HELP1.WAD, HELP2.WAD, M_SKULL1.WAD, M_SKULL2.WAD, HELP.WAD(II)

Title:	HELP1.WAD, HELP2.WAD, M_SKULL1.WAD, M_SKULL2.WAD, HELP.WAD(II)
Filename:	utils/misc/bosswad.zip
Size:	8.07 KB
Date:	09/12/94
Author:	Michael Ray Lovett
Description:	Blank screen graphics for Help screens and skulls. (The BOSS KEY COMBO)
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Rating:	(2 votes)

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Reviews:

Doomkid	This is hilarious. I wish random dudes at the office would still make Doom stuff, I love little treasures like this.	x
Anonymous	This implements a "boss key", whereby if you press F1 the screen goes blank, so that people will not think that you are playing games. There was a period, in the early 1990s, when PCs were not common in the home; Doom was predominantly played at university or in the workplace, especially for deathmatch. Lots of old Microprose flight simulators had a boss key. It's practically unheard of nowadays, and this is basically nostalgia.	x

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Title                   : HELP1.WAD, HELP2.WAD, M_SKULL1.WAD,
                          M_SKULL2.WAD, HELP.WAD(II)
Author                  : Michael Ray Lovett
Email Address           : lovett@ccmail.ccsn.nevada.edu,
                          lovett@nevada.edu

Description             : Blank screen graphics for Help screens and
                          skulls. (The BOSS KEY COMBO)

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Information
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Ok, how do I use it?
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     Extract the *.WAD file to wherever you normally put new wad
files (ie c:\doom\wad), then use it as you'd use any other new WAD
add-on:

When doom ][ becomes available I believe it will work the same as
        doom I.  But should only have one help screen instead of two,
        because they won't be advertising on the second screen anymore.
        so use the single file call help.wad instead of the 2 help1 and
        help2 required by doom I.  Please correct me if this is not the
        case once DOOM ][ is released.

doom -file WAD\HELP1.WAD WAD\HELP2.WAD WAD\M_SKULL1.WAD WAD\M_SKULL2.WAD

That's it!  NOW TO USE IT SIMPLY HIT THE PAUSE KEY AND THEN F1 PRESTO YOUR
MONITOR HAS A BLANK SCREEN, (GREAT FOR HIDING THE FACT OF PLAYING DOOM) WHILE
AT YOUR WORK.

Will it work with id's shareware release of Doom?
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        I'M NOT SURE, DON'T BELIEVE IT WILL AS OF VERSION 1.666

Version of DOOM required?
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Get Doom patch vr. 1.666, the least bug free version available.

Copyright / Permissions
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     Authors may use this WAD in their own WAD files,
and may use it as a base provided they give me credit within the
their PWAD documentation.

Anyone may distribute this WAD, provided you include this text
file with attributions.  You may distribute this pwad in via any media
(BBS, floppy disk, CDROM, etc).

-- ml 09-13-94

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