Week 92 - Free Games for the Week — Enhanced Doom Game Engine

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Week 92 - Free Games for the Week — Enhanced Doom Game Engine

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Started 13 years ago by Idunnobutiwastold
Latest reply from Whiterabbit-uk

Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming Acolyte

Enhanced Doom Game Engine / E.D.G.E. (3 Mb+)

Description:
"The EDGE project aims to develop a DOOM-style gaming engine that allows for conversions but which will also play the original DOOM game."

You will need a copy of a compatible WAD file for E.D.G.E. to work at all. The game played well on Windows 7. The soundtrack was not audible — but on the up-side, there was no need for DOSBOX, either. To launch the game, I typed the following command into Windows' RUN dialog box and pressed ENTER:
C:\Edge-1.34\edge134.exe -iwad doom1.wad

You can also specify a different WAD file, like so:
C:\Edge-1.34\edge134.exe -iwad freedm.wad

Homepage:
http://edge.sourceforge.net/index.html

Download:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/edge/files/

User Guide:
http://edge.sourceforge.net/README.txt

Screens Compilation:
http://edge.sourceforge.net/screenshots.htm

In-game image on Windows 7:
http://i50.tinypic.com/24cxrq0.jpg

Download Compatible Data File at FreeDoom:
http://www.nongnu.org/freedoom/

Posted 13 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

Thanks Idunno; you'll fimd a couple more Doom related games in the synopsis. We should reference them all together sometime. (I'll sort it when I get back from my vacation - well sometime when I get the time. I want to finish updating the synopsis first. Nearly there now. just a few pages to go). :)

Posted 13 years ago #
goodgotd
Member

I might give that a try, though I gave up on doom and doom 2 once I managed to get into online deathmatch. If you want. Just like the gigabytes of Quake II maps and mods.

I can dig through and see how many custom maps I have still retrievable, though some of them are large enough to cripple pretty fast computers of the day.

I'm in the process of rescuing all I can from my CD-R's, since they are succumbing to bit-rot at a distressing rate.

DVD-R's are much more durable, and hold a *lot* more. And are very close to the same price. and as a bonus, write and read data much faster.

(Here in the Oregon, USA, the sales tend to run to 100 CD-R's for $25 and 100 DVD-R's for $30... no sales tax, either.)

Posted 13 years ago #
Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming Acolyte

Thank you for the feedback, Whiterabbit and Goodgotd.

(I've posted more of the same below).

Posted 13 years ago #
Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming Acolyte

ZDoom (2 Mb+)

Description:
"ZDoom is an enhanced port of the DOOM source code and is designed to run (natively) in Windows."

The game runs smoothly on Windows 7. It is extremely light on system resources and preserves the familiar 'look & feel' of the original DOOM game; but the program requires a compatible DOOM WAD file to function.

Homepage:
http://zdoom.org/About

Download:
http://zdoom.org/Download

Documentation:
http://zdoom.org/wiki/Main_Page

In-game Image Captured in Windows 7:
http://i46.tinypic.com/34zybtc.jpg

Posted 13 years ago #
Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming Acolyte

Skulltag (27 Mb+)

Description:
"Skulltag is a port of the original Doom II engine that maintains the essential elements of DOOM's gameplay but also adds new features to modernize it."

I loaded the Freedoom.wad data file in Skulltag and was able to play the game in Windows 7.

Homepage:
http://skulltag.net/

Download:
http://www.skulltag.net/download/

Screenshots Gallery:
http://skulltag.net/screenshots/

In-game image of Skulltag running Freedoom.wad on Windows 7:
http://i49.tinypic.com/2dcipzc.jpg

Posted 13 years ago #
Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming Acolyte

JDoom (25 Mb)

Description:
"This package for MS Windows contains a version of the Doom game — complemented with customizable controls, revamped menus and some updated graphics."

You launch the game by clicking on its Desktop icon. Before the game begins, you can specify several settings, chosen from a standard Windows Dialog Box.

Game Specs posted on Cnet.com:
http://download.cnet.com/Doom-Jdoom-package/3010-7441_4-10266568.html?tag=mncol

Complete Download from Cnet.com:
http://download.cnet.com/Doom-Jdoom-package/3000-7441_4-10266567.html

In-game image of JDoom running in Windows 7:
http://i46.tinypic.com/333zxj7.jpg

Here is a Wiki listing compatible iWad Data Files:
http://zdoom.org/wiki/IWAD

Posted 13 years ago #
Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming Acolyte

Return Of The Triad: A Mod For Doom Emulators

Description:

Return of the Triad is a total conversion of the Doom engine into Rise of the Triad, with all-new maps and bosses — while retaining the Rise of the Triad's gameplay and feel.

Get ZDoom (3 Mb) here:
http://zdoom.org/Download

Get Return of the Triad (12 Mb) here:
http://rotthq.com/2011/09/18/return-of-the-triad-update/
http://www.elzee.co.nz/2011/09/16/rott16update/

— Extract ZDoom and the Return of the Triad Mod to the same folder.
— Double-click on RottTC.exe.
— In the configuration dialog box, select ZDoom from the drop-down menu. Click on Singleplayer to start the game.

Images:

Mapping out your progress
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"Rock out with your Glock out"
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Get the Level Editor (21 Mb) here:
http://www.elzee.co.nz/return-of-the-triad-tc/editing-guide/

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Resources accessed March 2013.

Posted 11 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

Nice one. :)

Posted 11 years ago #

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