[1] Original release includes the prequel GLOOM AGA.
[2] Minimum Requirements: ECS chipset, 68020 CPU, 2MB ram (rather than AGA/2MB as implied by the game being labelled 'Amiga 1200' in the original release contents).
Recommended: Graphics card (with CyberGraphX support), 68030+ CPU, extra memory.
Graphics card and/or faster CPUs support higher detail pixels and higher quality screenmodes for graphics.
[3] Game supports a quit back to WB option, i-Glasses (for virtual reality 3Dgameplay), window play (for gfx card users only), and null/serial modem gameplay.
[3] GLOOM DELUXE(one level demo) is available on Aminet (dir: game/demo/Gloom_Deluxe.dms).
Requirements: ECS/AGA chipset, 68020 CPU or better, 2MB ram or more.
[4] A range of patches and other goodies for GLOOM DELUXE players are also available on Aminet:
(a) Enhanced chunky to planar (c2p) routines optimised for 020/040 CPUs and Akiko (CD32 only) to make the game faster on machines using the native chipset (dir: game/demo/GloomC2P10.lha).
(b) An AGA colour fix for ECS machines with gfx cards (dir: game/patch/Gloomcolourfix.lha).
(c) An AGA patch for window play for machines that don't use gfx cards (dir: game/patch/GDWindowPatch.lha).
(d) Trainers, world/level selectors and cheats that give players infinite lives, weapon powerups, invulnerability, choice between different game levels or worlds and a lot more.
Magazine Advert [Source: Skidmarks Racer Magazine, Issue 1 (Aug 95)]
When the title screen appears, press fire and you will go to the options screen. Select “ABOUT GLOOM” from the list of options and press the fire button. Now hold down the ‘HELP’ key and press fire on the joystick. The screen will flash purple to indicate the cheat is active.
Now start the game. The following keys are now available:
‘1’-‘5’ _____________ Select (and upgrade) all weapons ‘0’ __________________________________ Increase health ‘HELP’ ___________________________________ Skip levels
You can increase the strength of each weapon by pressing the number key up to 5 times.
On disk 2 of gloom in the dir ‘misc’ there is a file named ‘script’. Load the file into a text editor and you will be able to edit the script to start at any level. The script is not crunched unlike the original game!
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