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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

I'm having a problem with my "Ultimate DOOM for Windows 95."

It used to play just fine, but the last couple times I tried to play it, instead of giving me the standard full-screen display, it jammed everything up in one-quarter of the screen, (top left) AND turned everything weird photonegative colors.

I uninstalled and deleted the whole program, and reinstalled it, just in case there was a problem with a degraded program, but that didn't work.

I tried playing it directly from the CD-ROM, but it still did the same thing.

All my other programs seem to work okay...
Might I have some video setting somewhere set wrong?
Any ideas?

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

You can have my DOOM-N64 cartridge if you want.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Doesn't do me any good. I abstained from the Nintendo craze, the Sega craze, the... well, to put it simply, the last 'cartridge' player I owned was an old "Combat"-era Atari.

Please excuse me while I drag my knuckles back into my cave, and try to make fire.

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Sounds like a video driver problem. Have you installed a new video card lately, or even changed the resolution to something higher?

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

I stopped playing in '96, but I'm gonna try and get hold of a full version again soon, because a big patch has been conceived that lets the 3d-card "smooth" out the pixels and fix a few other bugs inherent in the game.

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Here lies a toppled god,
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

I used to play the Demo. I can't find the full version at the game stores around here though. Too lazy to check online too. :p
Sounds like either you have a corrupted file in Windows (most likely, we're talking Windoze here) related to that game (one that isn't deleted in a uninstall), or it could be what they said, new graphics card or visual settings. I used to get that with some DOS games too.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

I, um, remember Doom.

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

Uh, DOOM is now open-source. ID software released the source code. The registered version is no longer being actively sold, and Ultimate DOOM (not for Windows 95.. for DOS, but it still runs under Windows 95) is 5 megabytes at any abandonware site. If you want it, I have it. *L*

P.S., DOOM may be old, but it makes a kick-ass LAN party game. Even if you have to oldify your network with IPX/SPX simulation for a game. *LOL* But it'll run on even Brian's old comp....let's see Quake do that!

[This message has been edited by Coddman (edited January 15, 2001).]

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

I use to like Quake, but then I played Unreal Tournament.

There's a store here that has about 10 computers hooked up to a LAN and when you get about as many people there in a game of UT it's a blast.

Unlike Quake, UT doesn't require a 3D graphics card. I can run it on this computer with its 4MB card. Although the Dell comp I'm going to buy will have a 32MB card, so at least it will look a lot better than it does on this one.

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[This message has been edited by Hobbes (edited January 16, 2001).]

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Noooooooooooo. Not a Quake III vs Unreal Tournament argument. Please god, don't let it happen.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Well, I reset the colors and screen resolution, and that seemed to enlarge the screen somewhat, so that now the full-screen covers all but the bottom 1 1/2 inch of the screen, so I guess that will have to do. Damn, but that makes the monsters small, though...

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

No wonder I can't find it.

I don't know any abandonware sites, at least not that come to mind. The closest would be download.com, except they aren't too reliable getting it.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

What about Voyager: Elite Force? I can't play it, until I get my own computer. Is it worth buying?

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

St4R tr3k: 1337 F0rc3 = GREAT IDEA!!!!

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Posted by Hobbes (Member # 138) on :

I guess I'll take that as a yes from UM.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Yes, I'd say it's worth buying. Good game.

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

My elder brother has got it. I'm planning on nicking it after I've finished Tachyon: The Flock of Seagulls, Planescape: Tornment, and Klingon Academny. And Final Fantasy Tactics. And Baulder's Gate (the first).

Apparently though, Elite Force is better than The Fallen. Klingon Academy has Cristopher Plummer in, while The Fallen can't even manage Avery Brooks. Tsk.

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

The Flock of Seagulls? There, that proves my point! Limahl and chums would have done a lot better if they'd gone with the definitive article option.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

The USS Flock-Of-Seagulls? Words escape me.

What does l337 mean?

I still haven't managed to get "Tachyon: The fringe" to boot. It installs, the shortcuts are placed on da desktop, I install the update-patch and doubleclick. Nothing happens. I get a "Forbidden task"-sign after ten secs. And I've reinstalled Windows two times since my first attempt, eight months ago. Still doesn't work. The demo works...

Doom is nice, it was my first real FPS-experience. I had only one episode of Wolfenstein, so it was only a starter.
Doom was scary.
I'd rather they made a new Doom-game, with a next-gen enginge, instead of the Wolfenstein-rehash. http://www.3dactionplanet.com/wolfenstein/
(I thought for a moment and this is thread-related)

There are already so many other FPS's with WWII-themes out there. There's one, "Day Of Defeat", that is a WWII-ized Counterstrike! So instead of M-16's and laser-sights you have Thomson-guns and Lugers... Yum!

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Here lies a toppled god,
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.

-Tleilaxu Epigram

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Oh no! My posts are beginning to look like letters. I'm scared... I will now eat a single apple!

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

"1337" or "l33t" is an altered spelling of "leet", which is short for "elite". It's term used by "h4x0r5" (wanna-be computer hackers) to describe themselves as being really good (in their minds).

It's also used by normal people to mock them. :-)

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My new year's resolution is the same as last year's: 1024x768.

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Aah...I see it now.

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Here lies a toppled god,
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.

-Tleilaxu Epigram

Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

I hate script kiddie talk myself. I can read most of it but the attempt gives me a splitting headache and the premintion that the future of society's going to be bleak and full of idiots.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

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My new year's resolution is the same as last year's: 1024x768.

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

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