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'''Mars War''' is a 32 level Megawad for [[Doom 2]], created by [[Nathan Lineback]].
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|author=Nathan Lineback
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|type=m
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|iwad=Doom II
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|year=1998
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|screenshot=Marswar-billgates.png
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|caption=Battling Bill Gates in MAP30
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|link={{ig|id=15798}}
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}}
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'''Mars War''' is a 32 level [[megawad]] for [[Doom II]] created by Nathan Lineback. It started off as an old WAD on The Library of Trantor BBS, which eventually stopped operating. This WAD was updated and completed after the author's multiple negative experiences with {{wp|Microsoft}} products.
  
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Mars War started off as an old wad on The Library of Trantor BBS, which eventually stopped operating.  This wad was updated and completed after the author's multiple dealings with Microsoft products.
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The story starts off with the player, a lone Martian terraformer, lost in the middle of nowhere.  The United Organizations of Earth have lead a terraforming project, and are threatening to take over the planet.  Recent events have prompted an invasion from Earth, but something went wrong with their ships, which possess "space-warp" capabilities.  Those ships were built by a company with the initials "MS".
  
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The story starts off with the player, a lone martian terraformer, lost in the middle of nowhere.  A Terraforming project has been lead by the United Organizations of Earth. The organization has threatened to take over.  The recent events have prompted an invasion from Earth, but something went wrong with their ships, capable of "space-warp".  Those ships were built by a company with the initials "MS".
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The megawad is anti-Microsoft, the biggest clue to this being the [[MAP30: Icon of Sin (Mars War)|final level]], where the demonic visage of the [[final boss]] is replaced with an image of the face of {{wp|Bill Gates}} as a {{wp|Borg (Star Trek)|Borg}}. The starting room of the level is also in the shape of the Internet Explorer logo.  The god mode face is replaced with that of {{wp|Tux}}, the mascot of the {{wp|Linux}} operating system.
  
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The megawad is anti Microsoft, the biggest clue to this being the final level, where the Icon of Sin is replaced with an image of [[Wikipedia:Bill Gates | Bill Gates]] as a [[Wikipedia:Borg | Borg]]. The starting room of the level is also in the shape of the Internet Explorer logo. The god mode face is replaced with that of the Tux, the mascot for the [[Wikipedia:Linux | Linux]] Operating system.
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The megawad was finished and released on the author's personal website in 1998.  However, it was not on the [[idgames archive]] until 2003, when it was uploaded by [[Xaser]].
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== Story ==
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From the text file:
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''The full story line is not important, but here it is anyway.
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It is a thousand or so years in the future and you are a Martian terraformer stuck in a small station in the middle of nowhere.
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Since the beginning of the terraforming project, the United Organizations of Earth have been threatening to take control. They do not like the independence that Mars has gained and view Mars as a threat.
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The United Organizations of Earth are an accumulation of all governments, large corporations, and corporate owned governments of Earth. For over a hundred years they have tightly controlled the population of earth, at an almost microscopic level limiting what they are allowed to know and what they may do.
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A few months ago, a huge number of radical, highly educated people escaped UOE persecution by coming to Mars in a large space-warp capable ship they built more or less by themselves without the knowledge of the UOE.
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This was the last straw for the UOE. They attempted to quickly clone the space-warp technology and sent off an invasion force.
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Only something went wrong with their new "space-warp" capable ships...''
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== Changelog ==
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;v2.0:Released in 1998, this has only 29 original levels. The three others are conversions of other authors' levels due to mapper's block. They are:
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* [[MAP15: The Fringes (Mars War)|MAP15]]: {{idgames|id=107|MOONBASE.WAD}} by Curtis Turner II
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* [[MAP20: Land of the Lame (Mars War)|MAP20]]: [[Heretic]] [[E1M1: The Docks (Heretic)|E1M1]]
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* [[MAP25: 1984 (Mars War)|MAP25]], {{idgames|id=20|11BONES.WAD}} by Damon Brodie
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;v3.0: Released in early 2009, this version has some changes:
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* MAP15, MAP20 and MAP25 have been replaced with brand new maps rather than conversions of existing ones.
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* Fixed many bugs and exploits as a result of [[jumping]] being implemented in some source ports.
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* [[Cooperative]] bugs have been fixed and [[deathmatch]] is improved when playing with [[ZDaemon]] or [[Skulltag]].
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* In [[Doomsday]], some objects now face the proper direction when 3d models are being used.
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* Added the intermission story texts, automap names and MOD music for [[ZDoom]]-based ports, [[PrBoom]] or Doomsday.
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* Changed the MAP30 level name.
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;v3.01:
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* In [[MAP29: Choices (Mars War)|MAP29]], the door trap has been fixed so that it works in multiplayer.
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* MAP02's MOD music in compatible source ports has been edited, supposedly to make the instruments less annoying
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* Some other minor fixes.
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== Levels ==
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* [[MAP01: Terraforming Station (Mars War)|MAP01: Terraforming Station]]
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* [[MAP02: Theta Base (Mars War)|MAP02: Theta Base]]
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* [[MAP03: Manufacturing Plant (Mars War)|MAP03: Manufacturing Plant]]
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* [[MAP04: Alpha Base (Mars War)|MAP04: Alpha Base]]
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* [[MAP05: Crash Sight (Mars War)|MAP05: Crash Sight]]
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* [[MAP06: Beta Base (Mars War)|MAP06: Beta Base]]
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* [[MAP07: Infestation (Mars War)|MAP07: Infestation]]
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* [[MAP08: Bunker Zero (Mars War)|MAP08: Bunker Zero]]
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* [[MAP09: Death Management (Mars War)|MAP09: Death Management]]
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* [[MAP10: Transport Ship (Mars War)|MAP10: Transport Ship]]
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* [[MAP11: Drop Ship (Mars War)|MAP11: Drop Ship]]
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* [[MAP12: Operations - Earth (Mars War)|MAP12: Operations - Earth]]
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* [[MAP13: Warehouse (Mars War)|MAP13: Warehouse]]
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* [[MAP14: Civilian Center (Mars War)|MAP14: Civilian Center]]
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* [[MAP15: The Fringes (Mars War)|MAP15: The Fringes]]
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* [[MAP16: Enlightenment (Mars War)|MAP16: Enlightenment]]
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* [[MAP17: Commercial Sector (Mars War)|MAP17: Commercial Sector]]
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* [[MAP18: The Edge (Mars War)|MAP18: The Edge]]
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* [[MAP19: Foundation (Mars War)|MAP19: Foundation]]
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* [[MAP20: Land of the Lame (Mars War)|MAP20: Land of the Lame]]
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* [[MAP21: Highway to Hell (Mars War)|MAP21: Highway to Hell]]
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* [[MAP22: Xerox (Mars War)|MAP22: Xerox]]
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* [[MAP23: The Gates of Hell (Mars War)|MAP23: The Gates of Hell]]
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* [[MAP24: 83' E (Mars War)|MAP24: 83' E]]
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* [[MAP25: 1984 (Mars War)|MAP25: 1984]]
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* [[MAP26: Maximum Security (Mars War)|MAP26: Maximum Security]]
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* [[MAP27: Marketing (Mars War)|MAP27: Marketing]]
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* [[MAP28: Doom User Interface (Mars War)|MAP28: Doom User Interface]]
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* [[MAP29: Choices (Mars War)|MAP29: Choices]]
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* [[MAP30: Icon of Sin (Mars War)|MAP30: Icon of Sin]] (formerly Heart of Evil)
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* [[MAP31: Wolf 3D (Mars War)|MAP31: Wolf 3D]]
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* [[MAP32: Hell Labs (Mars War)|MAP32: Hell Labs]]
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== Built-in demos ==
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This WAD features three [[Demo#Built-in demos|built-in demos]]. All require Doom II v1.9 to view them. The demo levels are:
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{| {{prettytable}}
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! Demo
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! Level
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! [[Skill level#Doom and Doom II skill levels|Skill]]
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! [[Tic]]s
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! Length
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|-
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| DEMO1
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| {{maplinkgen|MAP21|Highway to Hell|Mars War}}
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| 4
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| 1381
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| 0:39.46
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|-
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| DEMO2
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| {{maplinkgen|MAP03|Manufacturing Plant|Mars War}}
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| 4
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| 3312
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| 1:34.63
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|-
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| DEMO3
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| {{maplinkgen|MAP16|Enlightenment|Mars War}}
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| 4
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| 1736
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| 0:49.60
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|}
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [http://toastytech.com/doom/index.html Webpage for Mars War]
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* [http://toastytech.com/doom/ Webpage for Mars War]
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* [http://www.doomworld.com/sda/marswar.htm Mars War demos] at The Doomed Speed Demos Archive
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* {{idgames|id=15798|title=Mars War v3.01}}
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*{{idgames|id=12210|title=Mars War}}
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* {{dsda2|wad=marsw301|title=Mars War v3.01 demos}}
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[[Category:Megawads]]
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* {{dsda2|wad=marswar|title=Mars War v1.0 demos}}

Revision as of 09:22, 1 March 2021

Mars War
Battling Bill Gates in MAP30Battling Bill Gates in MAP30
Author Nathan Lineback
Port Vanilla Doom
IWAD Doom II
Year 1998
Link Doomworld/idgames

Mars War is a 32 level megawad for Doom II created by Nathan Lineback. It started off as an old WAD on The Library of Trantor BBS, which eventually stopped operating. This WAD was updated and completed after the author's multiple negative experiences with Microsoft products.

The story starts off with the player, a lone Martian terraformer, lost in the middle of nowhere. The United Organizations of Earth have lead a terraforming project, and are threatening to take over the planet. Recent events have prompted an invasion from Earth, but something went wrong with their ships, which possess "space-warp" capabilities. Those ships were built by a company with the initials "MS".

The megawad is anti-Microsoft, the biggest clue to this being the final level, where the demonic visage of the final boss is replaced with an image of the face of Bill Gates as a Borg. The starting room of the level is also in the shape of the Internet Explorer logo. The god mode face is replaced with that of Tux, the mascot of the Linux operating system.

The megawad was finished and released on the author's personal website in 1998. However, it was not on the idgames archive until 2003, when it was uploaded by Xaser.

Story

From the text file:

The full story line is not important, but here it is anyway.

It is a thousand or so years in the future and you are a Martian terraformer stuck in a small station in the middle of nowhere.

Since the beginning of the terraforming project, the United Organizations of Earth have been threatening to take control. They do not like the independence that Mars has gained and view Mars as a threat.

The United Organizations of Earth are an accumulation of all governments, large corporations, and corporate owned governments of Earth. For over a hundred years they have tightly controlled the population of earth, at an almost microscopic level limiting what they are allowed to know and what they may do.

A few months ago, a huge number of radical, highly educated people escaped UOE persecution by coming to Mars in a large space-warp capable ship they built more or less by themselves without the knowledge of the UOE.

This was the last straw for the UOE. They attempted to quickly clone the space-warp technology and sent off an invasion force.

Only something went wrong with their new "space-warp" capable ships...

Changelog

v2.0
Released in 1998, this has only 29 original levels. The three others are conversions of other authors' levels due to mapper's block. They are:
v3.0
Released in early 2009, this version has some changes:
  • MAP15, MAP20 and MAP25 have been replaced with brand new maps rather than conversions of existing ones.
  • Fixed many bugs and exploits as a result of jumping being implemented in some source ports.
  • Cooperative bugs have been fixed and deathmatch is improved when playing with ZDaemon or Skulltag.
  • In Doomsday, some objects now face the proper direction when 3d models are being used.
  • Added the intermission story texts, automap names and MOD music for ZDoom-based ports, PrBoom or Doomsday.
  • Changed the MAP30 level name.
v3.01
  • In MAP29, the door trap has been fixed so that it works in multiplayer.
  • MAP02's MOD music in compatible source ports has been edited, supposedly to make the instruments less annoying
  • Some other minor fixes.

Levels

Built-in demos

This WAD features three built-in demos. All require Doom II v1.9 to view them. The demo levels are:

Demo Level Skill Tics Length
DEMO1 MAP21: Highway to Hell 4 1381 0:39.46
DEMO2 MAP03: Manufacturing Plant 4 3312 1:34.63
DEMO3 MAP16: Enlightenment 4 1736 0:49.60

External links

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