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New Doom SP: Tech Gone Bad By John Romero

Posted by Spirit on 2016/01/16 13:56:27

My Boss level replacement for e1m8...22 years later

After exiting the Computer Station you knew the worst was up ahead. You still hadn't reached the place where the demons were coming from. The steel door shuts behind you as you realize you're there; you're at the Phobos Anomaly. Cracks from hell are all over the place as seepage from the portal invades the entire installation. Now it's time to find the portal and stop the demons from coming through. You know UAC had hundreds of scientists working at a high-tech lab somewhere in this area, and the portal must be connected to it somehow. Time to lock and load.

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2x2ee3r51986dkt/e1m8b.zip?dl=1

If you have no fukken clue how to play Doom maps, here is how:
crispy-doom -iwad /path/to/doom.wad -file e1m8b.wad -warp 1 8

(Thanks to http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/2016/01/16/john-romero-releases-new-doom-level/ for writing that down for newbies.)

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Screenshots, Romero

#1 posted by SleepwalkR on 2016/01/16 15:29:32

Screenshots!

Some Weird Texturing Here And There

#2 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2016/01/16 19:04:22

...but a fun level.

#3 posted by Joel B on 2016/01/16 19:32:13

I played this using Doom Retro and decided to go whole hog on the "retro" thing -- fairly low res, no vertical mouselook, no crosshair, no widescreen. Rough intro if you do a pistol start, but a fun time after that. A good-looking map with some truly classic combat and map-uncovering. Some classic bullshit unfairness too but it's all good. :-)

For some reason it makes me quite happy that Romero still has good Doom maps in him.

(I kind of wish I had played this without knowing the author; I wonder how much of the "authentic Doom-ness" that I was smelling was from a placebo effect.)

Meh

#4 posted by Kinn on 2016/01/17 14:13:18

Would have been all right if everything wasn't so cramped and fiddly.

Your Ass Is Cramped And Fiddly.

#5 posted by czg on 2016/01/17 14:17:06

I haven't actually played this yet so I don't know if you're right. I just wanted to put that out there. Your cramped and fiddly ass.

#6 posted by JneeraZ on 2016/01/17 14:36:08

It wouldn't be cramped if you'd wait your turn.

#7 posted by Kinn on 2016/01/17 14:50:01

Look at all these people jealous of my tight arse. I'm sorry yours resembles a windsock :(

#8 posted by FifthElephant on 2016/01/17 14:54:08

There are definitely cramped places. There's also some big open areas that are a bit under-used. It's been 20 years since he made and released a map so I think what he created is still quite the achievement. His second map should be brilliant if this is the warm-up.

#9 posted by FifthElephant on 2016/01/17 14:55:32

For me the 2 biggest problems with the map is that the opening moments are extremely difficult, you really have to work hard to get a decent 'foothold'. And the very last room with bruiser brothers is a bit claustrophobic and under-populated.

Why Are There No Octopus?

#10 posted by OctopusFan on 2016/01/17 15:50:22

Where are the octopus monsters?

I Enjoyed This

#11 posted by killpixel on 2016/01/17 21:38:20

A little tough at the beginning then quickly becomes a little too easy. Other than that I think it's pretty sweet.

I Mostly Enjoyed Posts 5-7

#12 posted by Shambler on 2016/01/17 22:55:16

Lol

#13 posted by JPL on 2016/01/18 13:06:59

#5 and #7 made my day :)

#14 posted by necros on 2016/01/18 14:24:12

i never knew windsocks were called windsocks!

Is There A Non-dropbox Download Somewhere

#15 posted by czg on 2016/01/18 14:35:07

Nm, Found One Myself.

#16 posted by czg on 2016/01/18 14:36:48

#17 posted by JneeraZ on 2016/01/18 14:38:02

Are you taking a principled stand against DropBox or something?

No It's Just Blocked At Work

#18 posted by czg on 2016/01/18 15:14:59

#19 posted by JneeraZ on 2016/01/18 16:14:22

Huh ... OK.

#20 posted by Badboy on 2016/01/18 17:03:49

http://www.doomworld.com/e1m8b/e1m8b.zip
http://doomreborngame.com/forum/download/file.php?id=90

#21 posted by oh, that person on 2016/01/18 17:34:05

https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/e1m8b.html

#22 posted by Rick on 2016/01/18 23:09:05

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35343089

#23 posted by FifthElephant on 2016/01/18 23:20:47

Rick, that's actually insane.

Wow

#24 posted by killpixel on 2016/01/19 01:28:03

Hardly Surprising Though

#25 posted by Kinn on 2016/01/19 01:31:11

Would be hilarious if it turns out this is part of an arrangement with Bethesda to do some viral marketing for the new Doom.

Timings a little off though.

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