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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. Doom Legacy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I tried JDoom about 8-12 months ago, and I really prefer Doom Legacy. I think the new model pack that JDoom has is absolutely awful.

    I think that Doom Legacy is a bit more "True" to it's past, and a better overall port.

  2. Re:jDoom sucks by DrFaustos25 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    c'mon... THIS is ugly?!?!?! I can see where the other poster is coming from about jdoom not being close to its roots, the models and textures can seem too "bright" for the dark and gothic feel of doom, but I don't think it looks ugly to say the least. :-S

    I've played most of the other source ports, this is still my favorite though. I love doom legacies bots, wish jdoom had them. :-( Haven't tried zdoom yet though... what features does it have that jdoom doesn't? (It's home page is a bit spartan and I feel the need to play through tnt again. :-D)

  3. Jdoom/Doomsday Rocks! by ddraigcymraeg · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Im very surprised that more people havent come to praise Skyjake's Jdoom and the Doomsday engine.
    It is hands-down the best looking port of Doom. Doomsday allows many parameters to be changed with an in game GUI ( If you dont like Lens Flares then disable them. )
    The front end wad/content manager 'Kickstart' is easy to use in setting up custom options.
    There is a very friendly and very talented community supporting it with ever better md2 models (soon md3), hi-res backgrounds, textures and sounds.
    1.8 also adds much improved networking for better internet play. In the future, Doomsday is supposed to support ZDoom wads.

    I have played all the Doom ports including legacy and each has their pros and cons, just for me Jdoom is way out in front especially with the eye candy you get from my high end system.