=========================================================================== Review : It's really great. Nothing else, just fun, great designed levels, lovable and surprising new creatures and cool high-quality weapons. I don't care for a few open endings. I'm happy to have something fun to play with. =========================================================================== Primary purpose : Single+Coop play / Deathmatch =========================================================================== Title : Beyond Doom: The Apocalypse TC (an unfinished TC) Note by the uploader : This was intended to become a full 32-level total conversion. It hasn't been completed and there are still a few bugs, because of that i added in agreement with Anthony Galica that '(an unfinished TC)' -part to the Title. He hasn't worked on this in the last eight years, but it is much too beautiful and too exciting to be forgotten. From my testing, i can say, i didn't notice the in-development stage as long as i didn't look into bugs.txt. It is very play- and enjoyable! Filename : BEYOND.WAD, BEYOND.DEH Release date : 09/26/98 MM/DD/YY (Timestamp of the WAD file) Author : Anthony Galica and team (see below) Email Address : agalica@hotmail.com ( agalica@ix.netcom.com ) (No tech support will be offered, but comments on the work are welcome.) WWW : http://www.netcom.com/~agalica Other Files By Galica : REQUIEM.WAD (MAP21), CRUSH.WAD (for both, doom and doom2) BDTATC team : Anthony Galica: levels 1, ... 20, EXE hacking, graphics, sprites, sounds, creator, story, text, misc stuff agalica@hotmail.com ( agalica@ix.netcom.com ) Gaston Lahaut: Sprites, EXE hacking G.Lahaut@stud.warande.ruu.nl James Donovan: Music sml@cableol.co.uk Rich Ciardullo: Music Richtone@juno.com Tim McConnel: Levels tmconnl@freenet.columbus.oh.us Bill Dodd: Sounds Mudhut@nauticom.net Tom Gift: Levels t-gift@students.uiuc.edu Jacco van Buuren: Levels B.J.van.Buuren@caiw.nl Peter Gozon: Levels Gozon.2@osu.edu Dan Esche: Sprites needspeed@nconnect.net Micheal Freeth: Level 2 mfreeth@geocities.com Brian Owens: Level brian.owens@mcmail.com Ed Brown: Level ebrown.pacifier.com Colin Pierson: Level DOOMGOD83@aol.com Iikka Keranen: Misc. textures ikeranen@mail.student.oulu.fi Bahdko lyfe chrozoron peter [Another note by the uploader: There was another readme from the development package of the author, with names of authors, who worked also on this TC, but whose work apparently didn't came into this latest version. So i include that readme just for the curious amoung you within readme.zip into this /idgames -upload. That makes sure, that as many people, who worked on this stuff, are credited in some way.] Description : Six years later, and a new void has been ripped out of the earth... They're sending in a scout team of convicts (one of which happens to be your friend). Everything seems to go right until they get back and you go to the bathroom... Screams are heard, bullets are fired, and when you come out, there is no evidence of an attack, everyone's dead with the exception of your friend and a dying marine... He says your friend was taken, and now it's up to you to rescue him, and of course most likely save the world from utter destruction... again... you hear a familiar growl and turn to see a not-so-familiar face, and thus begins your adventure... [Read origstory.txt for the complete background story.] Additional Credits to : see BDCREDIT.TXT and below =========================================================================== * What is included * New levels : 21 Sounds : Yes Music : Yes Graphics : Yes Dehacked/BEX Patch : Yes Demos : No Other files required : Users of advanced source-ports don't need anything else, they just launch this add-on by typing: mysourceport.exe -file beyond.wad -deh beyond.deh Users of plain vanilla doom2 need to use the included dehacked and deusf by running them with the included INSTALL.BAT. After that, vanilla users are expected to use beyond.bat to play the TC. * Play Information * Game : DOOM2 Map # : MAP01 - MAP19, MAP31, MAP32 Single Player : See wadwhatoutput.txt for details. Cooperative 2-4 Player : See wadwhatoutput.txt for details. Deathmatch 2-4 Player : See wadwhatoutput.txt for details. Other game styles : No Difficulty Settings : Yes * Construction * Base : New from scratch Known Bugs : Read bugs.txt. [Note by the uploader: The author sent me with this package that in-development 'bugs.txt'-file. A problem with the original install.bat, mentioned in that text-file is fixed in this release for /idgames. It originally looked for a WAD with the wrong filename. The old batch file is renamed to INSTALL.BAk and for completenes sake also included in this package.] * Copyright / Permissions * "Beyond Doom - The Apocalypse TC" (BDTATC), by author Anthony Galica ( agalica@hotmail.com (agalica@ix.netcom.com)) Authors MAY NOT use BDTATC, or a part of it, as a base to build additional levels. BDTATC, or part of it, MAY NOT be included in a megawad/compilation. This archive MAY NOT be sold from any commercial web/internet/public site, this to the judgement of the author. You MAY distribute this WAD at no cost, provided you include BEYOND.TXT, with no modifications. You may distribute this file at no cost in any electronic format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file intact. All files of the original archive should be present. --------------------------------------------------------------- The following belongs only to those graphics in this WAD, which names begin with PAIN** (the legless demon), and SPOS** (the armored soldier): --------------------------------------------------------------- Some of the original graphics are from the Justin Fisher "Alchemy" library, from "3D Game Alchemy" by Sams Publishing. --------------------------------------------------------------- * Where to get the file that this text file describes * The mirrors of the /idgames -ftp-archives: ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/msdos/games/idgames/ http://public.ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/idgames/ http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/ ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/vendors/idgames/ http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/vendors/idgames/ ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/games/idgames/ http://ftp.chg.ru/pub/games/idgames/ ftp://ftp.mancubus.net/pub/idgames/ http://ftp.mancubus.net/pub/idgames/ http://youfailit.net/pub/idgames/ http://ftp.fdn.fr/games/idgames/ ftp://ftp.clinet.fi/pub/mirrors/archives.3dgamers.com/idgames/ ftp://ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/games/idgames/ ftp://ftp.netc.pt/pub/idgames/ http://ftp.netc.pt/pub/idgames/ http://crydee.sai.msu.ru/ftproot/pub/rec/games/idgames/ The upload-server of the /idgames-archives is: ftp://archives.3dgamers.com/pub/idgames/ But please use the above listed mirrors for your downloads. =========================================================================== Submitted to the /idgames-ftp-archives by FunDuke --> funduke@hotmail.com The review at the beginning of this template has been written by FunDuke. Many thanks to S. Oliver for telling me about the existence of this TC. And last but definitely not least: MANY MANY MANY THANKS! to Anthony Galica, who quickly gave me this long lost masterpiece via rapidshare upon request! You and your team made great stuff! :)