Conference 501clb::pcdoom

85.0. "Life After Doom?" by BAHTAT::HILTON (Beer...now there's a temporary solution) Mon Aug 22 1994 13:41

    What do you do when you've finished Doom and also all the available
    WADS?
    
    Well, seems a few companies are doing/will be doing games around Doom.
    
    From what I've seen of the Dark Force piccies, it's the same Doom
    engine.
    
    Cheers,
    
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BAHTAT::HILTON "Beer...now there's a temporary solu" 68 lines  22-AUG-1994 12:19
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    Lucas Art's seem to be coming out with a 'Doom-like' game:
    
    Here's the info of Compuserve, and I'm also gettng some screen shots.
    on bahtat::df.zip until someone moves them to a permanent home.
    Cheers,
    
    
    GReg
    
                                              
LUCASARTS' DARK FORCES� FEATURES
IN YOUR FACE STAR WARS� ACTION

    	San Rafael, CA -- Get up close and personal with the deadliest
    stormtroopers and most vile aliens ever in LucasArts Entertainment
    Company's upcoming first-person, PC CD-ROM action/adventure, Dark
    Forces.  Scheduled for release this fall, Dark Forces introduces a
    compelling new Star Wars story fraught with danger and intrigue, and
    executes it in richly-detailed, full-3D environments.  Successfully
    completing the game (and, of course, saving the universe from the
    clutches of the evil Empire) requires navigating through more than a
    dozen complex, multi-level worlds and harnessing the fire power of an
    arsenal of weapons including blasters, ion guns and plasma assault
    rifles in order to defend the Rebel cause.  Dark Forces will be
    available in the fourth quarter of 1994.	The player takes on the
    persona of an elite special agent on the Rebel Alliance's covert
    intelligence team.  When the Rebels learn of the Empire's devastating
    new battle station -- the Death Star -- you are assigned to infiltrate
    an Imperial Star Destroyer and capture the plans.  This first mission
    leads to subsequent -- more dangerous -- missions revolving around the
    discovery of a secret facility where the Empire is manufacturing an
    army of deadly, mechanized super stormtroopers.  This gripping action
    game pits the players against an array of Imperial enemies, super-human
    adversaries and aliens loyal to the dark side, all while negotiating
    the corridors and catwalks of  enemy vehicles, descending into the
    rocky canyons of the Empire's hidden bases, freeing prisoners from
    their subterranean cell blocks and squaring off against Admiral Mohc
    and his army of special darktroopers.  	During game play, your
    alter-ego is extremely maneuverable.  In addition to having 360 degree
    rotation, he can look up and down and execute enhanced movements such
    as jumping and ducking.  The player can utilize a Personal Digital
    Assistant for easy access to mission briefings, as well as a Heads-Up
    Display for status evaluation and an auto-mapping function for quick
    location reference.  Game play can be customized to the player's own
    skill with difficulty levels ranging from beginner to advanced.  	The
    game visuals are detailed and realistic with challenging indoor and
    outdoor morphing environments and 3D texture-mapped, shaded objects. 
    Digitized Star Wars and original sound effects, full speech and a
    compelling stereo musical score create a stirring audio complement to
    the 3D graphics and fast-paced game play. 	LucasArts Entertainment
    Company develops and publishes entertainment and educational software
    for CD-ROM, personal computers, video game consoles and multimedia. 
    LucasArts� is one of three Lucas companies.  Lucas Digital Ltd.,
    comprised of Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound, is dedicated
    to serving the needs of the entertainment industry for visual effects
    and audio post-production.  Lucasfilm Ltd. includes George Lucas'
    feature film and television activities, as well as the business
    activities of the THX Group and Licensing.
#    #    #
Dark Forces Development Leads
Co-Project Leaders:	Kalani Streicher, Daron Stinnett
Lead Artist:			Justin Chin


	
   

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METALX::SWANSON "Ride The Lightning"                  7 lines  22-AUG-1994 16:56
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    I put it on METALX::SYS$PUBLIC:DARKFORC.ZIP
    
    I had to rename it so it wouldn't conflict with another program of
    similar name.
    
    Ken