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25 Years of Doom
7 years ago
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December 10th, 2018 marks the original Doom's 25th anniversary!
For a quarter-of-a-freaking-century now, we've been pumping our buckshot into scores of hulking hellions, and they just won't stop coming. ;)
In celebration, Bethesda posted a short video chronicling the history of the franchise:
There's quick clips of most of the Doom series (excluding Final Doom, Doom 64 and the mobile-exclusive titles), a few of the stranger mods that people have cooked up over the years (is that Doom on the side of a truck?), and several fan projects (including the always a-gore-rable Claycat's Doom).
The video ends with an invitation to head to Doom.com and join the "Slayers Club." Ostensibly it's to get freebies for Doom Eternal (specifically a zombie Doom Slayer skin, in this case), but I think it's mostly to goad people into getting a Bethesda.net account (which I already had for Quake Champions anyway). XD
John Romero also announced that he's working on a new episode for the original Doom called Sigil:
https://www.romerogames.ie/sigil
Sigil will effectively act as Doom's 5th episode, offering 9 new singleplayer levels. (It also claims to offer 9 deathmatch levels, but it's unclear whether these are separate from the singleplayer maps.)
While the episode itself will be distributed for free online, superfans can also purchase boxed copies of the game in two editions: the standard edition which includes a floppy-disk-themed USB drive with the WAD and extras, a two-disc jewel case with the WAD and soundtrack, and two stickers; or the deluxe "Beast Box" edition which has all the standard edition stuff, plus an art print, a Sigil-themed coin, a t-shirt, and a pewter statue of John Romero's head on a pike. XD
Sure, there's really no need to buy a boxed copy of a free WAD, but Romero's done a lot for the Doom community over the years, and I wouldn't mind paying him back the favor.
Doomworld marks the occasion with its own special event: The Top 100 Most Memorable Doom Maps:
https://www.doomworld.com/25years/t.....emorable-maps/
While they've done the Cacowards to honor the greatest WADs of the year, this countdown is special for paying respects to the most memorable single maps of all time, even those that were part of larger projects. See all the blood, sweat, tears and ingenuity that have gone into Doom's community efforts over the last two-plus decades.
So here's to 25 years of the greatest FPS series ever! I hope Doom truly is eternal. ;)
~
For a quarter-of-a-freaking-century now, we've been pumping our buckshot into scores of hulking hellions, and they just won't stop coming. ;)
In celebration, Bethesda posted a short video chronicling the history of the franchise:
There's quick clips of most of the Doom series (excluding Final Doom, Doom 64 and the mobile-exclusive titles), a few of the stranger mods that people have cooked up over the years (is that Doom on the side of a truck?), and several fan projects (including the always a-gore-rable Claycat's Doom).
The video ends with an invitation to head to Doom.com and join the "Slayers Club." Ostensibly it's to get freebies for Doom Eternal (specifically a zombie Doom Slayer skin, in this case), but I think it's mostly to goad people into getting a Bethesda.net account (which I already had for Quake Champions anyway). XD
John Romero also announced that he's working on a new episode for the original Doom called Sigil:
https://www.romerogames.ie/sigil
Sigil will effectively act as Doom's 5th episode, offering 9 new singleplayer levels. (It also claims to offer 9 deathmatch levels, but it's unclear whether these are separate from the singleplayer maps.)
While the episode itself will be distributed for free online, superfans can also purchase boxed copies of the game in two editions: the standard edition which includes a floppy-disk-themed USB drive with the WAD and extras, a two-disc jewel case with the WAD and soundtrack, and two stickers; or the deluxe "Beast Box" edition which has all the standard edition stuff, plus an art print, a Sigil-themed coin, a t-shirt, and a pewter statue of John Romero's head on a pike. XD
Sure, there's really no need to buy a boxed copy of a free WAD, but Romero's done a lot for the Doom community over the years, and I wouldn't mind paying him back the favor.
Doomworld marks the occasion with its own special event: The Top 100 Most Memorable Doom Maps:
https://www.doomworld.com/25years/t.....emorable-maps/
While they've done the Cacowards to honor the greatest WADs of the year, this countdown is special for paying respects to the most memorable single maps of all time, even those that were part of larger projects. See all the blood, sweat, tears and ingenuity that have gone into Doom's community efforts over the last two-plus decades.
So here's to 25 years of the greatest FPS series ever! I hope Doom truly is eternal. ;)
~
I guess ID saves the day once again!
Also, this new megawad project seems pretty fucking dope
(Even if 9 levels isn't technically a "megawad"... Altho I could be wrong)
I wonder if it'll make any use of modern ports capabilities.
In anycase... Happy 25th anniversary, people!
Still, a few of them grabbed my attention, and I feel compelled to give em a whirl in the future.