Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser

Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by mikkergp on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @02:54PM (#33334685)

Are there any active communities playing multiplayer doom? (Preferably with a version compatible with Mac). I've looked but been unable to find any.

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Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by gond on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @03:34PM (#33335116)

There is the community around ZDeamon [1]. As a Doom port, it has its own server browser, Discord and a built-in IRC browser to get to their channel. Binarys are available for Win, Linux and MacOs. IME, especially popular there are gigantic megaWADs, which are played by fifteensomething players in coop mode simultaneously.

[1] https://www.zdaemon.org

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Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by ASalazarMX on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @03:44PM (#33335237)

Holy cow, 15 players in coop sounds really fun!

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Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by danjoredd on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @03:35PM (#33335127)

As long as a game allows someone to run their own server, a community never truly dies. There are people who still play Half Life 2: Deathmatch and Counter Strike Source because we can run our own server

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Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by knome on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @05:16PM (#33336281)

>Counter Strike Source

Ha. There's still people on CS1.6. I dip in a play a couple games every now and again. I found a server, not too long ago, that was running a full conversion Rocket League mode. Occasionally, you could see a flash showing that you're just a CT/T wielding a knife before the custom graphics load in and you're playing soccer with rocket propelled cars.

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Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by slig on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @08:34PM (#33338166)

CS 1.6 can be played on a browser nowadays.

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Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by mikeodds on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @03:33PM (#33335100)

There is also https://www.zdaemon.org/?CMD=downloads

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Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by jan_k_ on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @03:05PM (#33334818)

The most active multiplayer Doom port is Zandronum, using the Doomseeker server browser to join games. Mac support may be a bit flaky, but I think it currently works (join the Discord for help).

https://zandronum.com/ - get the software, join the discord

https://doomlist.net/ - see active servers

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Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by AgentME on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @05:06PM (#33336189)

I've always much preferred Zandronum over Zdaemon because it's open source and it has much more advanced mod capabilities (with much more Zdoom/Gzdoom mod support than Zdaemon), supporting mods adding game modes like the PVE Invasion mode.

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Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by anonymousiam on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @03:25PM (#33335015)

I have always considered Quake to be the natural successor to Doom, and it is fully multi-player.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_(video_game)

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Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by mbrndtgn on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @03:03PM (#33334795)

Zandronum if you want to use mods, odamex if you prefer a vanilla experience. The odamex discord server is a good starting point.

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Re:Wad Commander: Play Doom I and II in the Browser by qbasic_forever on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @04:02PM (#33335413)

Doomworld forums are a good place to find the current doom community folks.

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