Gloom Deluxe (Amiga WinUAE 60Hz no commentary)
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Gloom is a first-person shooter released for the Amiga platform in 1995 by Black Magic Software using the Gloom engine. One of the more prominent Doom clones for the system, along with Alien Breed 3D, the engine is sector based, including moving sectors, but all rooms are the same height.
Combat is fast and frantic, inspired by arcade shooters. There are three episodes, the first with a science fiction theme, the next a gothic one, before finally reaching levels set in hell, culminating in a fight with a two headed dragon like creature. The game was later re-released as Gloom Deluxe in 1996, which added new graphics modes and enhancements such as on-screen weapon sprites.
The game was highly moddable via the Gloom Level Editor and has maintained a following to this day, including two commercially released total conversions, Ultimate Gloom in 1997 and Zombie Massacre in 1998, by Alpha Software. These were released as freeware in 2013. The source code to Gloom was released under the Unlicense in 2017, with the game files released as freeware.
A source port to modern systems, such as Windows and Linux, was released in 2020 called ZGloom; versions were also ported to the AmigaOS 4 and PlayStation Vita. A reverse engineered engine, XGloom, had been attempted in 2011. A recreation of the first few levels for the GZDoom engine is also available.
External links[]
- Gloom at Game Nostalgia (packed with emulator)
- Gloom source code - GitHub
- ZGloom - GitHub
- ZGloom-Vita - GitHub
- Gloom TC - ZDoom forums (HUD)
- Ultimate Gloom and Zombie Massacre
Databases[]
- Gloom on the Internet Archive
- Gloom at Amiga Hall of Light
- Gloom at Lemon Amiga
- Gloom at Classic Amiga
- Gloom at Amiga France (news post)
- Gloom at MobyGames
- Gloom at GiantBomb
- Gloom at GameFAQs
- Gloom at IGDB
- Gloom at IGN
- Gloom at Kotaku
- Gloom on TV Tropes
- Gloom at UVL
- Gloom at OpenRetro
- Gloom at Computer History
- Gloom at Games Database
- Gloom at Game Classification
- Gloom at Every Game Going
- Gloom at Astoria Games
- ZGloom-Vita at Game Brew
- ZGloom on OS4 Depot
- ZGloom at DBP Repository
Articles[]
- Gloom and Doom Preview from The One
- Gloom Review from The One
- Gloom Deluxe Preview from The One
- Short Interview: Mark Sibly - on Gloom from Lemon Amiga
- Gloom at Den of Geek
- Gloom at Everything Amiga
- Gloom at Amitopia (top 5)
- Gloom at Old School Game Blog (Amiga FPS)
- Gloom at Amiga Reviews
- Gloom at the Amiga Games Database
- Gloom at Super Adventures in Gaming
- Gloom at Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster
- Gloom at Cage's Corner
- Gloom on Nostalgia Nerd
- Gloom at Legerbloggen (Swedish)
- Gloom at Retro Gaming History (Italian)
- Gloom on The Games Machine (Italian)
- ZGloom on Bite Your Console (Italian)
- ZGloom on Talos Space
Videos[]
- Gloom on Gould Fish on Games (Amiga FPS)
- Gloom on Bog Panda
- Gloom on Nostalgia Nerd
- Gloom on Geek Battle Gaming (sounds)
- Gloom at LemonTube Amiga
- Gloom at UK Kraut Gaming
- ZGloom-Vita at Zealous Chuck
- ZGloom on Robo n' Tux
- Top Ten Amiga FPS Games by OldAndNewVideoGames
- Doomed: The Embers of Amiga FPS by Ahoy
- Top 25 Graphically Superior Amiga Games - Explored by Marvelous Gamers