Happy birthday Doom!

RedMenace · 12-10-12, 03:09 AM

I've known you for only 19 years yet it feels like a lifetime. Maybe that's because that was my lifetime.
You were the father I never had.

The demon-punching shotgun-wielding space marine kind of father, I mean.

Happy birthday, Doomguy.

Cybermat47 · 12-10-12, 03:17 AM

OK...
*Walks back slowly*

RedMenace · 12-10-12, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

OK...
*Walks back slowly*

Shhhh don't ruin this moment for me

Cybermat47 · 12-10-12, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by RedMenace

Shhhh don't ruin this moment for me

Sorry.

Rhodes · 12-10-12, 06:04 AM

Happy birthday space marine!

Jimbuna · 12-10-12, 06:05 AM

Remember it well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(video_game)

HunterICX · 12-10-12, 06:10 AM

Used to play it over at my Nephew who had his PC hooked to a stereo installation with speakers as big as I was back then.

you could say the experience did blow me away

HunterICX

Oberon · 12-10-12, 07:17 AM

My first FPS, well actually second apparently but I can't remember the first. Used to play it at lunchtimes at school on LAN, we'd usually have two machines running Doom and a third running either Doom SP, or Civ.
Many lunchtimes spent in Deathmatch or occasionally Co-Op, doing things like luring the Cyberdemon into a lift or telefragging my opponent.
First place I heard of 'Camping' or the WASD setup, or as it was known to us at the time the 'Quake configuration'. Good days, good laughs.

Jimbuna · 12-10-12, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

My first FPS, well actually second apparently but I can't remember the first. Used to play it at lunchtimes at school on LAN, we'd usually have two machines running Doom and a third running either Doom SP, or Civ.
Many lunchtimes spent in Deathmatch or occasionally Co-Op, doing things like luring the Cyberdemon into a lift or telefragging my opponent.
First place I heard of 'Camping' or the WASD setup, or as it was known to us at the time the 'Quake configuration'. Good days, good laughs.

Always preferred the Quake game when it came out but that was about three years after DOOM.

Rhodes · 12-10-12, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Always preferred the Quake game when it came out but that was about three years after DOOM.

Quake had a other and a better graphics engine! In that time, that mean a better game in several aspects. My first fps was wolfstein (but not when it first come out). My copy of Doom II had a wolfstein 2 level or something like that. Still I played more Doom II that the first one.
And I also remember the homage payed by Duke Nukem III to Doom!

Herr-Berbunch · 12-10-12, 10:47 AM

I remember sitting in a 12'x12' tent in Kosovo playing Doom - two player, with a bin liner taped down the middle of the screen on our 14" colour portable telly so we couldn't see where the other player was. It worked well. The setup also worked well with Downhill Mountain Biking, but not Worms.

Oberon · 12-10-12, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

I remember sitting in a 12'x12' tent in Kosovo playing Doom - two player, with a bin liner taped down the middle of the screen on our 14" colour portable telly so we couldn't see where the other player was. It worked well. The setup also worked well with Downhill Mountain Biking, but not Worms.

Me and a mate did a similar thing with some card and string for a 2 player game of...I think it was Syphon Filter.

Herr-Berbunch · 12-10-12, 02:34 PM

Wasn't that the MGS wannabe?

Oberon · 12-10-12, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Wasn't that the MGS wannabe?

That's the one.

Dowly · 12-10-12, 02:43 PM

Syphon Filter makes me physically sick to my stomach.

12-10-12, 03:09 AM	#1
RedMenace Chief Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 319 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Happy birthday Doom! I've known you for only 19 years yet it feels like a lifetime. Maybe that's because that was my lifetime. You were the father I never had. The demon-punching shotgun-wielding space marine kind of father, I mean. Happy birthday, Doomguy. __________________

12-10-12, 03:17 AM	#2
Cybermat47 Willing Webfooted Beast Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 5,408 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 23	OK... Walks back slowly __________________ Historical TWoS Gameplay Guide: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2572620 Historical FotRSU Gameplay Guide: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho....php?p=2713394

12-10-12, 06:04 AM	#5
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,517 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Happy birthday space marine! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

12-10-12, 06:05 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Remember it well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(video_game) __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-10-12, 06:10 AM	#7
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Used to play it over at my Nephew who had his PC hooked to a stereo installation with speakers as big as I was back then. you could say the experience did blow me away HunterICX __________________

12-10-12, 07:17 AM	#8
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	My first FPS, well actually second apparently but I can't remember the first. Used to play it at lunchtimes at school on LAN, we'd usually have two machines running Doom and a third running either Doom SP, or Civ. Many lunchtimes spent in Deathmatch or occasionally Co-Op, doing things like luring the Cyberdemon into a lift or telefragging my opponent. First place I heard of 'Camping' or the WASD setup, or as it was known to us at the time the 'Quake configuration'. Good days, good laughs.

12-10-12, 10:47 AM	#11
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	I remember sitting in a 12'x12' tent in Kosovo playing Doom - two player, with a bin liner taped down the middle of the screen on our 14" colour portable telly so we couldn't see where the other player was. It worked well. The setup also worked well with Downhill Mountain Biking, but not Worms. __________________

12-10-12, 02:34 PM	#13
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Wasn't that the MGS wannabe? __________________

12-10-12, 02:43 PM	#15
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Syphon Filter makes me physically sick to my stomach.