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'''gamers.org''' is a site administered by [[Frans P. de Vries]] which plays host to multiple resources from the early to late 1990s related to the [[Doom]] community.
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'''gamers.org''' is a site administered by [[Piotr Kapiszewski]] and [[Frans P. de Vries]] which plays host to multiple resources from the early to late 1990s related to the [[Doom]] community.
  
 
==All-Time Best Doom Levels==
 
==All-Time Best Doom Levels==
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==DoomGate==
 
==DoomGate==
DoomGate is one of the earliest [[Doom]] community websites. It was founded by [[Piotr Kapiszewski]] at the {{wp|University at Buffalo}} in [[Timeline#1994|1994]]. While originally located at {{c|doomgate.cs.buffalo.edu}}, it eventually moved to its present location on gamers.org sometime around December 21, 1997.
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DoomGate is one of the earliest [[Doom]] community websites. It was founded by [[Piotr Kapiszewski]] at the {{wp|University at Buffalo}} in [[Timeline#1994|1994]]. While originally located at {{c|doomgate.cs.buffalo.edu}}, it eventually moved to its present location on gamers.org in March 1996.
  
 
==Doom Help Service==
 
==Doom Help Service==
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==idgames archive==
 
==idgames archive==
 
{{Main|idgames archive}}
 
{{Main|idgames archive}}
The primary canonical server of the idgames archive has been hosted at the FTP subdomain of gamers.org since shortly after {{timeline|2001|October 2001}}.
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The primary canonical server of the idgames archive has been hosted at the FTP subdomain of gamers.org since {{timeline|2001|October 2001}}.
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==Other archives==
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gamers.org hosts the [[Wolfenstein 3D]], idgames2 (Quake/Quake II) and Unreal archives, as well as several historical gaming archives.
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 12:30, 29 January 2016

gamers.org is a site administered by Piotr Kapiszewski and Frans P. de Vries which plays host to multiple resources from the early to late 1990s related to the Doom community.

All-Time Best Doom Levels

All-Time Best Doom Levels is a site hosted alongside DoomGate created by Myles Williams in 1995 and maintained until March 13, 1997. It was a democratically determined ranking of Doom modifications via a nomination and voting system, requiring a three-fourths majority amongst voters in order to accept a particular modification into its listings.

DoomGate

DoomGate is one of the earliest Doom community websites. It was founded by Piotr Kapiszewski at the University at Buffalo in 1994. While originally located at doomgate.cs.buffalo.edu, it eventually moved to its present location on gamers.org in March 1996.

Doom Help Service

Main article: Doom Help Service

The Doom Help Service is a site hosted alongside DoomGate operated by Ian Mapleson, which grew out of the rec.games.computer.doom.help Usenet group and serves as a period collection of FAQs, guides, and utility downloads. It is no longer actively maintained and serves primarily as an historical archive.

idgames archive

Main article: idgames archive

The primary canonical server of the idgames archive has been hosted at the FTP subdomain of gamers.org since October 2001.

Other archives

gamers.org hosts the Wolfenstein 3D, idgames2 (Quake/Quake II) and Unreal archives, as well as several historical gaming archives.

External Links