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Id’s Having A QuakeCon Fire Sale On iPhone Games
7:30AM Michael McWhertor | If you couldn’t make it down to Texas this year for QuakeCon 2009, you can still enjoy the fruits of id Software’s labour. At least the low-hanging iPhone fruit, that is. More »
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Castle Wolfenstein Has Come A Long Way
7:20AM Mike Fahey
Okay, so it might not be THE Castle Wolfenstein, but it’s a castle in Activision’s upcoming Wolfenstein game, so we’re running with it. More »
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Wolfenstein The Animated Graphic Novel Part Two
4:00AM Mike Fahey | Now that Hitler is dead, it’s time to backtrack, stealing the Spear of Destiny back from the Nazi’s in part two of Activision’s Wolfenstein animated graphic novel series. More »
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Wolfenstein 3D Coming To PSN And XBLA With A Twist
4:10AM Mike Fahey | The original Nazi-killing first-person shooter returns next week, as Activision announces the release date for Wolfenstien 3D for Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. More »
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Original Wolfenstein 3D To Shoot Mechanised Hitlers On Xbox Live Arcade
10:30PM Luke Plunkett | The silliest, the biggest, the baddest Wolfenstein of them all, the original Wolfenstein 3D, is due for a release over Xbox Live Arcade, a product page on the service’s website has revealed. More »
Oblige: Random Map Generator For Doom-Based Games
2:30PM Logan Booker | I remember back in the day making rudimentary maps with DEU for my mates to play co-op and deathmatch games in. Years ago I attempted to relive those days in Half-Life and Half-Life 2 using Hammer. Sadly, my success was limited; I think the addition of a real third dimension screwed with my brain.
I know I could have spent a lot more time playing and a lot less building if I’d had a tool like Oblige. It randomly generates maps for a variety of games based on the Wolf 3D/Doom engine. These include Heretic and Hexen, among others.
Wait, weren’t these games made in *gasp* the 1990s? Yes, they were, but I don’t see anything wrong with a bit of nostalgia every now and then.
As far as settings go, you can input a seed (for the random number generator), the game type, and values for monsters, health and weapons. You can even select between single-player, co-op and deathmatch modes. Doom 2 is the best supported, with Wolfenstein 3D being the worst. Doom, Heretic and Hexen are decent.
If you can scrounge up a copy of one of these games, I suggest you give Oblige a whirl. You might be surprised by the results.
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