doom

n : an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of

the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it" [syn:

{doomsday}, {day of reckoning}]

v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become

a great pianist" [syn: {destine}, {fate}, {designate}]

2: pronounce a sentence on, in a court of law; "He was

condemned to ten years in prison" [syn: {sentence}, {condemn}]

DOOM

A simulated 3D moster-hunting action game for {IBM

PC}s, created and published by {id Software}. The original

press release was dated January 1993. A cut-down shareware

version v1.0 was released on 10 December 1993 and again with

some bug-fixes, as v1.4 in June 1994.

DOOM is similar to Wolfenstein 3d (id Software, Apogee) but

has better {texture mapping}; walls can be at any angle, of

any thickness and have windows; lighting can fade into the

distance or come from point sources; floors and ceilings can

be of any height; many surfaces are animated; up to four

players can play over a network or two by serial link; it has

a high {frame rate} (comparable to TV on a {486}/33); DOOM

isn't just a collection of connected closed rooms like

Wolfenstein but sounds can travel anywhere and alert monsters

of your approach.

The shareware version is available from these sites:

{Cactus (ftp://cactus.org/pub/IHHD/multi-player/)},

{Manitoba (ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/pub/doom/)},

{UK (ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/games/id/)},

{South Africa (ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/pub/msdos/games/id/)},

{UWP ftp (ftp://archive.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/games/id/)},

{UWP http (http://archive.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/games/id/)},

{Finland (ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/id)},

{Washington (ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/games/doom)}.

A {FAQ} by Hank Leukart: {UWP

(ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/games/id/home-brew/doom)},

{Washington

(ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/games/doomstuff)}.

{FAQ on WWW (http://venom.st.hmc.edu/~tkelly/doomfaq/intro.html)}.

{Other links (http://www.gamesdomain.co.uk/descript/doom.html)}.

{Usenet} newsgroups: {news:rec.games.computer.doom.announce},

{news:rec.games.computer.doom.editing},

{news:rec.games.computer.doom.help},

{news:rec.games.computer.doom.misc},

{news:rec.games.computer.doom.playing}, {news:alt.games.doom},

{news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action},

{news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.announce},

{news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc}.

Mailing List: ("sub DOOML" in

the message body, no subject).

Telephone: :44 (1222) 362 361 - the UK's first multi-player

DOOM and games server.

(1994-12-14)