21
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:00 AM |
Category: DOOM |
I decided to grab the latest GZDoom and low and behold Graf Zahl released version 0.9.21, which is mainly a bug fix for 0.9.20 and also has primitive model support and use of Zip files in place of WADs.
| Saturday, December 17, 2005 |
Upcoming Into Cereberon Release
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:25 PM |
Category: DOOM |
It was posted on the Into Cerberon site that they plan on releasing version 0.0.1 somewheres between Christmas and New Years.This first release will be extremely limited, but it will give players the ability to fly around in Pyros and blast each other with lasers and concussion missiles in a couple of 6DoF maps. Also on site they have some downgrabable wallpapers to check out.
| Friday, December 16, 2005 |
Classic Doom 3 Update Patch
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:29 PM |
Category: DOOM |
According to Doom 3 Files there's an update patch for Classic Doom 3 1.0.This zip contains the 1.0 code builds for both linux and mac. Windows, Linux, and Mac users need to download this and put both .pk4's into your "cdoom" directory otherwise you will not be able to play Deathmatch due to receiving a "server not in sync" error. If you are a Linux and Mac user also make sure you keep the "cdoom_dll.pk4" in your directory as well for the same reason. Downgrab that Update Patch.
| Thursday, December 15, 2005 |
Dual Reviews On Doom Wad Station
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 6:05 PM |
Category: General |
Bob Larkin of the Doom Wad Station dropped me a message that he reviewed Funhouse which is a Doom 2 level by Hans de Heus. Furthermore, he also did up a review for a Doom 3 level that is called A Strange Awakening that is designed by Xenon. Check out those reviews.
| Wednesday, December 14, 2005 |
556mm Full Metal Jacket Beta
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:44 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Somebody named Oneofthe8devilz released a Doom 3 mod that is called 5.56mm Full Metal Jacket over on Doom 3 Files.I always wanted to create a shooter that combines the awesome looking graphics of Doom³ with a more tactical game play. I hope I will succeed in melting those two things together and enrich the Doom3Community with a Mod that hopefully will find his lovers. It's a beta, but looks pretty good from the screenshots, so maybe it's worth a downgrab before it's finished.
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 |
Green Tech 1.2.8 Released
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:13 PM |
Category: DOOM |
The Green Tech mod for both Doom 3 and Resurrection Of Evil was updated to 1.2.8 and is ready for download for both Windows and MacOS in the Downloads section of the site.
| Monday, December 12, 2005 |
New Dark Mod Screens
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:20 PM |
Category: DOOM |
The Dark Mod site was updated and apparently thier beta-mappers received an new Alpha version of the mod which includes more textures, models as well as several gameplay enhancements. So meanwhile we get to view some new Screenshots of AI in action, which is something they're still working on as well.
| Sunday, December 11, 2005 |
Newdoom Reviews Issue 4
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 2:38 PM |
Category: Hosted_Resources |
I had one of those wintery things people call snowstorms on Friday. It killed my internet and the power. Luckily the power was back up by Saturday morning but the internet was MIA until today. So once I got back on here today, I spotted that I was informed by both danimetal and Fatal that there's a new issue of Newdoom Reviews! So check out NewDoom Wad Reviews #4. Also be sure to discuss this weeks reviews right here. Hop into the latest NewDoom Reviews!
| Saturday, December 10, 2005 |
1.0 Version Of Classic Doom 3 Released
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:00 AM |
Category: DOOM |
Flaming Sheep Software released Classic Doom 3, 1.0 just as they said they would.Alongside the inclusion of maps E1M6, E1M7 and E1M8, these maps are also deathmatch enabled. With our custom menu system, you will be able to join any deathmatch server that is running version 1.0 of Classic Doom 3. You will also be able to create your own deathmatch servers for internet play. For those of you who wish to play through Classic Doom 3 in Co-Op, the Last Man Standing modification will be releasing the mod shortly. We urge everyone to download both versions of the mod when they become available. So go check that out on Flaming Sheep Software!
Todd Hollenshead Talks Doom Movie
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 3:14 PM |
Category: Other Stuff |
Twitch Guru had a talk with id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead on the Doom Movie.Todd Hollenshead: Well the rights for the movie option were licensed for the very first time back in '94-'95. Following the success of Doom 2, there was Hollywood interest in making a movie out of Doom 2, but there were a number of circumstances that frustrated the process. There was Columbine, which was an issue; there was an issue of us not having the right people engaged in the process from a producer standpoint. So check out that article that's entitled id Software's CEO Talks Up Doom the Movie. Also note that they also have plans for a Wolfenstein film.As for going forward with our own plans, our next order of business is to try to get Wolfenstein made into a movie; I think it could make a very interesting film. The game design for Return to Castle Wolfenstein is basically set up as a film script. That is all on Twitch Guru.
| Thursday, December 8, 2005 |
Eraser Project Teaser Trailer
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 8:46 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Doom 3 Files has a Eraser Project Teaser Trailer that is for a Doom 3 TC based on Star Trek and the story takes place after the events portrayed in the Nemesis movie. Also the mod site for the TC went online the other day but it's in German, which you can check out right here.
| Wednesday, December 7, 2005 |
Resurrection Of Evil Done In 54 Minutes
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by
Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:08 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Take a walk over to Boomtown where they posted up a Doom 3: Resurrection Of Evil movie showing off somebody speedrunning through the expansion in 54 minuttes and 33 seconds. The downgrab is right around here but you may have to register to download the 137.90 MB file.
| Tuesday, December 6, 2005 |
Last Man Standing Nominated on Moddb
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:39 PM |
Category: DOOM |
The site for the Doom 3 mod Last Man Standing was updated with the info that the project has been nominated for mod of the year on Moddb. If you want to help them get a few more votes then hit this page. Also note that they most likely will be doing a Last Man Standing Coop presentation in New York (more info on site). Furthermore the next project they work on will be a commercial game which is entitled Legends: Journey. Best to hit the Last Man Standing site for the full deal of what is going on and stuff.
Classic Doom 3 Screens & 1.0 Release Coming Soon
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 10:51 PM |
Category: DOOM |
The Classic Doom 3 team posted up some snazzy screenshots from the upcoming release of version 1.0 (final), which is scheduled to be ready for launch on December 10th (this Saturday coming up)..We have just finished putting together a test release for Classic Doom 3 V1.0, as soon as the testing period is over we will release the final build of the project, the proposed date of release is 10/12/05. Just in time for Christmas holidays. This release will coincidentally co-inside with the very first public release of Classic Doom 3 0.20 last year, which is entirely un-intentional. Check out Classic Doom 3!
Doom Legacy Wiki Revealed
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 1:11 PM |
Category: General |
DooMAD let me know in a message jobby that they set up a Doom Legacy Wiki.We've set up a wiki for Doom Legacy in preperation for the upcoming release of 2.0 so that people can provide useful info like documentation and editing tutorials to anyone using the port. There are already 185 articles and eventually we hope to cover everything you need to know about Legacy in one website. Take a peek at that Doom Legacy Wiki.
| Saturday, December 3, 2005 |
Newdoom Reviews Issue #3
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:59 PM |
Category: Hosted_Resources |
Well nobody bothered to inform me and I just spotted that the Newdoom Reviews has made it to the third issue! So check out NewDoom Wad Reviews #3 and everybody is encouraged to comment on the reviews by jumping onto the seperate thread that is entitled Discussion on: NewDoom Wad Reviews #3. Overall there is six reviews this week to gawk at so crank into the latest NewDoom Reviews!
Doom Wad Station Adds Quake 4 To id Software Demo Page
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 12:44 PM |
Category: General |
Bob Larkin informed me that he updated the Doom Wad Station with the addition of the Quake 4 Demo. The page contains screenshots, thoughts on the game and the download. You can also access that stuff via the id Software Game Demos page which contains demos for Wolfenstein, Doom and other id titles. Check it all out on Doom Wad Station.
Primary Archeological Research Station
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 11:40 PM |
Category: DOOM |
The_Slayer released a set of multiplayer levels called Primary Archeological Research Station that is designed to be used with the Open Coop mod. The level is on Doom 3 Files and so is Open Coop 1.0 if you need it.
| Thursday, December 1, 2005 |
Recall To Hell Update
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Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch
at 9:26 PM |
Category: DOOM |
Doom 3 mod site Recall To Hell has updated with some spiffy screenshots of areas sporting thier custom textures. Furthermore the team is still seeking help in the form of experienced animators, GUI-Designers and Cinematic artists. If you want to help then get over there and post on thier forum or seek out thier email. It's all there on Recall To Hell.
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