News board/Archive

Welcome to the Doom Wiki's news board. Here, anyone can post Doom-related news; about things they have done themselves or things they have snapped up. Releases, announcements, and curious new discoveries are all welcome.

Just a few rules:
 * Sign your posts and comments with ~.
 * No blog-type entries (personal news).
 * Announcements of new projects, or progress reports, may only be posted if there is something to show, such as screenshots or demos.

The news
Most recent posts at the top. Add your comments below the news post, indented by adding a : at the beginning of the line.

Doom DS

 * Someone is making a homebrew Doom for the Nintendo DS. [mailto:DoomDS@hotmail.com Defect] is running the project and is making a new engine from the ground up. It will use new textures, 3d models, interactive GUI's, a grenade launcher and wireless multiplayer. Due to hardware limitiations the gameplay will be more like Doom 3. See the offical site for more details. - Anonymous 4:47, 26 Dec 2005 (CST)

Doom Legacy Wiki

 * The Doom Legacy Wiki has been launched in anticipation of the upcoming 2.0 release of the Doom Legacy source port. It aims to provide a comprehensive resource for users, including documentation, tutorials, a setup guide, news and FAQs. - DooMAD 23:35, 3 Dec 2005 (UTC)

A new Chocolate Doom version

 * Version 0.1.0 of the source port Chocolate Doom has been released. See the official site for downloads and more information on the port. Janizdreg 16:20, 13 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Doom Community's Folding@Home

 * The Doom Community now has a Folding@home Team. Stats can be viewed here. We are currently ranked 7832 of 38743, with 22 work units. - Zero 01:05, 21 Jun 2005 (EST)

Kama Sutra released

 * A new a 32-level ultra hard megawad, Kama Sutra by Adolf "Gusta" Vojta and Jakub "_Method_" Razak, has been released. The file can be downloaded from doom2.net or idgames mirrors. A demo page has been set up, but people interested in showing off their Tyson skills on map 28 should probably wait for the planned re-release. - Fredrik 11:13, 12 Mar 2005 (GMT)

Wad2PDF released

 * Pate, author of the Why editor, announced today on the Doomworld Forums that he has released Wad2PDF, a program that converts WAD files into PDF files. Check out the project page on SourceForge for downloads and more information. - Fredrik 11:57, 6 Feb 2005 (PST)

Doom Wiki news board opened

 * The news board is now up! - Fredrik 11:46, 6 Feb 2005 (PST)