Copyright: 3:48PM  4/22/95

This is a message I had received about the DOOM Codes.                  
*******Special thanks to Brian Rowan, who sent me this message*******

Stephen,

Okay, you got my curiosity up -- what's the network code for Doom?? I thought
it was removed from the game but...I guess not!

By the way, I liked the in-depth descriptions of all the codes you put in
your file. However, there's a couple clarifications I'd like to make and some
inside information for you:

1. You left out one Doom II code. IDMUSxx changes the music, where 'xx' is
the level number on which the music you want is heard (it works like the
IDCLEV code).

2. The IDFA code gives you ALL WEAPONS, AMMO, but _NOT_ the keys. You had it
the other way around in your file. Think of it this way: No 'K', no keys!

3. Do you know what SPISPOPD stands for? "Smashing Pumpkins Into Small Piles
Of Putrid Debris". Weird, huh? There's a story behind this one; John Romero
explains:

     "While designing maps, sometimes (!) we made mistakes with switches and
triggers and inadvertently closed ourselves off from the rest of the map, so
we created the IDSPISPOPD cheat code so we could walk through all the walls
and out of our dilemma. Why did we name it SPISPOPD? Well, this is a little
story that goes back many months ago, when the USENET newsgroup
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action was positively going nuts waiting for Doom's
release. Many of the people on the newsgroup were tired of talking about Doom
for almost a year, so they invented something _even cooler_ that they could
talk about, namely, the fictitous game SPISPOPD, or "Smashing Pumpkins Into
Small Piles Of Putrid Debris." They invented all kinds of awesome things this
game would do (using chainsaws on pumpkins) and who would be publishing it
(Ego Software). They even created a FAQ (frequently asked questions) for it!
Then-someone actually wrote the game! It wasn't anywhere near as ambitious as
the spec, but it was fun and is actually on the Internet Top 100 games list.
So, we included its name as an inside joke to all the Doom players on the
Internet."

4. Did you know that the "DQD" in the IDDQD code stands for Delta-Q-Delta,
some kind of weird organization one of the id Software guys was in? Here's
the full story behind that one, in John Romero's words:

  "We created the IDDQD cheat mode so we could watch the attack frames of an
attacker, so we didn't get killed while analyzing. Why DQD? Well, one of id's
programmers, Dave Taylor, was part of a three-person group called
Delta-Q-Delta. They named themselves DQD because they were the fraternity of
guys who would Quit their college classes before getting F's."

5. Did  you know that when the IDDT full map mode is on, the white arrow
representing the player has the letters "ddt" on it in green? Again, I have a
John Romero quote to explain this one:

  "When the Automap was being programmed, we needed to see if the special
codes we put on the map line segments were correct, so we needed a cheat to
display all a map's lines. This code is IDDT because Dave Taylor's signature
is DDT with an arrow through it. In the Automap, type IDDT twice and  you
will see all the things that can be seen in a map and  your player will be an
arrow with DDT over it!"


Whew! :) Hope you find this information interesting, I know I did. And I
still would like to know what the network cheat code is.
Thanks!

							B.J. Blazkowicz
							73552,3423

Well That't it!  In case you were wondering, My other file is DOOMCDS.TXT,
which I have uploaded to the modemgames forum and the ACTION games forum.
It is either called:

ALL THE CODES YOU WANT-Deeply detailed
		OR
DOOM CODES-Deeply Detailed
		OR 
Something like that :)

Please send Comments, Questions etc to Stephen Bozzone at 76463,1405...


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