- May 19,2003 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Romero is going to make us his bitch again - update by DI-MeisterM

The E³ is over and Nokia released the first Red Faction N-Gage movie. Here are some Download links:

Quicktime:
http://ncsp.forum.nokia.com/downloads/nokia/videos/red_faction_qt_9mb.zip
http://ncsp.forum.nokia.com/downloads/nokia/videos/red_faction_qt_4mb.zip

ASF:
http://ncsp.forum.nokia.com/downloads/nokia/videos/red_faction_mp4_9mb.zip
http://ncsp.forum.nokia.com/downloads/nokia/videos/red_faction_mp4_2mb.zip


- May 2,2003 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Monkeystone E³ ownage - update by DI-MeisterM

Monkeystone Games will visit the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2003 to show some of their games at the Nokia booth. Here's a quote from Tom Hall:

"Two or three of our games will be shown. Our 3D shooter for the N-Gage, Congo Cube for Cellphones, and possibly one other.

But they will be shown at our publisher or Nokia's both -- only the shooter will we be involved in helping to show off. Apart from the tons of assets we've given them. :)"

- April 1,2003 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
John is doing it again! - update by DI-MeisterM

Monkeystone Games is developing THQ's First Person Shooter "Red Faction" for Nokia's N-Gage mobile phone! Just click on the first screenshot of Red Faction running on the N-Gage to get the first facts about the game:

John Romero on Red Faction and N-Gage

- March 22,2003 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Page update! - update by DI-MeisterM

Yeah, you're reading right. Finally I added another page update to our l33t stuff section. You can get there a full explanation of how setting up an own dedicated Internetserver!


- March 11,2003 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Spiegel interview- update by DI-MeisterM

Spiegel Online published an interview with John Romero. There he talks about the violence in shooter and the future of mobile gaming. Note: the language is german!


- February 11,2003 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Monkeystone goes mobile- update by DI-MeisterM

John Romero's company called Monkeystone Games will make games for the upcoming Nokia phones, like N-Gage. Click on the image to get to the movie downloads:

- January 28,2003 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Monkeystone forums are online- update by DI-MeisterM

Yeah, the Monkeystone forums are online and working ;)
Hit the monkey to enter them:



- January 2,2003 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Forums are back online- update by DI-MeisterM

Finally! The Rome.ro forums are back online now! It seems that John paid his account ;)


- January 1,2003 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Happy new year!- update by DI-MeisterM

The Damage Inc. wishes you an happy new year and good luck for 2003!
A new and improved version of the DLL Fix for the Daikatana Mplayer Demo is now available in the Download Section. It removes several cheats from the game and adds a new mainmenu to the game. Have fun ;)


- December 26,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
New images- update by DI-MeisterM

I got tired about the old, ugly looking images. So I made new ones, like the Hiro with the Daikatana on the left and the entrance logo on the frontpage.


- December 25,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Mappack overview- update by DI-MeisterM

I added an overview of the Mappack. There you can see the authors of the official ION Storm mappack and you can get information about the maps in general. Check it out!


- December 22,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Wishes - update by DI-MeisterM

The Damage Inc. clan wishes you merry x-mas and a happy new year 2003!!!
John Romero will maybe release the DK Betas next year, who knows ;)


- November 21,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
It's not true :( - update by DI-MeisterM

The last news mentioned, that John might work on another FPS. That's not true, as he acknowledges in the Rome.ro forums:

"Um, that is an ancient 1997 news article someone dredged up and posted...."

Furthermore there will be a Daikatana section on John's page:

"Oh, there will be a full list on this site when the DK section goes up......."


- November 18,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Truth or not?- update by DI-MeisterM

Following information is available on ActionTrip:

"Romero working on a new game [Uros "2Lions" Jojic] 11:43pm(GMT)
John Romero is issuing a challenge on Ion Storm's recently opened website. The idea is to beat e2m5 in less than 1 minute and 2 seconds on skill 0.

There are also demos of Romero's matches with KillCreek from Dallas. Apparently, there was some controversy over a sexist remark included in the description at one point (intended, I presume, as a joke about the man-beatings (girl-beatings?) the Romero and KillCreek gave each other) but not to fear, it's been removed (sort of).

This is still unconfirmed, but reliable sources tell me that John Romero is working on a very hush-hush new project, powered by the latest id technology! Stay tuned for more news on this game!!"


- November 8,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Fantastic news- update by DI-MeisterM

John said following sentences in the Rome.ro forums, this explains all:

"Hey guys!
I have found all my Daikatana alphas and betas. I'll put them together for the eventual downloading!
I'll start with the most recent version.....and work backward!

[ time passes ]

Just checked one out from Aug-1998. Man, you guys are gonna go nuts digging through all this stuff. These are development builds so you get to see ALL the raw graphics files, maps, etc. Tons of stuff just in one alpha to look at.... !!!"

- October 30,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Page updates- update by DI-MeisterM

I added a few mirrors for the Daikatana patches and also uploaded two walkthroughs for the Daikatana Singleplayer ownage. Check it out!


- October 1,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Romero interview- update by DI-MeisterM

I only mention this interview in the news because John talks about Daikatana. Here's a bit from the interview:

"Doupe: Can you be self-critical? What do you think about your last projects in Ion Storm after several months?

J.R.: Well, Daikatana wasn't the game I set out to create - it took far too long and lots happened during development to ensure it would never match its potential. I think it's a decent game, but it's not a triple-A title. Anachronox was a great game, though, and along with Deus Ex, achieved what I had wanted to achieve at Ion Storm - multiple excellent games in development at once and all being released with critical acclaim. Unfortunately, Daikatana didn't make that list, but it did make an impact in a different way."


- August 28,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
What do you think...?- update by DI-MeisterM

Riiiiiiight. [S.F.C] Sarge made another tool for Daikatana. His new tool is a map loader, which is able to load Daikatana maps without extension. You can find information about that tool in the Rome.ro forums and you can download it from here.


- August 27,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Another tool available!- update by DI-MeisterM

[S.F.C] Sarge made a another tool for Daikatana. This time it's a config loader, which will load a config of your choice before Daikatana starts. You can get more information in the Rome.ro forums. I also mirrored the tool here.


- August 26,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
New tool available!- update by DI-MeisterM

[S.F.C] Sarge made a little connection tool which should help you to connect to a Daikatana server. Just type the IP and hit "connect". Detailed instructions can be found in the Rome.ro forums. I also mirrored the tool here.

- August 25,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Loginscreen available!- update by DI-MeisterM

I made a Windows XP Loginscreen with Daikatana theme. You can get it here. But if you want to take a look before, you can find here a screenshot.


- August 16,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
New song - update by DI-MeisterM

Madcow from the Rome.ro Forums has just released a Superfly Rave. You can download the .mp3 file here.


- August 8,2002 -redline.gif (43 bytes)
Back to business :)- update by DI-MeisterM

You see: I'm back from holidays, and that's the first update.
[S.F.C] Sarge released an Episode 4 conversion of the map "SS7 Original" (e1dm2a). You can find information about this in the Rome.ro forums and download the map from here.

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