Why wasn't SPISPOPD nominated for "Best Game 1993" ?
Niels Ull Jacobsen
1993"!
BTW, any news on the release date? I've seen some screen shots from
the alpha version. Wow!
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Steve Clemetson
According to the press release, SPISPOPD will be available as shareware in
the 1st qtr of '94. It will feature an open ended architecture, so that
users can modify the ray-traced animation to look like polygon filled
graphics. You will also be able to program the general midi support to be
simple beeps and chirps from the PC speaker. If you act quick, I think I
saw the alpha out on one of the ftp sites--I think it was
uradumbass.so.ami.
I truly think that a few of us need another reason to live besides waiting
for Doom and tormenting each other. Thank goodness it's only another
30-100 days before SPISPOPD is released!
Steve
"SPISPOPD will be to Doom what Doom was to Pong." -- an anonymous
representative from Id.
Arbi Khodadadi
me pirate BBS, thinking it was the DOOM FAQ version 245.3. I have seen the alpha and WOW! Of course I've since deleted it and wont tell you where to get it from, no matter how hard you beg.
Timothy Freeman
> Simple. The reason it wasn't nominated was the lack of player
> gender support.
Yep, you hit it right on the nose. Just another proof that sexism exists.
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Steve Clemetson
ak...@konichiwa.cc.columbia.edu (Arbi Khodadadi) wrote:
>
> Simple. The reason it wasn't nominated was the lack of player gender support. > Most of my female friends only play games with female characters, like Epic's > QWERTY-UIOP. Considering the huge influence of this huge market segment, it is > no wonder SPISPOPD was left flat.
I found this very upsetting. I really like to appeal to my feminine side
as I rip through a SPISPOPD bad guy's guts with my chainsaw.
> Also the fact that it required a 12mhz 286 with 384K free ram, and the killer, > a two sided floppy drive, detracted greatly from its appeal too.
WHAT???? You mean I'm going to have to upgrade from my Atari 400??? Damn,
it seems that every time I turn around, someone is raising hardware
standards! Oh well, forget that dialysis machine for "junior"--I'm going
to have to get a 286.
> Of course I'm telling you all this from playing the alpha, which I >accidentally downloaded from a pirate BBS, thinking it was the DOOM FAQ version > 245.3. I have seen the alpha and WOW! Of course I've since deleted it and wont > tell you where to get it from, no matter how hard you beg.
>
Get ready to be flamed for being a hypocrite. I'm sure you deleted it.
What's your alibi? Got some final exams to study for? :)
You realize that wuarchive is going to be flooded with requests like:
PLEASE_UPLOAD_DOOMFAQ245.3.ZIP and PLEASE_UPLOAD_SPISPOPD-PR.ZIP.
>
> ak...@columbia.edu
[a small amount of editing was necessary to make this document flow
smoothly. all apologies to Mr. ak...@columbia.edu.]
Steve
"SPISPOPD: The game to end all games. No, seriously." -- an anonymous Id
rep.
"Uhh..no, we're not actually publishing SPISPOPD, but we may use the engine
in a future title of our own." -- an anonymous Apogee rep.
Cheng-Jih Chen
Neal W. Miller <mil...@rebecca.its.rpi.edu> wrote:
>nu...@diku.dk (Niels Ull Jacobsen) writes:
>
>>I think SPISPOPD should have been nominated for Game Bytes "Best Game
>>1993"!
Absolutely not. "Game of the Decade".
>
> Care to spell this one out so the rest of us have a clue as to
>waht you're talking about? If the game is really called "SPISPOPD", I
>apologize.
>
Gee....
Commander Spock
>According to the press release, SPISPOPD will be available as shareware in
>the 1st qtr of '94. It will feature an open ended architecture, so that
>users can modify the ray-traced animation to look like polygon filled
>graphics. You will also be able to program the general midi support to be
>simple beeps and chirps from the PC speaker. If you act quick, I think I
>saw the alpha out on one of the ftp sites--I think it was
>uradumbass.so.ami.
>I truly think that a few of us need another reason to live besides waiting
>for Doom and tormenting each other. Thank goodness it's only another
>30-100 days before SPISPOPD is released!
>Steve
>"SPISPOPD will be to Doom what Doom was to Pong." -- an anonymous
>representative from Id.
I heard that instead of having actual ray-traced pumpkins, they're going to
rewrite the engine to use polygons due to size considerations (and besides,
life-like ray-traced pumpkins would add nothing to the game) As a side note,
the promised Real-Life-Sound, for that extra "you are THERE" effect as pumpkin
innards splatter your coveralls, was taken out because "it would be REALLY
neat, but it's just not practical because, er, well, ummm, yknow.."
Last I heard, the release date was still firm until the week of release...
SPISPOPD, where the sanest place to be is the pumpkin patch 'round back...
Seth Cohn
>> the alpha version. Wow!
I've got the beta! After all, stuff only stays in Alpha for about 2 weeks
>According to the press release, SPISPOPD will be available as shareware in
>the 1st qtr of '94. It will feature an open ended architecture, so that
>users can modify the ray-traced animation to look like polygon filled
>graphics. You will also be able to program the general midi support to be
>simple beeps and chirps from the PC speaker. If you act quick, I think I
>saw the alpha out on one of the ftp sites--I think it was
>uradumbass.so.ami.
See below - BETA!!!
>
>I truly think that a few of us need another reason to live besides waiting
>for Doom and tormenting each other. Thank goodness it's only another
>30-100 days before SPISPOPD is released!
>
>"SPISPOPD will be to Doom what Doom was to Pong." -- an anonymous
>representative from Id.
Well, it's a nice game, since I snagged a beta from a friend. Features include:
16.7 million color palette on a 256k vga card using palette translation
Full surround sound using THX technology with
Native GUS, Soundblaster, and speaker sound.
3 player support over null modem or standard modem (300 baud to 28.8k)
Intelligent computer players using Turing AI logic
Moving walls, ceiling and chair you sit in (chair not included but plans are)
Gravis gamepad support (Using 2 gamepads for 2 player action!)
God mode is real neat: All game factors including gravity can be changed!
I'm uploading this to ftp.uwp.edu, wuarchive, and of course ftp.uml.edu
It's in the incoming directory for now, but will move of course.
Look for file: SPISPOPD.ARJ, SPISPOPD.A01, SPISPOPD.A02, SPISPOPD.A03
each is 1.44 megs.
The beta crashes on anything less then a double CPU 486 running Windows 4
and 32meg ram for right now, since it's using a lot of overhead and buggy code.
Final specs call for it to run on a 8086 with at least 10 meg harddrive
and EGA graphics.
Id, You guys have outdone yourselves! WAY cool! I'll register this on for sure!
Seth
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Jeff Epler
>I think SPISPOPD should have been nominated for Game Bytes "Best Game
>1993"!
>BTW, any news on the release date? I've seen some screen shots from
>the alpha version. Wow!
Is this game made by Apog too? Is it going to be on there ftp sight?
I hope its alpha is as good as the doom bata.
mail me about it
thanx
:) :) :) :) :)
Jeff
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William Wesley Gray
Fuck. Please let this stupid SPISPOPD thread die. One guy posts something
only slightly funny and 50 unimaginitive geeks have to follow it up,
confusing newbies and boring the rest of us.
:) :) :) (8 more days)
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Diane Winters
>I think SPISPOPD should have been nominated for Game Bytes "Best Game
>1993"!
>
>BTW, any news on the release date? I've seen some screen shots from
>the alpha version. Wow!
Harumph. You people must be very easily pleased! Just sent in the bug report
on the Beta-zed and there's NO WAY this game should ever leave dry-dock. Really
quick, make-a-buck cheesewhiz!
Diane
Seth Cohn
>
>Fuck. Please let this stupid SPISPOPD thread die. One guy posts something
>only slightly funny and 50 unimaginitive geeks have to follow it up,
>confusing newbies and boring the rest of us.
>
>:) :) :) (8 more days)
>-Wes
>
>
Hundreds of people have downloaded it and emailed me much thanks.
Id has admitted that the current beta is buggy, but since they want as much
good PR as possible, they will allow people to grab this for the next 2 days
only. After that, the beta is illegal. Grab it now!
Look for SPISPOPD.ARJ and 3 other files A01 - A03 all 1.44 megs
still in incoming directory on ftp.uml.edu, wuarchive, and ftp.uwp.edu
Hint for good play: Run a clean system with Windows 4 running in real mode.
Use a good set of speakers for sound, and wired up the chair as directed
in the instruction. WAY cool!
SPISPOPD Rules! The best way to kill pumpkins short of pumpkin pie!
Seth Cohn
Diane, what's wrong with it? I found this game whips butt!
For instance: The pumpkins look real, even when exploded
The dogs seems to move like real dogs
The room with the snake is WAY harder then any old Wolf3D one.
The Weaponry is pretty neat, especially the megawatt laser.
Remember, it's just a beta, and the wall shooting doesn't work well, the
frame rate sucks, and of course, it's a crashing monster 90% of the time.
Anyone else got any favorite bits? I understand the Apogee rep already
is waiting with baited breath to use the engine for Easter Ernie.
M.B.A. Read
>only slightly funny and 50 unimaginitive geeks have to follow it up,
>confusing newbies and boring the rest of us.
>
>:) :) :) (8 more days)
>-Wes
>
only slightly interesting and 500 unimaginative geeks have to follow it up,
confusing newbies and boring the rest of us.
Marc
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William Lachance
In a previous article, msa...@msbg.ge.med.com (Steve Clemetson) says:
>In article <2dkuvv$d...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>,
>ak...@konichiwa.cc.columbia.edu (Arbi Khodadadi) wrote:
>>
>> Simple. The reason it wasn't nominated was the lack of player gender support. > Most of my female friends only play games with female characters, like Epic's > QWERTY-UIOP. Considering the huge influence of this huge market segment, it is > no wonder S
PISPOPD was left flat.
>
>I found this very upsetting. I really like to appeal to my feminine side
>as I rip through a SPISPOPD bad guy's guts with my chainsaw.
I heard that the REEEALLLLYYY cooooool guys at ID put in female characters
not so long ago. However they are still being criticized due to the fact
that there aren't characters that represent every single racial/religeous
group. In addition, id has been slamed by a feminist group because the
female character's body is too "perfect" >
>> Also the fact that it required a 12mhz 286 with 384K free ram, and the killer, > a two sided floppy drive, detracted greatly from its appeal too.
>
>WHAT???? You mean I'm going to have to upgrade from my Atari 400??? Damn,
>it seems that every time I turn around, someone is raising hardware
>standards! Oh well, forget that dialysis machine for "junior"--I'm going
>to have to get a 286.
>
>> Of course I'm telling you all this from playing the alpha, which I >accidentally downloaded from a pirate BBS, thinking it was the DOOM FAQ version > 245.3. I have seen the alpha and WOW! Of course I've since deleted it and wont > tell you where to ge
t it from, no matter how hard you beg.
Don't give it to anyone!! We wouldn't want the gods at ID to get upset now
would we? God you ID guys are sooooo coooool!!!
>>
>Get ready to be flamed for being a hypocrite. I'm sure you deleted it.
>What's your alibi? Got some final exams to study for? :)
>
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Nick J Worthey
BETA! Re: Why wasn.. by Seth Co...@alchemy.TN.Cor
> It's in the incoming directory for now, but will move of course.
>
> Look for file: SPISPOPD.ARJ, SPISPOPD.A01, SPISPOPD.A02, SPISPOPD.A03
> each is 1.44 megs.
>
> The beta crashes on anything less then a double CPU 486 running Windows 4
> and 32meg ram for right now, since it's using a lot of overhead and
buggy cod
> e.
>
> Final specs call for it to run on a 8086 with at least 10 meg harddrive
> and EGA graphics.
>
> Id, You guys have outdone yourselves! WAY cool! I'll register this on
for sure
> !
I know it's a joke, but what does SPISPOPD stand for? Or did someone
just make up some random abbreviation?
Just curious,
Nick
Seth Cohn
>> I'm uploading this to ftp.uwp.edu, wuarchive, and of course ftp.uml.edu
>> It's in the incoming directory for now, but will move of course.
>> Look for file: SPISPOPD.ARJ, SPISPOPD.A01, SPISPOPD.A02, SPISPOPD.A03
>> each is 1.44 megs.
>>
>> The beta crashes on anything less then a double CPU 486 running Windows 4
>> and 32meg ram for right now, since it's using a lot of overhead and
>buggy code.
>> Final specs call for it to run on a 8086 with at least 10 meg harddrive
>> and EGA graphics.
>>
>> Id, You guys have outdone yourselves! WAY cool! I'll register this on
>for sure
>
>just make up some random abbreviation?
No joke, SPISPOPD is WAY cool! Best game ever! It stands for Smashing Pumpkins
into Small Piles of Putrid Debris. Download it Now! I understand that
Compu$erve has even make it a half price download for the next 2 days.
IF you see this game, you'll never play anything else (well, till Easter Ernie!)
Also, an anonymous source has confirmed that Easter Ernie will be out in late
May 94 and right after that Birthday Bert in late June 94.
Seth
Future author of the SPISPOPD FAQ!! version 1.0 coming out soon!
Rob Jellinghaus
>I've got the beta! After all, stuff only stays in Alpha for about 2 weeks
Shut up! You swine, just because you have the beta is no reason to
taunt the rest of us! You shouldn't even have it anyway, it's not
released yet, and Id wouldn't want buggy prereleases to damage their
reputation.
Anyway, where can I get it? Don't tell me! I've GOT to have it, I
don't CARE if the pumpkins don't really squash in real-time yet....
You uploaded it? You can't do that, Id will sue you! Thanks so
much! No, I mean, fuck you.
Can I vote for SPISPOPD as best game of '94 yet?
--
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Ian Barnett
Niels Ull Jacobsen <nu...@diku.dk> wrote:
>I think SPISPOPD should have been nominated for Game Bytes "Best Game
>1993"!
>
>BTW, any news on the release date? I've seen some screen shots from
>the alpha version. Wow!
>
to have it! You had better destroy the alpha or ego ( the developer) will
be after you, your family and any one else who has seen the alpha.
SSS PPP III SSS PPP OOO PPP DDD | Official SPISPOPD FAQ Writer
S P P I S P P O O P P D D | Ian Barnett
SSS PPP I SS PPP O O PPP D D | ibar...@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca
S P I S P O O P D D | Don't ask stupid questions read
SSS P III SSS P OOO P DDD | the FAQ!
dkrowlan
>nu...@diku.dk (Niels Ull Jacobsen) writes:
>
>>1993"!
>
>waht you're talking about? If the game is really called "SPISPOPD", I
>apologize.
>
This is really starting to get good...... :)
Seth Cohn
>>BTW, any news on the release date? I've seen some screen shots from
>>the alpha version. Wow!
>>
>Hey don't you know that the alpha is a prerelease and NO ONE is supposed
>to have it! You had better destroy the alpha or ego ( the developer) will
>be after you, your family and any one else who has seen the alpha.
>
> SSS PPP III SSS PPP OOO PPP DDD | Official SPISPOPD FAQ Writer
>S P P I S P P O O P P D D | Ian Barnett
>SSS PPP I SS PPP O O PPP D D | ibar...@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca
> S P I S P O O P D D | Don't ask stupid questions read
>SSS P III SSS P OOO P DDD | the FAQ!
I'm the REAL Official FAQ Author! And besides, the alpha is OLD news, the BETA
is the current hot item. ego is NOT the developer, ... get real!!!!
and you didn't copy my .sig right anyway!!!!
SSSS PPPP IIII SSSS PPPP OOOO PPPP DDD | Official SPISPOPD FAQ Author
S P P II S P P O O P P D D | Seth Cohn
SSSS PPPP II SSSS PPPP O O PPPP D D | se...@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu
S P II S P O O P D D | FAQ 1.0 coming soon! SPISPOPD Feb 29!
SSSS P IIII SSSS P OOOO P DDD | Easter Ernie May 94! WAY Cool!
dkrowlan
>only slightly funny and 50 unimaginitive geeks have to follow it up,
>confusing newbies and boring the rest of us.
>
>:) :) :) (8 more days)
>-Wes
>
dkrowlan
>
>Diane, what's wrong with it? I found this game whips butt!
>
>For instance: The pumpkins look real, even when exploded
> The dogs seems to move like real dogs
> The room with the snake is WAY harder then any old Wolf3D one.
> The Weaponry is pretty neat, especially the megawatt laser.
>
>Remember, it's just a beta, and the wall shooting doesn't work well, the
>frame rate sucks, and of course, it's a crashing monster 90% of the time.
>
>Anyone else got any favorite bits? I understand the Apogee rep already
well of course the boss on the finale level was the absolute best part,
tho' I had to have 2 new 4M simms FedExed overnight so I could finish
it, and even so I had to reboot my sytem 17 times before I could get
past the evil gramma guarding the elevator and the explosions at the end
blew out both my speakers...wow what a cool game!
Ben Aaron Rudiak-Gould
William Wesley Gray <smi...@cats.ucsc.edu> wrote:
>Fuck. Please let this stupid SPISPOPD thread die. One guy posts something
>only slightly funny and 50 unimaginitive geeks have to follow it up,
>confusing newbies and boring the rest of us.
But confusing newbies is so much fun! :-)
Of course, the best part about SPISPOPD is its open nature. Everyone on
the Net has participated equally in writing the code, composing the music,
and drawing the graphics. Anyone can add any feature at will. And the
general public knows as much about the specs and file formats as ego does.
(Note to the clueless: ID DID NOT DO SPISPOPD! THEY'RE JUST DISTRIBUTING
IT! GET A LIFE!!!! In fact, ego has stated that it will self-publish its
subsequent games, including _Garroting Innocent Gourds Artistically Near
The Illinois Capitol After Critically Reviewing Orwellian Novels Yesterday
Morning_ and the rumored _UG_.)
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Papp Denis Richard
Has something been picked for best game of '95 yet?
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Papp Denis Richard
>In article <msa0136-02...@3.57.76.7> msa...@msbg.ge.med.com (Steve Clemetson) writes:
>>According to the press release, SPISPOPD will be available as shareware in
>>the 1st qtr of '94. It will feature an open ended architecture, so that
>>users can modify the ray-traced animation to look like polygon filled
>>graphics. You will also be able to program the general midi support to be
>>simple beeps and chirps from the PC speaker. If you act quick, I think I
>>saw the alpha out on one of the ftp sites--I think it was
>>uradumbass.so.ami.
>>I truly think that a few of us need another reason to live besides waiting
>>for Doom and tormenting each other. Thank goodness it's only another
>>30-100 days before SPISPOPD is released!
>>Steve
>>"SPISPOPD will be to Doom what Doom was to Pong." -- an anonymous
>>representative from Id.
>I heard that instead of having actual ray-traced pumpkins, they're going to
>rewrite the engine to use polygons due to size considerations (and besides,
>life-like ray-traced pumpkins would add nothing to the game) As a side note,
>the promised Real-Life-Sound, for that extra "you are THERE" effect as pumpkin
>innards splatter your coveralls, was taken out because "it would be REALLY
>neat, but it's just not practical because, er, well, ummm, yknow.."
I heard that to make the game virtual reality, it will come with these
easy-to-use tools and instructions (in Australian) for playing the
game in VIRTUAL REALITY. Basically you've got to buy a CyberMan 2000
(less than 2000$ dont worry), take your monitor and strap it on to
your face.
Just like being there! Though if you dont use it properly your face
may fall to the ground.
Probably have all these people wasting tons of moneyt of Pentiums just
to be able to play SPISPOPD. IS there a beta for SPISPOPD 2 yet?
Papp Denis Richard
>In a previous article, msa...@msbg.ge.med.com (Steve Clemetson) says:
>>In article <2dkuvv$d...@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>,
>>ak...@konichiwa.cc.columbia.edu (Arbi Khodadadi) wrote:
>>>
>>> Simple. The reason it wasn't nominated was the lack of player gender support. > Most of my female friends only play games with female characters, like Epic's > QWERTY-UIOP. Considering the huge influence of this huge market segment, it is > no wonder S
>PISPOPD was left flat.
>>
>>I found this very upsetting. I really like to appeal to my feminine side
>>as I rip through a SPISPOPD bad guy's guts with my chainsaw.
Someone mentioned a bit back what SPISPOPD stands for. But what does DOOM
stand for? Dont drOOL all over Me?
Papp Denis Richard
>In article <1993Dec2.2...@micom.com> di...@micom.com (Diane Winters) writes:
>>In article <1993Dec2.1...@odin.diku.dk> nu...@diku.dk (Niels Ull Jacobsen) writes:
>>
>>Harumph. You people must be very easily pleased! Just sent in the bug report
>>on the Beta-zed and there's NO WAY this game should ever leave dry-dock. Really
>>quick, make-a-buck cheesewhiz!
>>
>>Diane
>>
>Diane, what's wrong with it? I found this game whips butt!
>For instance: The pumpkins look real, even when exploded
> The dogs seems to move like real dogs
> The room with the snake is WAY harder then any old Wolf3D one.
> The Weaponry is pretty neat, especially the megawatt laser.
>Remember, it's just a beta, and the wall shooting doesn't work well, the
>frame rate sucks, and of course, it's a crashing monster 90% of the time.
>Anyone else got any favorite bits? I understand the Apogee rep already
>is waiting with baited breath to use the engine for Easter Ernie.
PRESS RELEASE:
Due to an unfortunate setback, SPISPOPD will not be available for mid-94
as expected. We will ahve to put it back to December 30, 1994. For
SURE.
But hey, its still legit for best game of 94!
Seth Cohn
>PRESS RELEASE:
>
>Due to an unfortunate setback, SPISPOPD will not be available for mid-94
>as expected. We will ahve to put it back to December 30, 1994. For
>SURE.
>
>But hey, its still legit for best game of 94!
Denis, before you go posting to the world, check with people who know better:
SPISPOPD is gonna be released Feb 29! I just got email about it and
basically, the unfortunate setback was solved (the proper application of
a flame thrower can work wonders...) and things are back on track again!
SSSS PPPP IIII SSSS PPPP OOOO PPPP DDD | Official SPISPOPD FAQ Author
S P P II S P P O O P P D D | Seth Cohn
SSSS PPPP II SSSS PPPP O O PPPP D D | se...@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu
S P II S P O O P D D | FAQ 1.0 coming soon! SPISPOPD Feb 29!
SSSS P IIII SSSS P OOOO P DDD | Easter Ernie May 94! WAY Cool!
bl...@gpx01.d39.lilly.com
> In article <1993Dec2.2...@micom.com> di...@micom.com (Diane Winters) writes:
>>In article <1993Dec2.1...@odin.diku.dk> nu...@diku.dk (Niels Ull Jacobsen) writes:
>>
>>Harumph. You people must be very easily pleased! Just sent in the bug report
>>
>
> Diane, what's wrong with it? I found this game whips butt!
>
> For instance: The pumpkins look real, even when exploded
> The dogs seems to move like real dogs
> The room with the snake is WAY harder then any old Wolf3D one.
> The Weaponry is pretty neat, especially the megawatt laser.
>
> is waiting with baited breath to use the engine for Easter Ernie.
>
> Seth
>
frostbite. I should be back at it in a couple days.
Diane Winters
>>In article <1993Dec2.1...@odin.diku.dk> nu...@diku.dk (Niels Ull Jacobsen) writes:
>>
>>Harumph. You people must be very easily pleased! Just sent in the bug report
>>on the Beta-zed and there's NO WAY this game should ever leave dry-dock.
>>Really quick, make-a-buck cheesewhiz!
>>
>>Diane
>>
>
>Diane, what's wrong with it? I found this game whips butt!
>For instance: The pumpkins look real, even when exploded
Sorry. They now just ooze down into a gooey, puddled mess.
> The dogs seems to move like real dogs
The dogs don't really move at all. They are on invisible 4-way tracks that
move the static dogs.
> The room with the snake is WAY harder then any old Wolf3D one.
What snake?
> The Weaponry is pretty neat, especially the megawatt laser.
Due to memory considerations, it is now a kilowatt laser.
>Remember, it's just a beta, and the wall shooting doesn't work well, the
>frame rate sucks, and of course, it's a crashing monster 90% of the time.
This is true, it still crashes, it just isn't a monster anymore. They took
out the wall shooting. It adds no intrinsic value to the game play.
>Anyone else got any favorite bits? I understand the Apogee rep already
>is waiting with baited breath to use the engine for Easter Ernie.
Actually, Apogee along with Maxis are negotiating with id on how to get in
bed with each other. This will definitely extend the time; particularly
in view of the fact that Maxis just threw out their perfectly good extender
to take advantage of the decrease in extender prices.
>Seth
Diane
Michael Louis Norman
This is without doubt the best stuff I've read on the net in months. :>
Thanks, guys.
- Michael
K H Petteri Bergius
I agree, although the group is not named *.jokes. The SPISPOPD thread(s)
have been most funny thing after the non-releases of DOOM and Blake
Stone.
A Finnish Geek :-)
Saqib A Qureshi
This is too confusing.
First I read of umteen people who say:" Ohhhh, Ahhh,SPISPOPD *good*,
SPISPOPD shareware, SPISPOPD *out*,..." then I read this about: SPISPOPD
*good*, SPISPOPD *NOT* out "You swine...", Beta is *out*....
*WHAT'S THE DEAL?!!!!* IS IT OUT?!!! IS IT SHAREWARE???!!!! IS IT
*NOT* OUT YET???!!! CAN'T SOMEBODY JUST CLEAR UP THIS DISILLUSIONAL MESS BY
POSTING A *FAQ*???!!!
*cools off*
Hey maybe somebody from ID would like to put in a word here?
-Saqib
Seth Cohn
>
>This is too confusing.
> First I read of umteen people who say:" Ohhhh, Ahhh,SPISPOPD *good*,
>SPISPOPD shareware, SPISPOPD *out*,..." then I read this about: SPISPOPD
>*good*, SPISPOPD *NOT* out "You swine...", Beta is *out*....
> *WHAT'S THE DEAL?!!!!* IS IT OUT?!!! IS IT SHAREWARE???!!!! IS IT
>*NOT* OUT YET???!!! CAN'T SOMEBODY JUST CLEAR UP THIS DISILLUSIONAL MESS BY
>POSTING A *FAQ*???!!!
> *cools off*
>
>Hey maybe somebody from ID would like to put in a word here?
> -Saqib
>
Id has nothing to do with SPISPOPD. Check out the FAQ. I'm reposting it
since not everyone saw it. (obviously) (Flames to /dev/null)
Daniel Lundh
> This is too confusing.
> First I read of umteen people who say:" Ohhhh, Ahhh,SPISPOPD *good*,
> SPISPOPD shareware, SPISPOPD *out*,..." then I read this about: SPISPOPD
> *good*, SPISPOPD *NOT* out "You swine...", Beta is *out*....
> *WHAT'S THE DEAL?!!!!* IS IT OUT?!!! IS IT SHAREWARE???!!!! IS IT
> *NOT* OUT YET???!!! CAN'T SOMEBODY JUST CLEAR UP THIS DISILLUSIONAL MESS BY
> POSTING A *FAQ*???!!!
> *cools off*
>
> Hey maybe somebody from ID would like to put in a word here?
> -Saqib
>
This gets my vote for most laughable newsposting of 1993.
SPISPOPD is getting better by the minute.
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>
> Simple. The reason it wasn't nominated was the lack of player
> gender support.
Yossi.
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Clement Langenhoven
>sp...@okway.okstate.edu (Commander Spock) writes:
>>In article <msa0136-02...@3.57.76.7> msa...@msbg.ge.med.com (Steve Clemetson) writes:
>>>According to the press release, SPISPOPD will be available as shareware in
>>>the 1st qtr of '94. It will feature an open ended architecture, so that
>>I heard that instead of having actual ray-traced pumpkins, they're going to
>>rewrite the engine to use polygons due to size considerations (and besides,
>>life-like ray-traced pumpkins would add nothing to the game) As a side note,
>I heard that to make the game virtual reality, it will come with these
>easy-to-use tools and instructions (in Australian) for playing the
>game in VIRTUAL REALITY. Basically you've got to buy a CyberMan 2000
>(less than 2000$ dont worry), take your monitor and strap it on to
>your face.
Yahr!
I did just that, but I found that it helps to pull your speaker out, and
gripping that in you neck too. That way I could *FEEL* the pop's as the
pumpkin-seeds burst. (NOTE: this feature is only available on the
PENTIUM-version.
"SPISPOPD" 2's romoured to include free bump-gloss posters of the developers,
FEWL DYAH and TRUTE WITTS.
SPISPOPD rules the game-world!
Clement
Jay=Prince%En...@bangate.compaq.com
>>Fuck. Please let this stupid SPISPOPD thread die. One guy posts something
>>only slightly funny and 50 unimaginitive geeks have to follow it up,
>>confusing newbies and boring the rest of us.
Gee. Now you know how we all feel after reading thousands of posts by teenagers
about how DOOM is going to take over the world. I haven't seen this much pointless
hype since Microsoft tried to make NT out as the next comming! And we all know how
poorly NT has been received.
Maybe DOOM will be a great game. I won't mind. Until it's released, all this hoo-ha is
pretty immature.
Jay