Multiple versions of Doom 2 1.666 and 1.7

[LexiMax]

This might be a stupid question, but I always wondered why there were multiple copies of Doom 2 1.666 and 1.7 floating around. The Wiki has the full extent of the stupidity, but I remember having a devil of a time upgrading my copy of 1.666 because of the patch confusion.

Has anybody figured out what the differences were between them, if any?

[Catoptromancy]

1.7a had the phone number changed on ENDOOM.

[fraggle]

One of the 1.666es is a pirate version IIRC

[<inactive>Player Lin]

fraggle said:

One of the 1.666es is a pirate version IIRC

Note: there is -no- patch for Doom2 v1.666 dated 8/25/94. This version has been declared "pirated" by id Software and is no longer supported.

Source: http://www.doomworld.com/classicdoom/info/patches.php

[Maes]

Speaking of the infamous v1.666 "pirated" version that practically is the one that ended up in most people's hard drives at the time...is there any background as to how it came to be? Was it leaked from e.g. a beta tester? Was it stolen in some other way? Was it available before Doom II was officially up for sale?

[chungy]

It was probably a leak. At least according to fraggle's file list (I don't have a copy of the pirated version myself :p), it seems the IWAD is identical to the final version, but doom2.exe differs somehow.

             name              |   size   |               md5                |      filedate       
-------------------------------+----------+----------------------------------+---------------------
 doom2-1.666/doom2.exe         |   687001 | 22e3fc7854f030df977d26faf1e342be | 1994-08-29 18:56:54
 doom2-1.666/doom2.wad         | 14943400 | 30e3c2d0350b67bfbf47271970b74b2f | 1994-08-29 18:56:54
 doom2-1.666-pirated/doom2.exe |   686921 | b9c24975cb0c064a7c4f39c1d0b999ae | 1994-08-25 20:13:52
 doom2-1.666-pirated/doom2.wad | 14943400 | 30e3c2d0350b67bfbf47271970b74b2f | 1994-08-25 20:13:52

[DoomGater]

I found six different version alone from V 1.666!

http://doomgate.de/files/duub/index.html

[Maes]

DoomGater said:

I found six different version alone from V 1.666!

http://doomgate.de/files/duub/index.html

Only that judging by the file sizes and checksums alone, there are only two distinct ones in terms of contents, essentially just the German and the "world" version. The count is inflated to six only if you count duplicates with different timestamps and different external qualifiers such as "pirated" as distinct files.

[DoomGater]

Maes said:

Only that judging by the file sizes and checksums alone, there are only two distinct ones in terms of contents, essentially just the German and the "world" version. The count is inflated to six only if you count duplicates with different timestamps and different external qualifiers such as "pirated" as distinct files.

Right, that's exactly what the table says! :-)

[chungy]

This repository is a little more exhaustive with more versions than at doomgate.de: https://github.com/Doom-Utils/iwad-patches

Not saying it's 100% complete, but it's the best I can do for now :p

[DoomGater]

chungy said:

This repository is a little more exhaustive with more versions than at doomgate.de: https://github.com/Doom-Utils/iwad-patches

Not saying it's 100% complete, but it's the best I can do for now :p

Wow! Nice! Would you mind, if i'd mirror these on doomgate.de (full credit given, of course!)?

[chungy]

Feel free

[DoutorHouse]

On 3/4/2017 at 6:16 PM, chungy said:

Feel free

Some time ago, i asked about an elusive version of doom 2 here: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/64419-doom-ii-1666-files-dated-9-20-94-does-it-exist/

 

Do you guys have any new info about this? Thanks!