[game_preservation] Original DOOM reviews

[Henry Lowood]

Dan,

It's worth running searches on Google Books (for magazine reviews) and 
archived Google Groups (search doom review and limit to 1994, I found a 
bunch of links to reviews or comments on reviews by doing that).  I 
found a couple in Google Books by running the search - Doom review 
1994.  If you have access to electronic indexes that cover print 
magazines generally, that would be another place to look.   I don't know 
which commercial indexes you have at your industry, or I would recommend 
one.

Of course, it's not all necessarily useful information, like this snip 
from one post from alt.games.doom (28 March 1994):

I just read a*review*of*Doom*in some gaming*magazine*(I can't remember which
one, but it's the one where they have three reviewers for each game and they
score by percentage).  While it got good reviews overall, two of the 
reviewers
seemed to say that they liked Wolfenstein 3-D better!!!  I don't have the
*review*with me, but I think one of them didn't like the automap (?!!!) and
felt that Wolf 3-D had more atmosphere or suspense.

That should get you right to it!

Henry

On 3/1/2011 1:27 AM, Dan Pinchbeck wrote:

> Cheers Rowan, will have a hunt around there

>

> Dan

>

>

> Dr Dan Pinchbeck

>

> thechineseroom

> University of Portsmouth, UK

> www.thechineseroom.co.uk

> www.keep-project.eu

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> >>> Rowan Kaiser 28/02/11 7:26 PM >>>

> You might be able to find some here: 

> http://www.gnomeslair.com/2007/11/gaming-magazines-of-pre-internet-era.html

>

> I believe newsgroup archives are accessible, though I've never gone 

> that far myself, and could have citations or transcribed reviews.

>

>

> Rowan

>

> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Dan Pinchbeck 

> <dan.pinchbeck at port.ac.uk <mailto:dan.pinchbeck at port.ac.uk>> wrote:

>

>     Hey all,

>

>     I'm on the hunt for any reviews and press of the original 1993

>     DOOM when it hit - anyone got anything lurking around any old

>     magazines out there?

>

>     Thanks

>

>     Dan

>

>

>     Dr Dan Pinchbeck

>     Reader in Computer Games

>     University of Portsmouth, UK

>

>     www.thechineseroom.co.uk <http://www.thechineseroom.co.uk>

>

>

>

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