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Memory might be getting rusty, but I seem to recall going to Computer Shows back in the mid 90's and buying full DOOM mods/conversions on floppies, like The Sim

Memory might be getting rusty, but I seem to recall going to Computer Shows back in the mid 90's and buying full DOOM mods/conversions on floppies, like The Simpsons mod or Batman. https://waltersgameboy.tripod.com/simpdoom/ https://waltersgameboy.tripod.com/simpdoom/ AFAIK, they were never sued for it. You still needed the original Doom WAD files to apply the mods over.

adamrezich 5y ago
my dad's old "Unofficial DOOM Strategy Guide" is on my bookshelf complete with a mail order for a CD-ROM with "666 new levels". like you said I think as long as you're just distributing WADs, they never really cared.
flatiron 5y ago
When reading the “masters of doom” people were selling custom maps on cds and they were just salty they didn’t think of it. Then they put out final and ultimate doom which is basically that. If they didn’t care in the 90s they don’t care now.
- cheschire 5y ago
  The "they" has changed a couple times since the 90's.
  - flatiron 5y ago
    Suing Romero for a doom 2 map supporting Ukraine is not a PR move any sane company would do.
DrBoring 5y ago
I'm the co-author (Walter) of the Ultimate Simpsons Doom mod. We were never sued by Fox (now it would be Disney). Hopefully there is some sort of statute of limitations. Although these days Disney seems to be pretty cool about fan-art. Myk Friedman did pretty much everything for the mod. My contribution was the technical work required to remove id Software assets (graphics & sounds) from the WAD so that it could be published on the popular WAD FTP site of the day. You can read more about it in the "WALTER SAYS" section of the readme at https://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/themes/simpsons/ulsimpdm.txt https://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/themes/simpsons/ulsimpdm.... Sadly, Myk passed away a few years back. I never actually spoke with him, it was all over email and USPS, and some facebook when that came around. John Romero appeared on a Doom themed episode of the Netflix show "High Score". In the episode, there was a quick montage of a bunch of Doom mods. The was a split-second of a Simpsons Doom mod that appeared on screen. After careful study, I determined it was the original Simpsons Doom by Steve Blauwkamp & Chuck Fuoco. I was this close to being able to say my work was featured on Netflix. Ah well.

adamrezich 5y ago

my dad's old "Unofficial DOOM Strategy Guide" is on my bookshelf complete with a mail order for a CD-ROM with "666 new levels". like you said I think as long as you're just distributing WADs, they never really cared.

flatiron 5y ago

When reading the “masters of doom” people were selling custom maps on cds and they were just salty they didn’t think of it. Then they put out final and ultimate doom which is basically that. If they didn’t care in the 90s they don’t care now.

cheschire 5y ago
The "they" has changed a couple times since the 90's.
- flatiron 5y ago
  Suing Romero for a doom 2 map supporting Ukraine is not a PR move any sane company would do.

DrBoring 5y ago

I'm the co-author (Walter) of the Ultimate Simpsons Doom mod. We were never sued by Fox (now it would be Disney). Hopefully there is some sort of statute of limitations. Although these days Disney seems to be pretty cool about fan-art. Myk Friedman did pretty much everything for the mod. My contribution was the technical work required to remove id Software assets (graphics & sounds) from the WAD so that it could be published on the popular WAD FTP site of the day. You can read more about it in the "WALTER SAYS" section of the readme at https://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/themes/simpsons/ulsimpdm.txt https://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/themes/simpsons/ulsimpdm.... Sadly, Myk passed away a few years back. I never actually spoke with him, it was all over email and USPS, and some facebook when that came around. John Romero appeared on a Doom themed episode of the Netflix show "High Score". In the episode, there was a quick montage of a bunch of Doom mods. The was a split-second of a Simpsons Doom mod that appeared on screen. After careful study, I determined it was the original Simpsons Doom by Steve Blauwkamp & Chuck Fuoco. I was this close to being able to say my work was featured on Netflix. Ah well.