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Oh my, the hours we wasted inside of DEC playing that game as it was being developed, which was just called Doom at the time. It's a pity Dave hasn't given it
by ddp 10y ago
Oh my, the hours we wasted inside of DEC playing that game as it was being developed, which was just called Doom at the time. It's a pity Dave hasn't given it the SDL treatment or updated it for OS X but the rights are probably all screwed up from publishing it for the original Mac back in the early 90's. It was fun because of its wonderful sense of humor and sci-fi storyline, ATMs, radioactive green slime, and all the wonderful warrens (where you could find wonderful things way beyond your current level). It really did have a story and a mystery to be solved. A true classic.
You'd need to post a picture of the Security Authorization Chart for any of us to play that however.
- ddp 10y agoI just checked and Doom is available in the VMS Hobbyist program (http://www.openvmshobbyist.com/downloads.php?cat_id=3 http://www.openvmshobbyist.com/downloads.php?cat_id=3), so you should be able to get it to run under SIMH (http://simh.trailing-edge.com/ http://simh.trailing-edge.com/), if you're so inclined. Security Authorization not required here. :-)
- JauntTrooper 10y agoWow, no kidding! You were there when he was building it too? That's so awesome. :) Did he ever make any other games? The game fills me with such nostalgia. As a kid, I couldn't find a retailer who sold it, so I wrote a letter to Casady & Greene in order to buy a copy. I still remember how excited I was when it arrived. The Security Authorization Chart should be in the ReadMe file, by the way. :)
- ddp 10y agoNo, I think that was his only game. I never completed the game on the Mac, I think it was a little beyond where Doom was on VMS when DEC fell apart. Yes, it was always a good week when a Dave released a new version. Working at DEC was really quite special looking back. More like being in grad school, really.