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Doomsday Gets DOOM, Heretic, Hexen Engines Upgrade

Posted by simoniker on from the doomed dept.

Ant writes "I just noticed Doomsday HQ, source of some of the best enhancements of original DOOM, Heretic, and Hexen game engines since the code was open-sourced, has released v1.8.0 of both the Linux and Windows ports. SkyJake, the author, also mentions on the news page that a Mac OS X version might be ported in the future." As the official beginner's guide notes, you'll need "a copy of the original shareware/registered [game .WAD]" to play.

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  1. jDoom sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I can't stand jDoom. Seriously, I find it plain ugly. First, the low resolution graphics don't work well interpolated to the point of looking like clouds of blur - I prefer crisp pixels, thanks. Second: LENS FLARES.

    Go get ZDoom instead, for a real Doom engine upgrade.

    1. Re:jDoom sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      Oh, and the "enhanced" textures and model packs make things 10x worse.