=========================================================================== Review : A classic! One of 'The Top 100 WADs Of All Time'. =========================================================================== Update to : levels/doom2/g-i/gather2.zip , originally uploaded 05/17/05 MM/DD/YY The previous upload contained an older release by the author, that had only four levels and the music was broken. Note by the uploader : These files (GATHER2.WAD, GATHER2.BAT, GATHER2.TXT and also NEW.WAD) have been found in the directory .\DOOM2\GATHER2 of the Level- cdrom 'Violence in 3D' by BLACK BIRD Entertainment. GATHER2.WAD appears to be the final release of the WAD by the author. NEW.WAD is a in some way modified version, that is known to have been avaiable on Dr. Sleeps nowadays discontinued Compuserve homepage. It's the version of the WAD, that was referred to, when it was revieved in 'The Top 100 WADs Of All Time' on Doomworld ( http://www.doomworld.com/10years/bestwads/1995.php ) NEW.WAD has then been reupped by MYK (myk@helnyte.zzn.com) on his homepage here: http://www.doom2.net/~mykdoom/oldstuff/ I think, he deserves credits for this. There's other interesting stuff on that page. The textfile NEW.TXT was found in the ZIP on MYK's site. It was not on the Violence in 3d-cd. You can find some Demos recorded for NEW.WAD here: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gkburgess/drr/drr.htm Primary purpose : Single+Coop play / Deathmatch =========================================================================== Title : The Final Gathering Filename : GATHER2.WAD NEW.WAD Release date : 04/19/95 MM/DD/YY (Timestamps of GATHER2.WAD and GATHER2.TXT) 06/12/95 MM/DD/YY (Timestamp of NEW.WAD) Author : Daniel "Stormin" Norman Email Address : 70437.3146@compuserve.com dan.norman@nmd.pgh.wec.com Other Files By Author : GATHER.WAD (three levels for DooM1) in gather.zip, SHRINE2.WAD (for DooM2) in shrine2.zip, DARKSIDE.WAD (for DooM2) in darkside.zip (Darkside became the MAP05 in GATHER2.WAD) You can search for them here: http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/ Description : This is the DOOM 2 version of "The Gathering." The moon base water treatment and recycling center started reporting strange happenings deep in there sewer system a few weeks ago. Just days later a garbled transmission during the sounds of battle made it through to the UAC outpost on Deimos 4. "Nuke us.......it's the only.....have to... ....cant make this......sewers...cavern... from hell" was all that could be understood from the message. Not much to go on, but that's what you're used to. They don't give you any easy ones, and you don't get to ask to many questions. The UAC needs you to investigate and "rectify" any potential hazards on the water treatment facility. Good luck. Dang! what the heck was that? Just two tunnels and an underpass from the UAC water treatment plant. The driver never saw the creature waiting in the tunnel. In a flash it was over. Nothing could have survived that crash... you could be wrong ... you did. I guess your on foot now. Be careful, the truck that was escorting you was carrying emercency supplies for the plant personnel and some toxic waste. Watch it, that stuff is flammable. Rumor has it that the hellspawn are constructing a stronghold near the water plant. If you make it to level four, you'll have your work cut out for you. Level five is located in the depths of the earth below the enemy stronghold. This level was designed with deathmatches in mind. If you're going solo it should prove to be a very challenging game. Additional Credits to : Scotty Ray Warren for the awesome new music that he posted in the Action Games Forum library on Compuserve. Thanks Scotty! The music is "God Like". My wife. She is absolutely the greatest gal in the whole world. A true DOOM widow at times but always delightful. Mike "All I want is a plasma gun" Hough; the greatest space marine in UAC history. Mike spent hours playtesting these levels. Thanks for the encouragement. Paul "Don't Shoot! It's me!" Melko; He helped me debug some of the problems when playing in coop mode. We played the levels a lot and they were great in coop mode. ID Software - WOW! Thank you so much. This has become a way of life. Collin Reed for the BSP Utility Raphael Quinet and Brendon Wyber for the awesome DEU 5.21 editor. You guys are brainiacs. My mother, the acadamy and all my grade school friends..... ;) =========================================================================== * What is included * New levels : 5 Sounds : No Music : Yes Graphics : No Dehacked/BEX Patch : No Demos : No Other : No Files Included : GATHER2.WAD GATHER2.BAT GATHER2.TXT NEW.WAD Other files required : No * Play Information * Game : DOOM2 Map # : MAP01, MAP02, MAP03, MAP04, MAP05 Single Player : Designed for Cooperative 2-4 Player : Designed for Deathmatch 2-4 Player : Designed for Other game styles : No Difficulty Settings : Yes * Construction * Base : levels 1-3: GATHER.WAD (for original DooM) and level 5: DARKSIDE.WAD (for DooM2). Both also made by Daniel Norman. Build Time : DEU (GCC), BSP, DEUii, DETH Editor(s) used : AROUND 140 HOURS Known Bugs : Bugs? You think I spend hundreds of hours on this for bugs?.....Jeeez. Well, there may be a slime line here or there because of the complicated architecture. * Copyright / Permissions * Authors may NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels. You MAY distribute this WAD, provided you include this file, with no modifications. You may distribute this file in any electronic format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file intact. Blah blah blah..... Why's that always sound like a lawyer wrote it? Please Communicate! I'm like Doritos I'll make more! DOOM is a trademark of ID software. Doritos is protected with some legal clause also I'm sure. Great chips you know... 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