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Ready to feel ancient? The original Doom is 25 years old -- and co-creator John Romero wants to make sure you know it. He's preparing an add-on for the 1993 game, Sigil, that serves as a "spiritual successor" to the classic shooter's fourth episode ("Thy Flesh Consumed") with nine single-player story levels as well as nine multiplayer deathmatch levels. The expansion will be free if you're just looking for some nostalgia-fueled demon slaying, but you can also spend a lot of money on it if you're determined to flaunt your fandom.
[...] Both the new levels and the physical copies are expected to arrive in mid-February.
Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/10/john-romero-doom-sigil-expansion/
According to Paul Thurrott, there will be 9 new single players levels and 9 new death match levels released for free but you will need the original DOS game in order to play them. It's planned for mid February so comfortably misses the 25 year anniversary.
"SIGIL is the spiritual successor to the fourth episode of DOOM, and picks up where the original left off."
I'm guessing you could get a legitimate copy from Good Old Games or fire up DOSBOX if you still have a version on floppy that will actually load.
(Score: 2) by Unixnut on Wednesday December 12 2018, @08:43PM
Nah, I would love to do that. I still actually have the Windows 98 CD I originally installed to run Doom on. I found it while moving house, memories...
No longer have the right vintage machine to run it on. Had a soundblaster 16 myself back then, with an interesting graphics setup. It was a standard graphics card, with a patch VGA cable to the "VGA IN", of the second graphics card. Then standard VGA cable from the "VGA out" to the CRT.
Alas, the hardware side of things is long gone (just didn't have the space to keep it all), and I can't remember the graphics card. Does it ring a bell for anyone?
I do miss the CRT's amazing contrast, at night, when playing doom, the screen black would actually match the room black, which made it so much more immersive. Even my (relatively) recent IPS display still can't match the old CRT for colour or contrast, unfortunately.