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11-10-2004 10:24 PM

Guybrush

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Also please tell me why Doom1 has not been included on abandonia till now. I had written it clearly on my earlier post (few days ago) that Doom1 is freeware.

Sorry, but Doom is not freeware. They did release the source code under the GPL license, which I would guess is probably the source (pardon the pun) of your mistake. Just because the source code for a game is released, that does not make the game freeware. The source code does not include the maps, textures, sounds, etc.

11-10-2004 10:11 PM

Jumjalum

Hmm I dont want to be a stick in the mud, but the Doom games are not freeware (including Doom 2 which is up on Abandonia). They've just been rereleased as the Doom Collectors Edition to go along with the Doom 3 release. You can buy it anywhere like play.com or in the shops. It doesn't bother me, I have my share of not-quite-legal stuff on my PC, but it might bother someone at iD.

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page...C&title=178869

Edit - OK there isn't any download link for Doom 2 on Abandonia, so ignore my rant.

11-10-2004 07:32 AM

Maikel

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Originally posted by FreeFreddy@Oct 10 2004, 08:49 PM
No, many games are different ones for Playstation 1. But I like the old good NES and SNES games a way more. They were the ones that were true TV-game consoles, after all. After 32 BIT came out, the games on consoles just began to resemble PC games more than console games. <_<

I agree,

10-10-2004 10:15 PM

Eagle of Fire

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Do you mean that Playstation just has games that are the same as NES but with better graphics? If that's what you're getting at I don't quite share the same opinion.

That's pretty much it. Having played a lot of console games in my life, it's is very hard (if not almost impossible) for me to get a "new" game and not think "been there, done that"...

Note that sometime the game can still be entertaining and fun by compasating with other aspects. Best example I could give you is Grandia, which have an awesome story and a very good combat system... Both of those aspects take about 70% of the game, so it's sure I won't count it as a bad game.

However, it's dead obvious that it is a clone of other older games...

10-10-2004 08:49 PM

FreeFreddy

No, many games are different ones for Playstation 1. But I like the old good NES and SNES games a way more. They were the ones that were true TV-game consoles, after all. After 32 BIT came out, the games on consoles just began to resemble PC games more than console games. <_<

10-10-2004 07:48 PM

Durak

Do you mean that Playstation just has games that are the same as NES but with better graphics? If that's what you're getting at I don't quite share the same opinion.

09-10-2004 06:26 PM

Eagle of Fire

Beleive me (tough you already do

); I have an original playstation right next to me. Well, it's next to my TV actually...

The only thing which changed from the NES to Playstation (and relatives) are graphics. Since originality and genre of games were always the same, they became very, very boring and unimaginative, breeding almost exact copies of the originals only with improved graphics. This is very bad ™.

Only a few gems on every type of console managed to escape that rule... But most of them are on the NES anyways.

09-10-2004 05:07 PM

Durak

Playstation is still good although I agree with you.

09-10-2004 04:55 PM

Eagle of Fire

Playstation games have nothing much to be proud about, if you want to go into emulation start with NES, then SNES and Sega Genesis. Then you'll have good abadonned emulated games...

09-10-2004 08:34 AM

radiv

Off topic, but: All the Doom levels rox

Some of the original artist (Im pretty sure Bobby Prince borrowed some of them):

Mettallica - No Remorse
Slayer - The crooked cross
Alice in Chains - Them Bones

Edit: And what has Doom to do with playstation? Anyway, if you want to play your PSX games on you PC http://www.emuxhaven.net/ is one of 1000 places to go

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