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Re: the difference that makes doom better than descent

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From: deca... Michael Hoopes
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <8098137...@kildare.demon.co.uk>,
   j...@kildare.demon.co.uk (Jim Wraith) wrote:
:bwi...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Blake Winton) wrote:
:
:* In article <40tif6$k...@jaxnet.jaxnet.com>, Someone  <> wrote:
:* >>for about 2 levels.  I think the sound effects are one of the most 
important 
:* >>things which makes Doom so great.  The blast of the shot gun, the sounds 
of 
:* >>the monsters screaming in pain, the sound of *You* screaming in pain when 
you 
:* >>die; it's truly an experience in Chaos!
:
:* As I was watching Lois and Clark the other day, I noticed that the sound
:* that Superman makes as he flys away was identical to the sound the
:* rocket launcher makes in Doom...  I guess that what I'm trying to say is
:* that the sounds effercts are so great that TV shows steal them.  Quite
:* the compliment, I'd say...
:
:* Blake.
:
:And on sci-fi weekend on Channel 4, they had a space-ship shaped like
:a four, and as it flew away it sounded like the shhooooo...  you hear
:when the BFg releases a shot.
:+-------------------------+-----------------------+------------+
:| "He's representative of |.......................|''''''''''''|
:|    his sickly breed."   |j...@kildare.demon.co.uk| Jim Wraith |
:|      -Ren and Stimpy    |'''''''''''''''''''''''|............|
:+-------------------------+-----------------------+------------+
:

Does anyone know where id got their sounds? These TV shows undoubtedly get a 
lot of theirs from a common source.

Michael Hoopes
http://www.fishnet.net/~decadent/beer.html
Camarillo, CA
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From: deca...@fishnet.net (Michael Hoopes)
Subject: Re: the difference that makes doom better than descent
Date: 1996/01/08
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