February 2001
| Wednesday, February 28, 2001 |
Commander Keen For GameBoy Color Announced!
Here's the announcement straight from Activision:id Software and Activision, Inc. are teaming up this spring to release Commander Keen, an action-packed, comedic quest to save the cosmos for the Game Boy Color. Commander Keen is rated E, for Everyone, by the ESRB.Commander Keen marks a return to id Software’s roots -- developing over-the-top, comic book-style adventure games for kids. Based on id’s original Commander Keen series on the PC, Commander Keen finds precocious 8-year-old superhero Billy Blaze on an all-new quest to save the world from his alien adversaries, the Droidiccus, Shikadia and Bloogs of Fribbulus Xax. Commander Keen shows a kinder, gentler side of id Software, Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software said. Like the original Commander Keen adventures, this is a game that appeals to the spunky 8-year-old hero in all of us – putting the ‘id’ back in ‘kid.’ But no one said saving the world before bedtime would be easy. A side scrolling platform game, Commander Keen challenges players to save the world by finding super-powerful plasma crystals hidden on three separate alien worlds. Each world contains several multi-level maps rife with progressively precarious puzzles. Throughout the adventure, Keen will encounter more than 35 different aliens as well as puzzles, slime pits, magical platforms, secret rooms and teleporters. An undisputed classic, the original Commander Keen games combined excellent level design and platform action for an unforgettable gameplay experience, said Larry Goldberg, executive vice president, Activision Worldwide Studios. Our goal with Commander Keen for the Game Boy Color is to bring this incredibly satisfying and addictive experience to a whole new generation of console gamers. Commander Keen for the Game Boy Color is being developed by David A. Palmer Productions for Activision and id Software.
Hellraiser Progress
Hellraiser has news on how things are going with the creepy TC. Levels 1 thru 22 and 29 and 30 have been finished. The secret levels are not going to be changed as Bob Larkin has decided to make sure that the 30 levels that comprise the actual game are in good shape and ready to roll. For the rest on this fire over to Hellraiser.
Deepsea Quakes
SB Software, home of Deepsea have updated there page with this news.I got carried away with the new Automatic TEXTURE/PNAMES merging and added tools to also Automatically create TEXTUREs/PNAMES from any graphic lump or FLAT! Hope to get this (and a boatload more) tested in a week or so. And in the middle of updating this they had a 6.8 earthquake. It was centered sourth of seattle,WA. That's about 40 miles from their location - very close.
Doom Wad Site Of The Month
Doom Wad Station has announced it's Doom Website of the month for March 2001. The site is Sean Birkels Deathmatch Fava page. Go and have a butchers.
'Cause This Is Doom, Baby!
More proof that we've got some true talent in our midst, fellers! Roland from Cynic Guru, a progressive / rock / techno / pop / (you name it!) band in LA, sent us a tune inspired by, you guessed it, our favorite game of gibbing fun! Sayeth Roland:Greetings! I have been a LONG time fan of Doom (I still have LAN parties with Doom). Anyway, I'm a professional violinist and I front a rock band here in Los Angeles called Cynic Guru. I finally decided to write a tune to show my gratitude for this awesome game. The song is called DOOM, and it describes the life of a DOOM marine cutting through imps, snorting pigs, and cacodemons. Have a listen...you might get a kick out of it! It was recorded at Skotlapop Studios in Los Angeles....and it sounds pretty cool!!! I'd love to hear what some of you think about it! You can download it right here from our Files Section, and be sure to check out Cynic Guru's site at MP3.com!
| Monday, February 19, 2001 |
Megawad Site Update
The Megawad has updated with news of Doom_Dude's new project. The title is Monsrosity and will be about 12 maps in size with the final 4 or 5 being from same area. This will be a massive level called Monstosity Keep.
Speed Demos Archives
On this update Albert Valls did two very fast demos for Panech01, Mike Toliver did a maxdemo for the first Invasion map. Mark Thompson did a maxdemo on Hell Revealed Map01 Brad Spencer and Opulent improved the maxdemo record on Memento Mori Map05. Check this and more at Opulent Speed Demos Archive
Vavoom 1.7 BETA 1 Released
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Vavoom is a source port based on sources of Doom, Heretic, Hexen and a little bit from Quake. Supported platforms are DOS, Windows and LINUX. Vavoom 1.7 BETA 1 is the lastest build, and can be grabbed here.
New Doom Facial Animation Information
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Jim Dosé of iD Software answered a recent question posted on Slashdot, regarding the facial animation of New Doom's engine. Click here to check it out.
Doom Wad Station Looking For Beta Testers
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Doom Wad Station is looking for a few good marines to beta test the Hellraiser TC. Only 5 more levels to go. So if you're interested in the beta test, head over the Hellraiser TC website!
| Sunday, February 18, 2001 |
KZDoom VII
A Place of Doom has released kzdoom7. Kurt Kesler had this to say:I have completed kzdoom7. The map has only a few flaws. The polyobject doors sometimes leak textures through the surrounding walls, but only a few doors have this porblem. The newest ZDoom 1.23beta14 seems to be a stable enough engine for enjoyable play, but the saved games might fail upon loading them.
Darker Images
Darker Image Studios are calling for some help. They need some level designers urgently. So if your interested then hop over.
Doomed
Doomed has updated with some screenshots of the maps that Pablo has made for the No Hope For Life project.
| Saturday, February 17, 2001 |
Jive Releases
Doom Legacy Wads has updated with the release of oneMore.wad a Doom1 megawad with 36 levels. It is a compilation from seven authors . Wads1or2.wad and Wads1to2.wad are updated with new sounds made by Jive. Finally JiveSkys.wad is updated with seven new cool skies.
Metabolist News
There is a new map called Mortiser03 which has been released. Also Metabolist has decided to release an old map by Holger Nathrath. This was given to him by Björn Hermans in TOJ, with the intention originally of fitting it into TOJ. Get both on the WADs page. But first you need to go to Metabolist's Site.
| Thursday, February 15, 2001 |
Skulltag v0.92b
Skulltag has updated with news on the latest version which is coming soon. Heres a snippet:Well v0.92b is almost done. Basically I'm just waiting on the linux version and the official launcher to be finished up. It's got plenty more fixes, and a couple new features, including text colors, and a server option to maintain a minimum number of players on a server.
SDA Update
Alexander Sushkov sent a very fast Mc2001 demo. Also active was Ledmeister once again who improved his Ttrap maxdemo. Cyber Dreams Albert Valls sent in tons of demos. The place to view them is Opulent Speed Demos Archive.
| Tuesday, February 13, 2001 |
New Doom Goodies
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Screenshots
Seeking the net for the just-released New Doom screenshots, but can't find a page without that damned broken link? Rejoice yourself, we got the whole collection right here.
Movie
That's right folks! We even uploaded the New Doom engine's demonstration video to our Files Section. Click here to grab yours now!
Carmack Complaints On New Doom Footage
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On Slashdot, John Carmack replied to complaints that there were hardly any distinctive colors visible during the presentation."Unfortunately, the giant projector screens are not color calibrated the same way at all. The colors did get rather washed out on the big screen." Click here for the whole scoop.
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