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Ep.15 r2 — Doom — 10 December 1993
Friday 10 December 1993 — id Software release the shareware episode of Doom, and crash a university network doing it.
Lee and Mark dig into the day: Mr Blobby knocks Meat Loaf off number one, what a 486 PC and a Sound Blaster 16 cost that winter in today's money, Have I Got News For You on BBC One and Live and Kicking on Saturday mornings, Tracy Island and the Amiga CD32 as the period flavour, and the story of Doom — the engine, the deathmatch and the WAD files. The magazines couldn't agree: Edge gave it seven, PC Zone called it the best ever. Then a PC-only sound desk: FM synth vs Gravis…
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