Doom 3 BFG Edition review: a solid retrospective

Nov. 2, 2012   Leave a Comment  

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A worthwhile as a virtual museum for one of the industry’s most important series

Doom 3 BFG Edition hitting stores this October

June 19, 2012   Leave a Comment  

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Doom fans, here’s your definitive collection.

What’s one of the Doom creators up to? Apparently a game with kittens

June 14, 2012   Leave a Comment  

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Pettington Park comes exclusively to Google+.

Rage review

Oct. 4, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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The creators of Doom and Quake are back. Is the trip to the wasteland worth it?

Doom II now available on Xbox Live Arcade

May 26, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Hell on Earth on Xbox

The 10 games I played the most growing up

Oct. 15, 2009   4 Comments  

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Here’s how Blast’s editor spent his younger years

Novelist brought in for Doom 4

Jan. 21, 2009   Leave a Comment  

Gamespot and ZDNet have a story that novelist Graham Joyce has been hired to write the back story for Doom 4. More than 15 years ago, gamers met the space marine, and except for occasional scrolling message cut scenes, there wasn’t much of a story to tell. Hell spawn = bad. Shoot a lot. But [...]

The original Wolf3D FAQ

Oct. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Sure we haven’t updated our Doom page in a while. So here’s a whopper, Adam Williamson’s original and complete Wolf3D/SoD FAQ

The Old Shoebox: Download Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold

Aug. 1, 2008   2 Comments  

Ahh, 1993. The first person shooter was bursting forth in popularity, but how did Blake Stone fare?

E3 2008: id Software partnering with EA

July 14, 2008   Leave a Comment  

LOS ANGELES — In a landmark team-up, Electronic Arts will welcome the creator of the first person shooter, id Software, as its newest partner. “It really is a good match for an indie studio like id, because it gives us access to their world-wide marketing muscle,” said id’s John Carmack during the Electronic Arts E3 [...]

Wad Tools 2.0

April 2, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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Maybe one of the most useful Doom-related software utilities ever made, and one of the most relevant today, Wad Tools 2.0 is a command line tool that lets you literally browse through a WAD file like Doom2.wad, Hexen.wad and user-created PWAD levels. Why is this useful? Because with Wad Tools 2.0, (also called WT2) you [...]

Download Doom1.wad

April 1, 2008   8 Comments  

Very simple. Very basic. Download the Shareware Doom1.wad free from Blast Magazine.

Doom Metrics

April 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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This document tells level editors and creators about the limits and size specifications of Doom Doom Metrics ———— Scott Ampoker (scott@basis.com) Creation of a successful Doom level requires that the PWAD designer be aware of the “physical” sizes and limitations of the Doom world. On a less critical level, the choice of wall, floor, and [...]

The Doom Pistol FAQ version 1.1

April 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

The best part of the “Unofficial Doom Pistol FAQ” is that it lists the number of shots it takes to kill all Doom enemies using just the trusty pistol. [...]

PWAD: DOOMED to Run Amok v1.0

April 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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Doom levels usually come with a specific template of information telling you about the level, its compatibility and build issues and what to expect. Doomed to Run Amok was one of the coolest levels included in the D!ZONE 150 CD-ROM from Wizard Works. It includes new graphics and sounds! ======================================= Title: DOOMED to Run Amok [...]

The Ultimate Doom readme

March 22, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Here is the original readme.txt file for The Ultimate Doom for all of you researchers out there.

Two big tech additions coming in April

March 22, 2008   Leave a Comment  

We have two huge additions to the tech section coming April 1. First, we’re throwing up a Doom Page, with docs, levels, programs and all kinds of lost pieces of data celebrating the Doom universe which gave us the FPS gaming genre. We’ve found old FAQ’s, thousands of old PWAD levels, level editors, total conversions [...]

Download Doom 95

March 22, 2008   3 Comments  

From id: “Doom 95 continues the hyperviolent exploits that propelled the original Doom to infamy. Face the onslaught of demons and specters that populate this terror-filled underworld. Slip a few shells into your shotgun and get ready to kick some demon butt.” Doom 95 was Doom’s first foray into the native Windows world. It let [...]

The Old Shoebox: Heretic shareware

March 3, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Released quickly after Doom, using a modified version of the same game engine, Heretic is a fantasy first person shooter designed by Raven Software, published by id Software, and distributed, along with everything else in those days, by GT Interactive in 1994. Heretic introduced ambient noise — evil laughter and such — that was random, [...]