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Forum: Amiga scene 07 June 2023, 14:12
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Posted By gimbal
Commodore. Commodore hadn't been slain.

Commodore. Commodore hadn't been slain.
Forum: Amiga scene 05 June 2023, 23:07
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Posted By gimbal
Hype is like wine, when exposed to too much air...

Hype is like wine, when exposed to too much air and time eventually it turns into vinegar.
Forum: Amiga scene 06 December 2022, 16:20
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Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
Love it. Like this you'd be able to create...

Love it. Like this you'd be able to create Darkmere in 3D. Or the intro of Wrath of the Demon :)
Forum: Amiga scene 03 November 2022, 09:37
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Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
If you do the game exactly like many other games,...

If you do the game exactly like many other games, sure.
Forum: Amiga scene 10 February 2022, 21:07
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Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
Nope, just that particular loud minority. I think...

Nope, just that particular loud minority. I think you'll find that the majority celebrate all retro hardware.
Forum: Amiga scene 09 February 2022, 16:29
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Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
Not the first week though! Doom multiplayer has a...

Not the first week though! Doom multiplayer has a history... they tried to outsource it and it failed miserably so Carmack had to completely redo it himself. It was only as of Quake that Carmack did...
Forum: Amiga scene 04 February 2022, 14:37
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
Oh my god Dread has a Wolfenstein level. And...

Oh my god Dread has a Wolfenstein level. And unlike Doom - properly scaled.
Forum: Amiga scene 01 February 2022, 15:11
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
That is starting to look and sound real...

That is starting to look and sound real professional. It's buttery smooth too.

And a shotgun blast to the face actually one-shots you. You know an FPS game is good when the shotgun knows how to...
Forum: Amiga scene 01 December 2021, 15:26
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
You switched to PC specifically for Doom? ...

You switched to PC specifically for Doom?

Sam & Max, X-Wing, Raptor Call of Shadows, Wolfenstein + Doom, Dune 2 with music, Warcraft 2, Ultima Underworld, Lost Eden, the 7th Guest... it was a...
Forum: Amiga scene 02 November 2021, 16:14
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Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
the extra Ultimate Doom episode maybe, but what...

the extra Ultimate Doom episode maybe, but what you describe is mostly Doom 2 which was made for higher specs. Back in the day we were running Doom on a 386 DX 40 and we pretty much stuck with Doom 1...
Forum: Amiga scene 28 September 2021, 17:31
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
Awesome that there is a 3D mode much like the...

Awesome that there is a 3D mode much like the Build engine editor but better. I can remember back in the good 'ol days making Doom levels with only the 2D topdown view... brrr.
Forum: Amiga scene 09 September 2021, 16:46
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
I do believe it was John Romero who said that in...

I do believe it was John Romero who said that in an interview, but whatever...
Forum: Amiga scene 07 September 2021, 13:50
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Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
"full 3d" meaning you could also look up an down,...

"full 3d" meaning you could also look up an down, jump, fly and swim and it supported multiple levels too I believe, but it was a primitive raycaster nonetheless. Wolf3D sacrificed a whole lot of...
Forum: Amiga scene 24 August 2021, 17:47
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
I wouldn't say distorted... it reminds me of...

I wouldn't say distorted... it reminds me of Descent, it's a little disorienting maybe. But that is mostly to do with the low resolution to be honest.
Forum: Amiga scene 02 August 2021, 12:00
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
True, but horror games tend to skip that rule...

True, but horror games tend to skip that rule because they want to have the element of surprise, making things harder to see is a very helpful tool in that department.

I don't claim that FPS games...
Forum: Amiga scene 04 May 2021, 16:31
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
Lookup Operation Bodycount. Everything that...

Lookup Operation Bodycount.

Everything that game does: don't do that :) So as an example a brown gradient for the floor: NO!
Forum: Amiga scene 18 November 2020, 10:32
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
That's how I first played it, on exactly that...

That's how I first played it, on exactly that spec. It ran like a turd but that didn't matter at that point; it moved and that was enough to be hooked :) We mostly played it on low res in a reduced...
Forum: Amiga scene 02 October 2020, 12:17
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
"because Doom maps didn't really consider...

"because Doom maps didn't really consider performance" - indeed, the binary space partitioning system came into being because specific constructs in levels would perform extremely poorly and rather...
Forum: Amiga scene 11 August 2020, 11:31
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Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
I've been replaying it too (well, the Nightdive...

I've been replaying it too (well, the Nightdive remaster). Blood is one of those games with the difficulty upside-down, starting at its most difficult and becoming gradually easier as more weapons...
Forum: Amiga scene 06 August 2020, 13:45
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
You keep saying that, but that can only mean you...

You keep saying that, but that can only mean you haven't actually seen Ultima Underworld recently. It's a tiny screen, warped low resolution 3D graphics and very dark with a limited viewing distance....
Forum: Amiga scene 03 August 2020, 12:37
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
Hexen did it better stylistically, for me the...

Hexen did it better stylistically, for me the perfect Doom-inspired game would be the gameplay of Heretic (more like Doom, no hubs) and the aesthetics of Hexen with it's actual castles looking like...
Forum: Amiga scene 28 July 2020, 12:05
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
News about what? You did not exactly quote...

News about what? You did not exactly quote anything that needs updating on...
Forum: Amiga scene 22 April 2020, 17:27
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
I am stunned. This video is a nice...

I am stunned.

This video is a nice demonstration of why I would never want to work on a project like this myself. If you pay close attention you see all kinds of visual artifacts pop up depending...
Forum: Amiga scene 28 January 2020, 10:55
Replies: 1,550
Views: 422,477
Posted By gimbal
The enemies in Doom were well-designed, even when...

The enemies in Doom were well-designed, even when they were just a few pixels in the distance you could still spot which enemy they were because every enemy has it's own unique palette.

Youtuber...
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