D! Zone - A longtime mystery

[insertwackynamehere]

if they used screenshots thats illegal, I understand, but isnt using fake screenshots false advertising? or does that "simulated" footnote fix that?

[Piezo]

It doesn't seem any different from when "classic" cartoons are sold on a cassette with very poorly drawn images of the characters that they're supposed to be on the tape.

[Xanthier]

except for the fact that they don't resemble doom sprites at all.

[Nevander]

I first want to apologize for the 11 year necro, BUT this is relevant and I'm sure anyone who posted in this thread as well as the OP would find this very interesting and worthwhile.

A while back I started mapping, and once I saw that I was decent at it I kept improving and eventually... well... I made this longtime mystery a reality at last after 21 years with the help of fellow Doomers over at the ZDoom forums.

 

Download here: D!ZONE.ZIP

 

Again, sorry for the necro but I was planning this ever since I started working on the map.

Enjoy fellas.

Edited May 18, 2020 by Nevander : Fixed download link, again

[jute]

That is a great idea for a project. I had forgotten all about these mysterious faked screenshots.

Here's another fake from Aftershock Toolbox for Quake, if you're interested in expanding your WizardWorks armory:

[Quasar]

Best legitimate thread bump ever.

[Doomkid]

The fact that they used to make fake screenshots baffles me, but excellent job remaking those scenes in Doom. Really unique idea.

[Koko Ricky]

I'm reminded of the unused textures and gun from the alpha of Doom 64...

[plums]

That's awesome Nevander, good job.

How many more Doom compilations with faked screenshots are there? I feel like there were a few. Would be a hilarious idea for a megawad if you could find a lot of them.

[Yuki Senmatsu]

leileilol said:

Actually the "Simulated shots" are put there because a license prevents them to use ANY Doom media/gfx for promotion. This is very common for shovelware.

The aftershock toolbox cd has a very silly gun painted over a screenshot rofl, i'll scan that someday

Well bugger.

That disappoints me then :(
I would've wanted to see that ingame myself since I have D!Zone 2 itself.
Thanks for letting me know.

[Lila Feuer]

Quasar said:

Best legitimate thread bump ever.

I second this. And those gun sprites are from the alpha of D64?

[Marnetmar]

Doomkid said:

The fact that they used to make fake screenshots baffles me

I'm guessing that in the case of D!Zone, it was to avoid legal troubles. It was sold as a commercial product without id's permission, so using copyrighted Doom assets on the box likely increased the potential for the publishers to get sued to hell and back.

[Quasar]

Cyanosis said:

I second this. And those gun sprites are from the alpha of D64?

No but the similarity is striking nonetheless:

[YukiHerz]

Attempted restoration.
Needless to say meme jesus was a better restoration than this.

[Superluigieth1]

Thanks YukiHerz, using it as a flamethrower.

[Clonehunter]

Hah, really neat stuff! Good bump is good.

[Nevander]

You can now download this as a separate WAD that runs by itself using Doom II as the IWAD instead of with the rest of the levels.

 

Check this post for the link: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/post/1555455

Edited May 18, 2020 by Nevander

[Reisal]

My question is why would Wizardworks use these false screenshots instead of screenshots of some of the best levels on the CD? I know it's mostly shit but there are definitely a few gems in there.

[Danfun64]

Copyright. I thought it was already discussed.