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Title                   : DooM II - downgrade from v. 1.9 to v. 1.666
Filename                : dm2dwngr.zip
Release date            : 27.01.2005
                          (second upload:
                          28.01.2005, with a cleaner batch process)
Author                  : FunDuke
Email Address           : funduke@hotmail.com
Other Files By Author   : herdwngr.zip (Heretic downgrade 1.3 --> 1.0)
Misc. Author Info       : DooM archaeologist :)

Description             : This patch downgrades a Doom II -version 1.9,
                          down to v. 1.666.
                          That version can then be upgraded to v. 1.7a
                          by using the official upgrade patch. The doom2-
                          version, that has been used as a base for this
                          downgrade, had the timestamp 29. August 1994
                          ( 8-29-94 ), so you have to use the upgrade for
                          that 'sub-version'.
                          What you win by using this patch is the ability
                          to use demo-lmps and dehacked-patches, that have
                          been made for pre-1.9-versions of doom2.
                          To install just extract the content of the
                          zip-file into your doom2-folder and run the 
                          batch-file '19to1666.bat'. Wait patiently until
                          the process is done. Ignore the 'batch-file-not
                          -found'-message. Run setup.exe and play the game.
                          The upgrade from 1.666 to 1.7 can be found here:
           ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/idstuff/doom2/doom2p.zip
           ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/idstuff/doom2/doom2p.txt
                          (You have to run PATCHA.BAT)
                          If ftp.sunet.se disappears from the online world,
                          replace the part:
                          'ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/' in the
                          above URL with any mirror of
                          archives.3dgamers.com. You can find a list of
                          current mirrors at the end of this file.
                          By the way: This patch is for the DOS-version of
                          DooM II, not DooM95. The installation of the DOS-
                          version is started with INSTALL.BAT, somewhere on
                          your DooM2-CD.

Additional Credits to   : Lee Killough, for making the downgrade patch for
                                        Ultimate DooM (downgrd.zip)
                          ebay, where i found somebody, who sold me the old
                                floppy version.

*Thank you* to          : Ty Halderman, /idgames-maintainer, for his
                          patience with me, because i'm a re-upper from
                          hell!

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* What is included *

Files Included          : pcwPatch.exe  --> The patching-executable
                          19to1666.bat  --> The patch-batch
                          dm2dwngr.txt  --> The file that you are currently
                                            looking at.
                                 *.dif  --> The files that contain the
                                            differences between the
                                            versions.


Other files required    : Full DOS-version of Doom II v. 1.9


* Play Information *

Game                    : DOOM2

* Construction *

Base                    : DooM II, v. 1.9 and 1.666
Known Bugs              : So far none.
                          Please report any problem that you find to:
                          funduke@hotmail.com


* Copyright / Permissions *

You MAY distribute this file, provided you include this text file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file
intact.


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

You can find this file in the /idgames-ftp-archives at:
utils/exe_edit/dm2dwngr.zip
Please choose one of the mirrors.

The Usual: ftp://archives.3dgamers.com/pub/idgames/ <-- That's where this
                                     file has been initially uploaded to.
           list (not hall :)) of mirrors:
           ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/
           http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pc/games/idgames/
           http://public.ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/idgames/
           http://www.gamers.org/pub/idgames/
           ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/vendors/idgames/
           http://youfailit.net/pub/idgames/
           http://ftp.fdn.fr/games/idgames/
           ftp://ftp.clinet.fi/pub/mirrors/archives.3dgamers.com/idgames/
           ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/msdos/games/idgames/
           ftp://ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/games/idgames/
           ftp://ftp.netc.pt/pub/idgames/
           http://ftp.netc.pt/pub/idgames/
           http://crydee.sai.msu.ru/ftproot/pub/rec/games/idgames/

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Submitted to the /idgames-ftp-archives by FunDuke --> funduke@hotmail.com