Kroz, IBM-ASCII Char # 002 - Doomworld /idgames database frontend

Title:	Kroz, IBM-ASCII Char # 002
Filename:	skins/kroz.zip
Size:	9.77 KB
Date:	10/15/04
Author:	WildWeasel
Description:	Kroz, one of the millions of smiley-faces that have graced ages-old text mode games in the past, has finally gotten upset at Bill Gates for phasing DOS out of existence. So...he gets his revenge at last!
Credits:	IBM for making the Extended ASCII Char Set, which the player in this is based from, and Tim Sweeney for making ZZT, the first true Game Creation System
Base:	New sprites from scratch, smiley created entirely from memory. S_SKIN lump adapted from the one in Cultist.wad
Build time:	Two days
Editor(s) used:
Bugs:
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Archive Maintainer      : This is a skin file, so SKINS directory
Update to               : N/A
Advanced engine needed  : ZDoom, Eternity, Legacy, Skulltag
Primary purpose         : Multiplayer games (also works in singleplayer -
			: but what's the point?)
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Title                   : Kroz, IBM-ASCII Char # 002
Filename                : kroz.wad
Release date            : 10-15-2004
Author                  : WildWeasel
Email Address           : wild.weasel@gmail.com
Other Files By Author   : Doom Operational Support (doomos.wad) - that's
			: really the only one worth playing as of yet
Misc. Author Info       : Formerly obsessed with old games like ZZT,
			: Dungeons of Kroz, and MegaZeux.
Description             : Kroz, one of the millions of smiley-faces that
			: have graced ages-old text mode games in the past,
			: has finally gotten upset at Bill Gates for
			: phasing DOS out of existence. So...he gets his
			: revenge at last!
Additional Credits to   : IBM for making the Extended ASCII Char Set, which
			: the player in this is based from, and Tim
			: Sweeney for making ZZT, the first true Game
			: Creation System
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* What is included *
New levels              : None
Sounds                  : Yes - new player sounds!
Music                   : No
Graphics                : Yes - all player sprites changed, plus new
			: Exploding Death (no statusbar sprites)
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : No
Demos                   : No
Other                   : Includes S_SKIN lump needed to run this skin
Other files required    : Only the port to run this skin
* Play Information *
Game                    : DOOM / DOOM2 (may work with Heretic/Hexen/Strife
			: in ZDoom, but palette WILL be screwed up)
Map #                   : N/A
Single Player           : If you want to, yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Recommended to stand out to your team mates
			: ("Hey, don't shoot the smiley face!")
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : YES
Other game styles       : Works in Skulltag, I'm pretty sure
Difficulty Settings     : N/A
* Construction *
Base                    : New sprites from scratch, smiley created entirely
			: from memory. S_SKIN lump adapted from the one in
			: Cultist.wad
Build Time              : Two days
Editor(s) used          : WinTex 5.0, XWE, Cool Edit Pro 2.0, DOSBox 0.62,
			: ZZT 3.2, 2xExplorer's text-editor, Paint Shop
			: Pro 8.1
Known Bugs              : None to speak

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