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John Romero announces SIGIL. DOOM free (mega)wad, February 2019. Limited Run physical edition also
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Why is John Romero making a mod to a game he made 25 years ago, and presenting it as something "new and revolutionary"? Just make a new game. Since he's selling it in limited quantities, can't Bethesda and Zenimax sue?
Should have had a real floppy there, LRG already included some with past LEs they made. Although I guess then they couldn't actually have the data to want on there. He also should have gotten Bobby Prince back for the music.
Definitely buying this, though.
He is making a new game, and no they can't. It's a mod.
Definitely buying this, though.
He is making a new game, and no they can't. It's a mod.
How does one even get the original DOOM these days?
Would buying Ultimate DOOM on Steam be the way to go?
Would buying Ultimate DOOM on Steam be the way to go?
There or on GOG, you'd get the IWAD file needed to play this either way.
So basically new Doom DLC, 25 years on. Cool, I guess. The music is good and makes the box tempting it is a lot to play for a 9 level pack with not much new except for maps and music.
That will work, yes, though it would probably be best enjoyed with the help of one of the many source ports out there.
"source" as in, the Valve engine? Or a port made from the code's source released as open source code? I think I ran one of those over 10 years ago but I'm completely disconnected from what the best/most popular one might be these days (I know, I know, Google is my friend, I'll look into that).
"SIGIL™ is a free megawad for the original 1993 DOOM® created by John Romero."
Aren't they leaving out a few other people with regards to who created it...?
edit: Maybe I'm reading that wrong and they're saying the free megawas is created by Romero, and not DOOM from 1993.
Aren't they leaving out a few other people with regards to who created it...?
edit: Maybe I'm reading that wrong and they're saying the free megawas is created by Romero, and not DOOM from 1993.
It seems like that line is referring to the creator of SIGIL, not the creators of Doom.
The latter. GZDoom (https://zdoom.org/index) is probably the one I see most-often suggested, and adds a ton of functionality to the original engine. You just need the WAD file from whatever version of the game you buy.
Oh - on top of touring and sorting out health related stuff, he's been busy in the (chicken coop) studio for a good time now!
https://music.bucketheadpikes.com
Shame there's no teaser footage but will def. run through a GZDoom setup for this!
Source as it from the source code. There are a lot of great ones out there but I haven't kept up so maybe someone else here can point you to the best modern one.
Yeah, um, literally nothing could stop me from getting an official Romero head on a pike figurine. That's the best thing LRG has ever done.
YOOOOOOOOO This is fucking awesome. I'm so fucking excited. Holy shit. This is everything I could have wanted. I'm losing my goddamn mind.
Crazy to see Romero tackle Hell maps with mid-2000s fan mod detail levels, but I love it already. His last two Doom maps kicked ass, and so will these. But I hope he's got a Doom II map set in the works for that game's 25th anniversary. That'd be extra neat.
Fantastic. Really looking forward to this.
The WAD should still have the MIDI arrangement for the new music though, right?
Much rather run it through my SC-55 like I normally do with Doom, than use CD audio.
The WAD should still have the MIDI arrangement for the new music though, right?
Much rather run it through my SC-55 like I normally do with Doom, than use CD audio.
I doubt Buckethead's made a MIDI transcription of his work here. A couple Doom modders have already joked about making their own MIDI data for the WAD.
That's some awesome cover art.
As a kid, I always thought Doom ended after the first episode because I only had the shareware version and didn't get past it on SNES.
As a kid, I always thought Doom ended after the first episode because I only had the shareware version and didn't get past it on SNES.
Holy shit, lmao, I'm dying here
Funnily enough, DWANGO is alive and well in Japan. It spun off from the US company before its shutdown in 1998, and it remains a large company.
It owns Spike Chunsoft and Nico Nico, the JP version of Youtube and Twitch.
You can only play it as part of the World Tour edition https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/434050/ (I haven't played it as I have the Megaton Edition from before it was delisted).
Back when DOOM was revealed behind closed doors (and audience) at QuakeCon, I remember reading that Romero was so inspired that he wanted to make a new FPS or something to that extent. Is this the fruits of his labor I wonder, or a side project?
He's said this was a vacations/evenings side-project, still working on another game yet to be announced: https://www.romerogames.ie/sigil/
I was just going by SIGIL's official website which still lists a mid-February release date. Never saw the update.
Yeah, I googled "NEWS" in relation to the game. Not great that they have no updated the website.
SIGIL is true 90s retro and the web is update as a monthly magazine.