The 2.88MB were rare. Don't think I ever encontered one.
I got a couple of free boxes of 120MB Imation Ultra Disks and had an internal and a few external USB drives also free. Still have some unopened along with one or two externals somewhere. The pinnacle of floppy drive technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperDisk
oh man. i bought The Doom Hacker's Guide back in 1995 or 6 when i was a youngling and i spent so much time editing Beastie Boys samples into the soundscape and creating custom maps. that book and game were my first real entry points into software hacking and i grew up to have a career in cybersecurity. i am certain that, without Doom, i would be doing something drastically different today
In case anyone under 30 is wondering, there was a long, long period where you couldn't go 3 minutes without hearing some kid say they need TP for their bunghole.
You could also download them from BBSes but that often took a decent chunk of time. When Doom came out, I was flying high at 14.4k speeds and downloading the shareware version could often take 30+ minutes depending on a lot of factors.
AOL had a big depository of game mods including DOOM wads. Notable ones were Simpsons and howard stern sound packs. They had a bunch of fully downloadable games too.
chewmaca2
GO
GentryFriedRichFillets
One of my favorite mods added Macho Man sounds to left for dead.
Creeping along stealthily and accidentally trigger a wave and then rising sounds of "Oh Yeah!" "Snap into a slim jim!" begin surrounding you.
Starbolt81
I have beavis and butthead replacing the jockey and smoker sounds in L4D2, to carry on the tradition
FlatPlutoSociety
My first experience with malware was a Wolfenstein 3D mod that let you shoot Barney the dinosaur. Unfortunately, it also did other things.
treboresque
L0rdinquisit0r
so like an early version of mods
JayDeeDubs
Exactly an early version of mods
Blakeadelic
FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
yourdesiredusernameisnotavailable
I had that mod. I still walk around going "kill people" in beavis' voice under my breath
MrHappySmiles
Hehe.. I Need Ammo! For my butthole.. hehe.
BloodBlight
Video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4DAkdZpucE
Download: https://www.moddb.com/mods/beavis-butt-head-for-doom-bunghole-edition/addons
ddubya42
3.25mb, could hold, what, like, 5 wav files?
bastardpants
Seems like 10, but one seems to be 0 bytes. https://archive.org/details/beavisbuttheaddoomgam098
bastardpants
Unpacked the image, there are actually 31
JoeyJoeJoeSeniorShabadoo
It was probably 1-2 second clips @22050Hz mono so much more than 5.
ScoundrelPDX
3.5" disk, depending on the version, could hold 720kb, 1.44mb, or 2.88 mb
TheVillageGrouch9000
The 2.88MB were rare. Don't think I ever encontered one.
I got a couple of free boxes of 120MB Imation Ultra Disks and had an internal and a few external USB drives also free. Still have some unopened along with one or two externals somewhere. The pinnacle of floppy drive technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperDisk
pr0t34n
oh man. i bought The Doom Hacker's Guide back in 1995 or 6 when i was a youngling and i spent so much time editing Beastie Boys samples into the soundscape and creating custom maps. that book and game were my first real entry points into software hacking and i grew up to have a career in cybersecurity. i am certain that, without Doom, i would be doing something drastically different today
LabyrinthBuilder
IamIntoleranceIntolerant
I had the Aliens add on. Damn, that was good.
Marikhen
If it's the one I played... I loved it, but boy was moving around a bitch at times thanks to the "solid" objects cluttering up the maps.
Alistairetheblu
the one where the 1st level had 0 enemies, making you paranoid all the way through, then 2nd level there's an ambush right at the start?
studog2010
Diabolical! Modern game design needs to rediscover its roots.
TheFuckfaceWhisperer
Yah, the background sounds were the scuttling aliens, and sometimes you'd hear "There's movement all over the place!"
FishieStardust
But does it run Doom?
StarscreamAndHutch
Its run by Doom.
FishieStardust
FishieStardust
Wrong fav reaction I'm sorry. Here:
FishieStardust
Also
drhobotron
Remember when someone gave you a random disk and you just ran whatever was on it?
WaxedApple
Its certainly not a virus
Emberpaw
It is ancient and rumoured to not exist
JonatasAM
I like the tutorial in the diskette.
TheVillageGrouch9000
I manually added a fart noise to a few HL audio files. Barney: **fart** What is that smell?
JayDeeDubs
I had one that added evil dead/army of darkness sounds. It was a good time
PutItInNeutral
That jist turns the game into Duke Nukem.
JayDeeDubs
It's not far off, no. But this was still a few years before Duke Nukem 3D
Beefkins
One of the things I miss from my childhood was going to computer shows where you'd find all kinds of shit like this.
camn333
EricPisch
T P for my bunghole
TransliciouslyYours
That brought me great joy tonight, thank you.
Darkwell
In case anyone under 30 is wondering, there was a long, long period where you couldn't go 3 minutes without hearing some kid say they need TP for their bunghole.
InnerBushman
The brain rot of our times.
Killerpixler
Arguably still more inspired than 6-7 😂
chumpacabra
type apogee press aardwolf
mksu
I honestly would not have guessed that distributable mods pre-dated digital distribution of games.
Eyhlix
Is that not what "shareware" is? Well, not wholly, but... you get it.
Megadestructo
You could also download them from BBSes but that often took a decent chunk of time. When Doom came out, I was flying high at 14.4k speeds and downloading the shareware version could often take 30+ minutes depending on a lot of factors.
beaverusiv
https://preservetube.com/watch?v=tFb89_gN2dE
shiznid
AOL had a big depository of game mods including DOOM wads. Notable ones were Simpsons and howard stern sound packs. They had a bunch of fully downloadable games too.
BallsToYouMyGoodSir
ahh yes AOL the destroyer of PC's
beaverusiv
You used to get code from magazines sometimes:
JonatasAM
They were also digitally distributed first.
aRabidGerbil
You used to be able to get computer programs over the radio, include games and mods
throwaway12345432
Used to be able to get them as booklets that you had to type out to create the program.
valen00
goto 10