John Romero releases his second new Doom level in 23 years
Romero dubs new level a 'warm-up' for Blackroom
Back in January, John Romero delighted fans of Doom, id Software's classic from 1993, by releasing a brand new level—his first map for the hellish FPS in over 23 years. Now, as a way to hype and warm up for Blackroom, his new-old-school FPS currently on Kickstarter, Romero took to Twitter to announce another map for id's breakout shooter.
Where his first map replaced E1M8 (episode 1, mission 8) of Doom, this one supplants E1M4: Command Control, originally created by Romero's friend and id Software co-founder Tom Hall.
"With the Toxin Refinery in the rearview, you make your way to Phobos Mission Control where the computers crunching the data from the Phobos Anomaly are located," reads the level's description. "You need to use them to gain access to the Phobos Lab, but remember hearing that the computers were tied into all areas of the installation and that you never knew when the environment around you would change. You need to keep your eyes alert to all movement--this place is not what it seems."
Download the map from Dropbox and drag the .wad file to your Doom folder. To play it, you'll need a source port for Doom such as ZDoom (recommended by Romero himself). Warp directly to the level by starting a new game and typing 'IDCLEV14' without quote marks.
Romero says that fans can think of both of his new maps as proof of concepts for the fast-paced, old-school shooting he and Adrian Carmack have planned for Blackroom, which is aiming for a late-2018 release.
For more on Blackroom, be sure to read our exclusive interview with John Romero.
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replyDavid Craddock posted a new article, John Romero releases his second new Doom level in 23 years
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Diakatana MP kicked serious ass.
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Same here. Guaranteed fun.
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Played it for a bit, it has a nice flow to it, the dude knows how to create a pace by monster placement and subsequent ammo drop. Its a nice somewhat intricate design, with multiple layers of walls falling away revealing more and more of the map or elevators rising making use of the monster closets as well as the opportunity for little puzzles.
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That sounds extremely promising. Thanks for the review!
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John Romero releases his first new Doom level in 3 months not an exciting enough headline?
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Well... no, it's really not. Thanks for asking!
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How about Map leaks suggest Blackroom™ to be Doom expansion pack?
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Haha! It almost looks that way, doesn't it?
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Do you have an email address? We can start running all the article titles by you to make sure they meet your specifications. Thx
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Finally I can fulfil my lifelong dream of becoming a Shacknews editor!
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Step 1: Break the front page. All the newbies do it.
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Great advice, Aaron
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I'm not worthy of the name.
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Here's a playthrough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVtn_gJUXc0
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I played it. It was fun. They don't make levels like this in shooters anymore. Also, shotgunning Sarges in Doom never, ever gets old.
I did a 21:9 ultrawide patch for ZDoom/GZdoom if anyone with an ultrawide wants to check it out. It's in the latest GZDoom beta builds here:
http://devbuilds.drdteam.org/gzdoom/
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