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Everett (lithium@netropolis.net) wrote:
: >Excuse the ignorance, but what is DOOM? and on what platforms is is available?

:   Doom is probably the world's most successfull game (in terms of popularity) 
: in history.  It has made a bigger impact than pac-man and defender, and has 
: spawned, either by code or by example, literally hundreds of simular games, 
: which have only recently begun to surpass this 2-3 year old game.  That's one 
: hell of a game.

:   Doom is a game with a 1st person perspective (seen through your own eyes) 
: where you run around (usually in the middle of Hell itself) killing all kinds 
: of dead and undead baddies and a number of demons.  Go to ftp.idsoftware.com 
: if you want to leech some shareware of it...  the game rocks to high heaven 
: (or hell)...

:   (yes, I am obviously a doom fanatic...)



: >> I know this sounds stupid, but what about DOOM! You can use a level editor to 
: >> model the plans and it does it in real time, you can also use the textures... 
: >> I used Doom2 To make a model of my house and my dads new Pharmacy.
: >> 

: (this part is to the previous guy)

:   Doom is a great game, but if you can find the editor for Dark Forces 
: (another great game, by lucas arts) you are not limited to one floor.  Though 
: doom editors are more common, so if you are only workign with a single story 
: or don't mind having the make the top floor seperate (like teleport to it 
: while going up or downstairs), doom is the better one to model with.



:What is so great about playing a game that glorifies destuction, terror, 
hell,etc.  I have enough trouble dealing with the world we already have!