Live data from Hacker News

Doom3do: DOOM for the 3DO

github.com

31–40 of 46 posts

Re: Doom3do: DOOM for the 3DO

#32

I just wished more consoles were successful than the major three we have now. If Jaguar, 3do were still around we would be in a better universe.

I don’t know. It feels like things always settle into two or three big players and maybe a few tiny niche players.

If Jaguar succeeded, maybe MS wouldn’t have made it and we’d still have three. Or MS would have bought Atari, so still three.

3D0 had a very interesting business model, but I’m not sure it’s sustainable for the industry. We seem addicted to powerful subsidized consoles.

Re: Doom3do: DOOM for the 3DO

#33
post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try actually reading, it's the original port.

When one sees the last commit as 29 days ago, or the previous commit as 8 years ago, one can easily assume it wasn't code from 1995. So again. Why is this even interesting?

> The complete archive for DOOM for the 3DO

It's funny how you bother to look at the commit dates, but not the README and repository description

Re: Doom3do: DOOM for the 3DO

#34
post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try actually reading, it's the original port.

When one sees the last commit as 29 days ago, or the previous commit as 8 years ago, one can easily assume it wasn't code from 1995. So again. Why is this even interesting?

Man you must be a hoot at parties.

Re: Doom3do: DOOM for the 3DO

#35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When one sees the last commit as 29 days ago, or the previous commit as 8 years ago, one can easily assume it wasn't code from 1995. So again. Why is this even interesting?

github (and git) wasn't around in 1995 One should read the readme's. let people enjoy things.

Seriously.

Different strikes for different folks.

I love stuff like this. It’s computer history. It’s interesting from a technical perspective as well as being a snapshot of culture.

Re: Doom3do: DOOM for the 3DO

#36

This was the same person "Burger" [1] who worked on The Bard's Tale. I can't even tell you how many hours I spent playing those games as a kid. > This is the temple of the Mad God. What is thy business, unbeliever? # [S]peak to the priest > Only those who know the name of the Mad One are welcome. What wilt thou say? # burger > Thou hath uttered the most unspeakable word! Prepare to die!!! > Now you did it. Before you…

Oh wow, I had no idea! I played The Bard's Tale a lot when I was a kid on a DOS machine, making my own maps on grid paper and stuff.

I just bought The Bard's Tale trilogy remaster[0] on steam yesterday, and it's great! It's just that sweet spot of being very close to the original, while still having many QoL upgrades to iron out the more painful parts. I highly recommend people who like dungeon crawling types of games (like legend of grimrock) to give it a go!

[0]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/843260/The_Bards_Tale_Tri...

Re: Doom3do: DOOM for the 3DO

#37
post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try actually reading, it's the original port.

When one sees the last commit as 29 days ago, or the previous commit as 8 years ago, one can easily assume it wasn't code from 1995. So again. Why is this even interesting?

The responses you are seeing is what happens when you lack self awareness and humility.

Re: Doom3do: DOOM for the 3DO

#39
post #30

Wonderful to see this stuff online... For those of you who don't know the utter sh*tshow that was the 3DO version of Doom, and the full story of Randy Scott and Art Data Interactive, here's an article that's well worth the read. https://www.badgamehalloffame.com/doom-3do/ TLDR; Randy Scott knew nothing about software development, but that didn't stop him from getting people in his church to invest $100k to start Art…

> Last I heard he was arrested a few years back for some stuff I won't mention here.. Is this article about the person? [1] "Music School Owner Accused of Molesting Two Young Students" According to this article [2], he outright lied. "Presumably to get her on board, Art Data told Heinemann a huge lie while negotiating a contract. She was told by Randy that the game was 90% complete and just needed a few bug fixes. Th…

This stuff is captivating. Are there any other writeups of clutch moments like this that you know of?

Re: Doom3do: DOOM for the 3DO

#40
post #39
post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Last I heard he was arrested a few years back for some stuff I won't mention here.. Is this article about the person? [1] "Music School Owner Accused of Molesting Two Young Students" According to this article [2], he outright lied. "Presumably to get her on board, Art Data told Heinemann a huge lie while negotiating a contract. She was told by Randy that the game was 90% complete and just needed a few bug fixes. Th…

This stuff is captivating. Are there any other writeups of clutch moments like this that you know of?

Game industry related, Darknet Diaries episode 45 and 46 "Xbox Underground" [1][2]

Things really start to escalate into episode two. Absolutely insane ending. I won't spoil it for you.

[1] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/45/

[2] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/46/

Post reply on HN