March 2001
Fire On Phobos Storyline
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Orion,of Demise, sends word a storyline for "Fire on Phobos" is available now. The team have started working on new levels, but no screenies are available for viewing as of yet. Two new midis by Andrew of Team Kill are done and available for download as well.
Doom_Dude Digs Deep
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Doom_Dude has updated The Megawad with his plans for a new deathmatch level called "Chasmdeep. " Look for some screenshots of this latest masterpiece to come your way in the next couple of days.
COMPET-N no more???
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I just checked out the COMPET-N page. It's gone! In it's place is a short statement by Adam Hegyi as to the reason why. Stay tuned! This may be an April Fool's joke, but you never know....***Update***
This was an April Fools joke! Oh well, shoulda known better than to post any news on April 1 :P
Lost Doom Sites
Okay Some more of those sites that have somehow got lost and then found again:· DoomGuru's Lair
Wads, links and more of the usual.
· Glen's Doom Page
Wads, cheat codes and more. A little slow to load.
· Doom Wads - The Ultimate Collection
Lots of listed wads.
Goodbye Andre & Hello Alan!
Andre Majorel just sent in this info: As some of you may have noticed, it's been a long time since the last release of Yadex. Well, your wait/respite is over, because Yadex has a new maintainer. Alan Cox, famous for his work on the Linux kernel, is not only a seasoned hacker but also (though few people know that) a Doom afficionado. That's why, when he offered to take over maintainership, I was more than happy to accept. That's it. Bye-bye everybody. All along, it has been a pleasure to interact with you. I will now leave you to Alan's expert hands and indulge my newfound passion for fishing. Good luck to the new maintainer! Click here to go to Andre's site.***Another April Fools joke*** -stphrz
Asylum News
Andrew at the Asylum Of Team Kill site sent in the news that he's posted screenshots of Kill's: Frozen Hell( E3M1), showing off the snow and ice textures. He also reports that he's scrapping the level for the Bubblegum Crisis Doom Patch upgrade due to it being crap and he'll use the textures and resources to build a better map (possibly a DM level, but not likely.) Theres also some info about the music he made for Demise's "Fire on Phobos".
Insomnia sleeps...
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The Cyber Dreams site has updated with news that Insomnia, the team's latest project, has been temporarily put on hold.
U.A.C Demo
U.A.C Ressurection has updated with this piece of news:A demostration level for UAC Resurrection! How's that? It's kinda small atm, but you can grab it from the files section. It shows off some of the items/weapons/enemies. It's set like a Doom Alpha level, because this might turn into a secret level.
2001 - A DooM Odyssey
Chris has updated The Doomers Recess with news on 2001 - A Doom Odyssey. E2M5 has been finished and according to chris hits the Episode 2 style dead on. There are two pics to view so go and view them.
Speeding Demos
Opulent Speed Demos Archive has updated with just loads of stuff. There are demos by Eugene Bondarchenko, Adam Hegyi, Albert Valls and more. Also there is a new featured map in the shape of Swmort02 by Sam Woodman and Mattias Berggren.
Whew!
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Cdrom.com is back up and all those broken links on Doompages all over the web will work once again. Expect the incoming directory to get bombed as wadmakers upload all the levels they haven't been able to for the past few weeks :)
Doom_Dude's Core fetish!
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Doom_Dude has updated the The Megawad with the release of Templecore, a slick new deathmatch level for Doom2. Download or die!
| Wednesday, March 28, 2001 |
ZD3K News
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X-Doom sent some news about the ZD3K TC and Deathmatch pack. The TC itself is a 32-level megawad for ZDoom 1.23, which will hopefully be finalized shortly, using the localization features to enable the usage of either French or English within the TC itself. The TC will also come in two flavors, a normal edition which will be around 24MB in size, and a deluxe edition which will be around 50MB in size, with the inclusion of MP3 tracks, skyboxes, and higher quality graphics and sounds. The team are X-DOOM and God_Cells. The Deathmatch pack is almost ready also, only awaiting the completion of the resource WAD.
Lost Doom Sites
I have managed to collect a few of these together so it's time to start posting them again:· Doom Underground
This page starts off with "Welcome to the all new Doom Underground!" It was last updated over a year ago now . Lots of stuff to been viewed. so go take a look· Allens Doom Page.
Contains Satan's Summer Mansion a level for for the original Doom v1.666 . · Copenhagen Central Station For Doom.
This page has the award winning wad HBG.There is not much else said about it so get it and see for yourself.
L.I.N.K To The Recess
The Doomers Recess has updated with news on hte link project. This time around there is only one advancme and that was in the Tech L.I.N.K which was sent in by Sascha Müller.
UAC Resurrection 0.2 Pre-Release
Deathwarrior reports that UAC Resurrection is finally ready. This version is the pre-release, since some stuff is still missing (level graphics and exits for some levels). But still, here's the new stuff in this version: 15 New Weapons, bringing the total to 24. There are no levels at the moment, because the first level isn't completed, however, you can always conquer Doom 2 or any other levels for it! There is also 31 new enemies, making a total of 50 (the total includes normal Doom 2)!!
Doom_Dude Updateth
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Doom_Dude has updated The Megawad with news of Templecore, the working title of a new deathmatch wad he is working on. He's posted a couple of screenies for you to check out too. Go see!
ZenNode v1.0.6 Release
ZenNode v1.0.6 is out, with more bug fixes and the nodes builder is up to 40% faster than v1.0.5! A new feature has been added to the REJECT builder that can speed up some large levels by over 300%! ZenNode's readme is also re-organised with new information!
New Wad at the Review Center
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Dwayne's DM #1, a small, intense, wood themed deathmatch map for Doom II, by Dwayne Ings was just added to our New Doom Review Center. Go check it out! Check out the other levels up for review as well! Cast your votes! Write some reviews! Go Go Go!!!!If you have a wad YOU would like to submit go here and upload that puppy :)
Wadster of the Week
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Ben Swarts (aka BigDog) of Doom Center has put in the first installment of WADster of the Week, a feature which plans to have weekly profiles, interviews, downloads, and information from some of the Doom community's editor's. This time they have added Ed Cripps, author of Mountain DM 1-3, Reunion2, and more. The profile includes information, links, downloads, a Best of Ed Pack (with his best work to date), and an in-depth interview.If anyone would like to be profiled in WADster of the Week then they can email BigDog to make arrangements.
Derek's GoldenEyeDoom2
Derek at GoldenEyeDoom2 reports that a new version of his TC is now available! It includes another 9 levels bringing up the total to 19 singleplayer ones, with more graphics, more music, and some bug fixes. This version adds some more stuff and fixes the painelemental dehacked bug. Also a psuedo 3d library deathmatch level will be out soon. If anyone knows how to do 3d levels Derek sure could use some help!
Sigh...
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Well, now it's going to be a few more days before cdrom.com is back. I just finished checking the Simtel Forums and it seems they are still synching data from the temp server to the regular server.
Doom Wad Station - Sacrifice In Blood Released
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Just released on Doom Wad Station - Sacrifice In Blood. A Doom2 wad that will leave you reeling! Complete with Screenshots and a link to the authors site! A must see for any doomer!
Ligue Of Liberty Update
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Tobester updated his website (Ligue of Liberty) with the addition of a new team member Daedalao and some other news. Head over the Ligue of Liberty's news page for more information.
Doom Center Update
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Ben Swarts of Doom Center has sent word that he has added the Skull Tag Page . It includes Skull Tag information and profile, downloads, links, and an in-depth interview with Brad Carney, the leader of the Skull Tag team. If you're interested in the port, then make sure you check out the Skull Tag page.
Daedalus Megawad News
Team TNT reports that the megawad they're working on will still get done. The project which is called Daedalus: Alien Defense is a sequel to the Icarus saga. They're saying that it shouldn't take much to cap it off, do final testing and release it. Click HERE and see for yourself
Pablo's Place Update
Pablo's Place has updated with a new page design. Pablo is also working on a new project called: Into The Unknown (working title), which is going to be a 9 wad episode when it's finished. Go check it out and remember to check out the screenshots too.
Fredricks Site Releases
Fredrik's Website has announced the release of Vrack2. The update just gives you a .txt file and a file to click on. Thats it! Head over and grab it.
Popcorn time!
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Hold on to your shorts. There's been a M.A.S.S.I.V.E update at the COMPET-N Homepage. In addition to a boatload of new demos to watch, a pwads demo page has been added and you can now check out the COMPET-N database.
Doom Tournament 3
The Doom Tournament has announced the release of Doom Tournament 3. Also hopefully in a few days all the Tourneys will be uploaded as well. There are links to Doom Tournament one, two and three. So if you haven't already go get them all.
Sacrifice DM Released
Afterglow has updated with four screenshots from Sacrifice DM. This has now been released and can be got from Afterglow's main page.
No hope for life
No Hope For Life has updated it's pages with this little piece of information.Started work on e1m2 again after a long break. Hope to have it finished soon. E1m1 thru E1m4 will be realsed as soon as E1m2 is complete. I did say a little piece.
Speed Demo's Archive
New Demos to be found at Opulent Speed Demos Archive. Demos from Adam Williamson, Chris Ratcliff, Albert Valls and a couple from Opulent himself.
Big MDOOM Update
Hosted site MDOOM is now known as DemisE since it's no longer a music site. The report is in that Hellbent is back and working on a new map for DemisE's latest project, which has been changed from The Warped Dimension to Fire on Phobos! Simloon has finished work on his first map while Andrew and Jon both made some midis for this new project. Also go see the new screenshots from the Fire on Phobos project.
Moneyman's Megawad Project
Moneyman has plans for creating a deathmatch megawad and needs people to send in thier best dm wads. So far he has 2 of his own wads completed and is looking for wad contributions to help finish the project. So go over to Moneyman's Ouch! site and see for yourself (he's still working on the site).
Doom Center Hosted Sites Launch
Four hosted sites just popped up at Doom Center. The first one is called DoomCult™. This is a clan site, who's plans include Deathmatch Tournaments & TC creation. The next jobby is Doom Tournament which is a series of weapons Mods for Doom. Doom Tournament 1 & 2 are finished and Version 3 is almost done (Each version of DT has a different weapons theme). Then there's Ed's Doom Page where his personal wads are awaiting download. The last site is Unidoom where the Sonic Robo Blast 2 project can be found.
Perforated Entrails Update
Tormentor667 has finally updated the Perforated Entrails page today, with a completely new design! He also uploaded some more screenshots from Virgil's CTF maps, which are looking kewl!
John Carmack Inducted Into AIAS Hallf of Fame!
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Over at STOMPED there's a new article about John Carmack's induction into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) Hall of Fame. Go read!
Cdrom.com coming back!
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Apparently cdrom.com is not gone for good as many (including myself) theorized. It fact, according to Bill Dickson at Simtel.net, cdrom.com will be back online Monday, March 26. You can read about it here on the Simtel Forums (Thanks Doomworld )
ZDaemon Interview & Profile
Doom Center has posted a profile of the Doom client/server source port ZDaemon (a continuation of the csDoom project), which includes a profile, information, and in-depth interview with Sean White (NightFang), author of the source port. This is a part of Doom Center's new source ports section which will grow with profiles and interviews like ZDaemon's. Check out the ZDaemon Interview & Profile!
| Wednesday, March 21, 2001 |
Serious Sam!
Serious Sam just shipped on Thursday and some people are starting to see it on the shelves already! From checking out this review at gameloft it seems that Serious Sam has a lot going for it and has a very Doom-like atmosphere. These two quotes from the review, make the game sound very much like a must buy, for Doomers! Serious Sam is a great early warm up for id Software's in development title, Doom3. And here's the other one:They have managed to provide the 32-bit gaming age with Doom-style gameplay and state of the art presentation.
QuakeCon™ 2001
QuakeCon™ 2001 is scheduled for August 9 - 12 and it's definitely going to be the biggest Lan-party, with $50,000 in cash and prizes as players battle for the Quake III Arena Championship! The event is being partly sponsored by id Software and attendees to QuakeCon will be able to check out yet-to-be released games and hardware. It'll be interesting to see what new information about the New Doom game id Software will reveal at the Convention!
Doomserv Nearly Served
Doomserv 5.0 and DoomServ Server 2.0 are finished. The new versions will be uploaded as soon as their server will allow. So keep watching this space for when that happens.
Work In Progress For EDGE
Binary packages for EDGE 1.25-WIP are now available for download. Windows and Linux only. Each package contains both software and OpenGL executables, a readme file, and other required stuff. This and more can be found the EDGE homepage.
Game Advance For Doom
ign pocket.com has news of Doom being developed for the Game Boy Advance. Activision have not confirmed a developer as yet. For more on this head over to ign pocket.com. Thanks to Wes Carroll for this.
Immaculate
Doom Wad Station has opened up the ftp server for "Immaculate Collection" - Thousands of Doom and Doom2 wads just waiting for someone to play them. The link can be found on Doom Wad Station under the heading "Immaculate Collection"
Opulent's Slight Change
Opulent Speed Demos Archive has updated with news on a change in the file mapping system. Plus some more great demos.
Pablo's Update
Pablo's Place has got some news on his maps for the No Hope For Life project. His maps have now been finished and can be downloaded. Also he would like some feedback on them good or bad.
ST Launch v1.1
Some people seemed to be getting an "Access Violation" message when trouble querying the master server in the latest version of Skulltag. This has now been fixed and can be downloaded. Also Carnevil is working hard on some stability problems and will release a patch as soon as these are fixed.
Recess Reminder
The Doomers Recess has a little reminder that the LINK project is not dead and invites you to enter. Also in the news is that Flay the obscene is now available as a compilation. All of the episodes in one easy zip. Grab it at The Doomers Recess.
Vrack2 Delayed
Fredrik's Website has got news on why Vrack2 has been delayed. New stuff has been added and the monster count is above 700. Fredrik did say though that he is not letting it pass next weekend without a release. So be ready.
Happy Birthday, FACE.UK!
That's right, we almost missed it, but today (it's still the 18th, if you're in the US) is our good friend and NewDoom staffer Jason 'FACE.UK' Sloan's birthday. So it's not too late to send him an email at face.uk@newdoom.com and wish him well on his special day!
Doom Funnies
Doom Funnies has four new comics for you to chuckle through. Also your thoughts wanted on a grudge match series. Read on at Doom Funnies
Vavoom Beta 3
Vavoom has v1.7 Beta3 for download. . In this version in Doom and Heretic Janis switched to Hexen-like line defs. He has tried to do this in a ZDoom compatible way so Doom wad files converted with zwadconv runs in Vavoom. As well as all that there is more to check out at Vavoom.
Team Kill News
Team Kill have some news on the Bubblegum Crisis Doom patch. The level is only about 1/6 of the way done, but it's shaping up to be nicely detailed. Not much to report on the Kill side of things although a few more rooms have been added to E2M3. Find out more at Team Kill
| Wednesday, March 14, 2001 |
Unholy Ni'mrod News
Unholy Software has update with news of an old sketch of Ni'mrod that has just been found. Also if anyone has the file Wasted.zip that Unholy Software used to have up for download because it contained that Ni'mrod skin and Ebola would like to use it for other stuff. More news at Unholy Software
Wad Station Exclusive
The Doom Wad Station has a wad that Bob Larkin describes as a must download. The wad is called Pheonix.wad and while it is not a TC Phoenix has pulled together weapons and creatures from several different games. There are some rather cool screenshots to view as well. So get on over.
Swedish Polled
Swedish Fish has updated with some Doom stuff. There is news on how some of his wads have faired in two polls. One of which was the Newdoom.com poll. Also progress although slow is being made on his Mordeth level. Finally some thoughts on the Newdoom.com Review Centre. Head over to Swedish Fish Doom.
Something For The Weekend?
Well it could be that Vrack2 gets released this weekend. Fredrik still has testing to do modifying the monster and health balance and placement. So be prepared for 604 monsters, 20355 sidedefs and 2786 sectors of Vrack2. Get the full update at Fredrik's Website.
DWYP Needs You
The Doom Wad Yellow Pages needs your help in the form of information. If you have a doom wad related site, TC, or megawad and you wanted it posted in the Doom Wad Yellow Pages click this link and fill out the form and you will be added in a few days.
Hellraiser Released
After a lot of hard work the Hellraiser TC has been released. There are 30 levels, new music, new monsters and new sprites.
New Wads At The Station
The Doom Wad Station has two new wads for you from Pablo Diccter on the Doom Wads from around the world page. The first Evils Playground will work with Doom/Ultimate Doom/Doom95. The other is Infernal a wad requiring Boom or Mbf to play.
SDA Action
Opulent Speed Demos Archive has some more demos for you to view. Albert Valls, Brad Spencer, Cameron Prosser and Selim Benabdelkhalek are just some of the people who have sent in demos. Shoot over and take a look.
Vavoom Beta2
Vavoom updates with this:Vavoom version 1.7 BETA 2 is out! As you probably know, this version haves 3D floors and deep water effect. Hexen demo also includes WadAuthor config file. With Doom and Heretic there's a little problem - slopes requires map in Hexen format but in current version it uses old line specials. In next beta I will switch to Hexen-like line specials and then there will be config files for Doom and Heretic.
Review Centre Is Here
In case you had not noticed there is a new section to Newdoom.com in the form of the Review Centre. You can go here to submit your wads which will then go into our pile to be posted onto the file of the moment. All the information you need is provided at the Review Centre. For future reference it can be accessed from the nav bar under features on the left.
Skull Tagged
It seems that Skulltag next version will not be out until after ZDaemon 0.9 comes out. The reason for this is that Well, some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that 0.92 won't be released until AFTER ZDaemon 0.9 comes out. NightFang has been able to fix some serious bugs that were occuring in csDoom and Skull Tag, and will be including them in his next version of ZDaemon. So once that comes out Carnevil will be able to implement those changes into Skulltag.
DTS-T
Got this today from Deathmatcher about a project he has been working on.I just wanted to inform you that I've been working on a nice add-on for Final Doom for a time now. It's not a real TC, but it will contain some new textures, 32 all-new levels and a nice background story. You can find it Here
DWYP Relocation
Doom Wad Yellow Pages has arrived at Newdoom.com under new management. The new webmaster is Derek who has Goldeneye Doom2 also hosted here at Newdoom. So if you need to find a wad then look it up in the Doom Wad Yellow Pages.
No Hope Map
No Hope For Life has a new map for the project. This was submitted by Pablo. The map can be downloaded and will be changed for the No Hope For Life project.
MDoom Members Needed
MDoom is looking for some able level designers and midi composers to help out on the Twisted Dimension Episode. The project is underway but need more people to join in. If you are interested then email OrioN-X-NaVaS for more information.
Goldeneye
A New Edge version of GoldenEyeDoom2 is available. New stuff available includes New Graphics and updated levels, New Sounds and almost all the guns have secondary fire. There is also is an updated ge64levs.zip for all the people that use the Doom Legacy, ZDoom, Boom, and other dehacked supported ports. It fixes the Surface level bug. Now go get it at Goldeneye Doom2
Insanity Competition
Team Insanity have updated with news on a competition. All you have to do is pick a musician or band that you think would supply Doom3 with the best soundtrack based on the recent game footage. Do this and win fabulous prizes.
Sir Robin is Back On The Battlements
Sir Robin's Doom Castle has updated with a reassurance that Sir Robin has not gone off of doom and some reviews will be along soon. Also there are some shots of his KTA project.
ZarcyB's Doom Vetrans
ZarcyB has opened up some new forums for experienced Doomers. There are individual forums for PSX Doom, Doom 64 and Doom 3, and also Clan forums and TC Forums.
REoL News
REoL TOUGH has some news on The REoL TOUGH Militia. The REoL TOUGH Militia form has been changed. Some people may not have been
comfortable with the fact that their information may have become public in a
members list. This idea has now been scrapped. You can now join knowing your info will be kept private.
Recess Reviews
Chris at The Doomers Recess set himself a little challenge last monday to do a review for every day of the week. Well today The Recess has updated with 7 reviews for you.
RTC News
RTC Doom has updated with news that the remake of Map01 is going fine. It will feature at least 5 new rooms. All areas are being redone. Also this month TRTCC has been one year in production and the team would like to here your thoughts on what it should include.
Ethh's Poetry
Ethh's Doom Page has announced the start of a cometition for a poetry voice recitation contest. There are prizes being given. So if your interested trot over to Ethh's Doom Page.
Compet-N
Compet-n has announced the end of it's 9th contest. All the winners and entries are there to view. Also the vote on PWADs is now closed and finished.
Vavooming
The Vavoom homepage has updated with this:A little precision - DeHackEd support was removed only from engine. As previously you still can convert DeHackEd patches into progs. Great news - I have completed work on 3D floors and deep water effect. This together with slopes looks realy cool. A new beta will be released very soon.
GG Inc
GG INC have updated with lots of reviews from the old Doom Realm site, revised and reformatted, are now up. There is more to come. Also the links section is up again. For more head over to GG INC.
Plutonia II Demo
Metabolist's Site has a short update with news that Plutonia II Demo has been released.
Funny Destroyer
Destroyers Doom Zone has this to say.Right, This is it. Im putting all my other projects aside, for Doom funnies, My new comic. Its all about doom's characters and players (members of the doom community) witch means you, yes YOU could feature in it. SO go over to Doom Funnies and check it out... Or beware my wrath.<\blockquote> Well better get yourself over there then.
Unholy Maps Update
Unholy Software have news on the current state of affairs with their latest project. Map02 is very very close to be completed. I started scripting it today and Ebola is very close to having a 100% compelte architecture. Check out the rest at Unholy Software.
Team Kill Stuff
Team Kill has updated with the early release of the Kill story since it seems that the patch is taking longer than expected. More textures have been made to go into Kill and these also need to be added. The story is on the Team Kill page, and inside the updated Kill.txt file.Also posted are some general updates on everything, including something on the Bubblegum Crisis Doom patch.
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