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Title                   : SIMPSONS DOOM 2
Authors                 : "Spooky" Steve Blauwkamp &
                          "Decapitated" Chuck Fuoco
Email Address           : cfuoco@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
                          sjb55999@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Misc. Author Info       : Creators of Kickass.wad sound replacement
                          and original Simpsons sounds and graphics

Description             : Simpsons sprites and sounds replacements
                          for Doom II (may be used for Doom I with
                          extraneous sprites and sounds)

Additional Credits to   : Matt "Hell" Greoning
                          The authors of deutex, deusf, nwt, and doomview
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* Play Information *

Episode and Level #     : N/A
Single Player           : N/A
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : N/A
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : N/A
Difficulty Settings     : N/A
New Sounds              : Yes (many)
New Graphics            : Yes (most of the sprites and some misc. graphics)
Demos Replaced          : None

* Construction *

Base                    : New sounds personally recorded, and pictures
                          hand drawn and scanned and colored
Build Time              : About 25 hours
Editor(s) used          : DMGRAPH, NEOPAINT, DEUTEX, DEUSF, NWT
Known Bugs              : The texture patches for the large Mr. Burns
                           at the final boss don't align for an unknown
                           reason?


* Copyright / Permissions *

You may use these files and distribute it freely.  But I would require
consultation before usage of any of the pictures in other distributed
files.  Sounds may be re-distributed with author information or credit
given.

* Additional Description *

Every character has been replaced with a simpsons character, including
you as Homer.  Additional sprites have been changed as well, although
all the weapons remain the same along with most other flashy but useless
sprites.  Sound for these characters have been replaced as well to
coordinate with the pictures.

        You -----------------------> Homer
        Rifle Soldiers ------------> Moe, the bartender
        Shotgun Soldiers ----------> Police Chief Wiggam
        Chaingun Soldiers ---------> Grandpa Simpson
        Imps ----------------------> Flanders
        Demons --------------------> Barney
        Hell Knight ---------------> Patty, Marge's sister
        Barons --------------------> Selma, Marge's other sister
        Skulls --------------------> Krusty the Clown
        Cacodemons ----------------> Side-show Bob
        Pain Elemental ------------> Itchy & Scratchy show
        Revenent ------------------> Bart
        Archvile ------------------> Mayor Quimby
        Spider Demon --------------> Smithers
        Cyber Demon ---------------> Mr. Burns
        Plus a bonus for those secret levels --> play and find out


Also, I included a batch file to automate running doom2 (along with your
favorite arguments).  It will use dehacked to save the current doom2.exe,
load up the simpsons hack, run doom2, then replace the original doom2.exe.
If you wish to remove this saving and restoring then edit out those lines
in simpsons.bat.  Also, if you wish to use this with Doom I and disregard
the Doom II specific characters and sounds, then change the simpsons.bat
doom2 run line to use doom.  The dehacked patch is for doom2 ver 1.666 so
if you have another version or Doom I, then it may not be compatible.  If
it doesn't work, then comment out those line in simpsons.bat, it's not that
important (just some text changes).

NOTE:  Three files are included so that you can use only parts of the
        simpsons patch with your other favorites:
                simp2snd.wad -- for the simpsons sounds
                simp2gfx.wad -- for the homer heads and misc. graphics
                simp2spr.wad -- for the simpsons sprites

NOTE:  You must run "simpsons install" to update the simpsons sprite
        replacements with the original unchanged doom sprites.  Running
        simpsons without first installing it will undoubtably crash doom.

Have some fun, and kick some Simpsons ass!

* Update *

In order to distribute Simpsons wads without any original DOOM graphics,
a new installation is required.  Simply type "simpsons install" the first
time before running simpsons doom to set everything up.  Then use "simpsons
<doom_arguments>" to play simpsons doom with your favorite doom arguments.
Also, you can use simp_gfx.wad for the simpsons sprites, or simp_snd.wad for
the simpsons sounds separately if you desire.  This install will automatically
be called the first time simpsons in run if it has not already been
installed.
