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Nemark
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I'm making my way through the Doom novels and haven't hit the alleged "wtf" spots yet. I'm about half way through the first book. Anyway, I was wondering if the "Lost Episodes of Doom" book was any good since I might want some more Doom related literature after I'm done with these four books.

05-31-08 04:27 #

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GreyGhost
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The "Lost Episodes of Doom" isn't so much a novel as a detailed guide to a megawad that should accompany the book on a floppy disk.

05-31-08 05:52 #

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xgmx
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Is it a free book (like that 1 Internet Star Wars novel who's name escapes me)?

05-31-08 06:32 #

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Vermil
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The Lost Episodes of Doom was and still is (i.e. it isn't abandon ware) a commercial Doom Megawad. It came on a floppy disk along with its own large guide book about how to beat it (the floppy was simply attached to the book).

05-31-08 09:37 #

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Kappes Buur
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As already mentioned:

GreyGhost said:
The "Lost Episodes of Doom" isn't so much a novel as a detailed guide to a megawad that should accompany the book on a floppy disk.

If you are interested in the history of DOOM, it has some interesting comments of the LEoD mapping development.

Aside from that, personally, I find that the levels have a well thoughtout design and gameplay. They are fun to play. Highly recommended.

http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...pisodes+of+Doom

06-01-08 19:15 #

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Graf Zahl
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Kappes Buur said:

Aside from that, personally, I find that the levels have a well thoughtout design and gameplay. They are fun to play. Highly recommended.

I'd say that even for 10+ year old stuff they are pretty mediocre and there's tons of much better stuff to be found for free at /idgames.

06-01-08 20:33 #

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Creaphis
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Graf Zahl said:

I'd say that even for 10+ year old stuff they are pretty mediocre and there's tons of much better stuff to be found for free at /idgames.

Yeah I don't understand these collectors either.

All the Doom paraphernalia I own is downloaded from Steam.

06-02-08 04:43 #

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MikeRS
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Kappes Buur said:
Aside from that, personally, I find that the levels have a well thoughtout design and gameplay. They are fun to play. Highly recommended.

Too bad it requires a floppy drive... but that should be like $5 for a USB one.

06-02-08 06:20 #