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"Sigil II", an unofficial 6th episode for the original Doom by John Romero, now available

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Doom has been one of the most influential games of all time without a doubt, and the legacy that it left behind can still be felt to this very day. Today, the legendary title is celebrating its 30th anniversary, with the original Doom being released back in December 10th, 1993. To commemorate the 30th Anniversary since the franchise's inception, one of the original developers, John Romero, worked on a brand-new unofficial episode for the original title named "Sigil II", who's follow up to his previous unofficial 5th episode "Sigil", released back in 2019.

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The brand new episode megawad consistens of 9 levels brand new levels, and the base release is available entirely for free on Romero's website, with the free version including a MIDI OST composed by James Paddock exclusively for Sigil II.

This new release also has a paid/digital only version going for €6.66, which includes an exclusive new OST by THORR. Sigil II also has a few exclusive box versions up for pre-order, with each one having a whole set of items and bonus features, like a custom box art, posters, pins, exclusive Making-of story and video, and much more, depending on the box set pre-order. The boxed sets range from the starting price of €69.95, €89.95 and €154.99 (with the latter two ones being sold-out already).

Those interested can get the free megawad for free and fire it up right now in their favourite Doom source port!
Additionally, both John Romero and John Carmack will join together to celebrate Doom's 30th Anniversary with a special stream titled "To Hell and Back", going live on Romero's Twitch today at 8pm GMT.

:arrow: Get Sigil II
:arrow: Romero.com
 
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chrisrlink said:
why is this like my guess $75 usd (doing that by simple currency conversion) at that price it screams PIRATE ME MATEY
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Where did you get that?
Sigil II is completely free with the MIDI OST. The MP3 OST version is the only one that you have to pay and it's only 6.66 euros.
The $75 USD and above are the special edition boxed versions which include actual items and other exclusive things aside from the game.
 
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john is a developer that cares about entertainment of gamers and should get any gamers respect even if they dont like the shoot em up genre.

hats off to this dude providing years of fun without cease and desists going after those messing with his work
 
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john is a developer that cares about entertainment of gamers and should get any gamers respect even if they dont like the shoot em up genre.

hats off to this dude providing years of fun without cease and desists going after those messing with his work
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And that's still a huge understatement.
Not only are John Romero (and Carmack by extension) okay with mods and hacks for their original games, but the fact that they even released the entire source code for almost all their lineup from the 90s is something that, to this day, I have yet to see any other developers do at all.
Tbh I feel like this should be common practice in the industry, but since most are just power/money hungry bastards (see Nintendo for reference), we are still inclined to let fans do their own reverse engineering to get any source code for titles that people care about.
The copyright system shouldn't really last any longer than 30 years tops, and that's a stretch, but guess we have Disney to thank for that.
 

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