comparison of source ports

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I have taken the liberty of comparing a few of the major source ports. This is great for new players because it can help them find a source port that is right for them. It is also good for csDoom players who are looking for a new place to play Doom since csDoom is dead now. I have also rated them.

Best = The best one, in my opinion.
Fantastic = Great.
Good = Good.
AAbove Average = Better than ordinary.
Average = Nothing special.
Below Average = Not quite average.
Bad = Bad.
Gay = Horrible.
Worst = The worst one on the list, it is Doom3D, so it's a fact, not an opinion.
??? = Can't try it.

bZDoom - above average
bZDoom is an above average source port. It has single player and multiplayer, however you can only play DWANGO5.WAD on multiplayer, which is odd. The source port comes with DWANGO5.WAD.

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csDoom - ???
csDoom was one of the first client/server source ports. It is still available for download however Internet Doom Explorer no longer supports it and no one plays on it.....ever.

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Doom3D - worst
Doom3D is possibly the worst source port out there, it is the Internet Explorer of Doom. Source ports that don't work are better than this one. You can't even configure your controls and the controls that you can't change are blank, so all you can do is move around with your mouse (you can't shoot with mouse though, just lookspring or whatever it is).

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Doom95 - fantastic
Doom95 is a great source port. I recommend everyone get it, the best part is that it comes with DOOM.WAD, DOOM2.WAD, TNT.WAD, and PLUTONIA.WAD. The whole part about it coming with the 4 Doom IWADs and it having so many multiplayer types are pretty much the only things that makes this a fantastic source port, instead of a good or above average one.

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Doom Legacy - Below Average
Doom Legacy is a failed attempt at making a client/server source port. Most of the options can't be changed for one. Two, No one plays it.

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DOOMBOT - below average
A horrible bot. In coop it doesn't even shoot the monsters. However in DM, TDM, and CTF, it might be useful........that is if DOOMBOT had such features.

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GZDoom - below average
It's a simple single player source port. It would be average if it had multiplayer.

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NetDoom - gay
It sucks, you can't even maximize the game.

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NTDOOM - best
The best source port out there.

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Odamex - above average
A new client/server source port, it's a little above average, but nobody plays it.

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Skulltag - below average
The Skulltag community is almost as bad as ZDaemon's community, but atleast Skulltag players don't make fun of dead people like the ZDaemon players do. Except of course RebDoomer, but who doesn't make fun of a guy who killed 12 high school students with the intent to kill hundreds.

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Vavoom - below average
Good graphics...until you pause the game.

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ZDaemon - fantastic
Very fun, except it has the worst community. If you don't believe me check out THIS, plus ask anyone who plays doom if the ZDaemon community sucks. ZDaemon's community is run by a faggot (Raider) and is full of 9 year old kids like Lockwolf.

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Do you seriously believe Doom 95 is one of the best ports around ?
No. Sorry, no.
Besides, it doesn't come with the IWads, it's because you've bought some Collector Edition or something like that :>

About the ZDaemon community, yeah this sucks but it's not THAT bad. Well, there weren't too many people apart from [NK]Slashher who use(d) to make fun of dead people. There are fags and kids, obviously, but I guess it's even worse on popular games. And well, we can live with that, provided you don't talk to the bad person. Smile

You're obviously forgetting a lot of ports, like the famous (Pr)Boom, jDoom, EDGE... Smile

But well, at least you gave your opinion :p
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It was a while that I wasn't in this message board.

Anyway, please look this (turn off the sound before) : http://www.doomworld.com/vb/post-hell/43352-comparison-of-source-ports/

Please remove the incriminated link being the one to doom95 from your website, it's a warez.

Thanks for reporting this Kir4, I must admit I've been too lazy to check the links Smile

Link removed.

xgmx : Please stop posting warez. I hope you understand why your thread has been helled on Doomworld. I won't do it here since we don't have a particular section with crappy music and disturbing light effets ( xD ), but consider yourself warned.
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Skulltag - below average
The Skulltag community is almost as bad as ZDaemon's community, but atleast Skulltag players don't make fun of dead people like the ZDaemon players do. Except of course RebDoomer, but who doesn't make fun of a guy who killed 12 high school students with the intent to kill hundreds.

Sorry man, I can't let you talk than Skulltag is only below average, because it's playiest the second port and look on ide and you will see a lot of Skulltag's servers.
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www.skulltag.com

www.zdaemon.org

Zdaemon -> for players
Skulltag -> for mappers
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Regarding your efforts, I'm sorry to tell you that this must be one of the worst ranking ever. You should be more involved in doom community to avoid saying bullshits.

The Skulltag mapping gives a big amount of advantages then the ZDaemon mapping. Playing on ZDaemon is better then Skulltag, but the Skulttag's mapping isn't the real DOOM mapping as I hear it, just a great thing to increase (or not?) the gameplay, to make it more advenced...
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