2019-04-01_Retro_Gamer

QUICK GUIDES TO HELP YOU

GET THE BEST FROM YOUR GAMES

HOW TO...

04

Put the .wad file with the extra levels into your

GZDoom folder, then drag it onto GZDoom.exe

to start it up. You’ll have to select which of your

IWADs you want to apply it to, if you have more than one

in the folder – you don’t want to try running a Doom II mod

in original Doom.

02

Without an IWAD file containing the game data,

GZDoom doesn’t do anything. For Sigil, you’ll

need a registered copy of the doom.wad file,

which you can get from your copy of Doom. Copy it into

your GZDoom folder. GZDoom can also run many other

IWADs including Hexen, Chex Quest and even free ones

like Harmony.

03

Grab a mod containing extra levels, known as a

PWAD (though confusingly, these also use the

.wad file type). These replace certain elements

of the original IWAD. You can find loads of them at

doomworld.com/idgames. Being inclined towards all things

retro, we have gone for the classic 1995 fan-made Doom

episode Fava Beans.

01

Download GZDoom from zdoom.org. This is an

implementation of the Doom engine that runs on

modern operating systems and allows for more

advanced hardware rendering, new features that weren’t

possible in the original engine and more. Extract the archive

to somewhere easily accessible, since you’ll be revisiting

this folder frequently.

With John Romero’s Sigil due for release in the near future, now seems like

a perfectly good time for us to brush up on running Doom engine games and

mods on modern PCs

GET READY

WHAT YOU’LL FOR SIGIL

NEED

» PC

» GZDOOM

» DOOM.WAD

» EXTRA .WAD FILES

LOW

DIFFICULTY

DON’T

FORGET...

» Make sure you’ve got an

antivirus program installed

when downloading programs

from the internet.

» ou’ll need a registered version Y

of doom.wad for some things

• if you don’t have one, you
  can buy Doom and find the file
  in there.

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