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Title:	Boss Brain source image
Filename:	historic/bbrn_src.zip
Size:	9.97 MB
Date:	06/13/19
Author:	Wired Magazine; uploaded by Simon Howard
Description:	This is a scan of a one page article titled "The Doom Boom" that appeared in the July 1994 issue of Wired magazine. It includes an image of Jay Wilbur, John Carmack and John Romero that is likely the source of the infamous "boss brain" image of John Romero's head that appeared behind the Icon of Sin in Doom II's MAP30.
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Primary purpose         : Single play
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Title                   : Boss Brain source image
Filename                : bbrn_src.zip
Release date            : 2019-06-10
Author                  : Wired Magazine; uploaded by Simon Howard
Email Address           : [redacted]

Description             : This is a scan of a one page article titled "The
                          Doom Boom" that appeared in the July 1994 issue of
                          Wired magazine. It includes an image of Jay Wilbur,
                          John Carmack and John Romero that is likely the
                          source of the infamous "boss brain" image of John
                          Romero's head that appeared behind the Icon of Sin
                          in Doom II's MAP30.

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* What is included *

doomboom.jpg: 600dpi color scan of page 31 of Wired Magazine Volume 2,
              Issue 7 (July 1994).
doomboom.txt: Plain text copy of the contents of the article.
same_shoot.jpg: Photo from the same photo shoot posted by John Romero on his
                Twitter account.

* Copyright / Permissions *

This is the copyright of Wired Magazine, but is uploaded to the idgames
archive as "fair use" for the purpose of documenting the history of Doom
and prompting discussion about Doom II and its creation.

* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

The Usual: ftp://archives.gamers.org/pub/idgames/ and mirrors

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