WinDOOM (Microsoft Speaks)
Bill McCormick
>Did you say that Microsoft is writing Doom for Windows? Where'd ya get
>your information from, huh? Has Microsoft announced this? Has ID? Do you
>work for Microsoft? Is this a guess? ID has said that this port has been
>planned but hasn't released the name of the company that is doing this.
>To my knowledge it has not been announced here at least. Please
>elaborate!
I do work for Microsoft, so I guess it's time for an "Official Statement"
Yes. Microsoft and id are working on a port of Doom to Windows. The
only publicly announced date was "before Christmas".
A preliminary version of WinDOOM was shown at the WinG announcement
at the Game Developers Conference.
Some details: The same WinDOOM executable runs under Windows 3.1,
Windows NT, and Chicago. It includes network support (including TCP/IP
and IPX). It uses WinG (the high-speed graphics library). It supports the
same WAD format as the MS-DOS game.
The only requirement is a display which supports at least 256 colors.
(It will "work" on a 16 color display, but talk about ugly!) It supports all
sound and music devices which have Windows drivers.
Bill at Home
(At work I'm bil...@microsoft.com)
(Apologies if you see this article multiple times. My NNTP connection is
being screwy today.)
Paul Hitchcock
: In article <60.15264.50...@canrem.com> eric....@canrem.com (Eric Birnie) writes:
: >Did you say that Microsoft is writing Doom for Windows? Where'd ya get
: I do work for Microsoft, so I guess it's time for an "Official Statement"
: Yes. Microsoft and id are working on a port of Doom to Windows. The
: only publicly announced date was "before Christmas".
: Bill at Home
: (At work I'm bil...@microsoft.com)
And is the rumor that all the imps have been re-drawn to resemble Bill
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Mama, hand me that dang shotgun-- one o'them skinny, bespectacled
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he came from!
-Paul
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