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Gloom
Developer(s)Black Magic Software
Publisher(s)Guildhall
Composer(s)Kev Stannard
EngineCustom
Platform(s)Amiga, Amiga CD32
Release1995
Genre(s)First person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Gloom returns in Pokemon Sword and Shield. This page contains Gloom's Garlarian Pokedex information about it's location, stats,.

Gloom is a 1995computer game for the Amiga computer. Gloom was the first commercially released Amiga clone of first-person shooterDoom.

Gameplay[edit]

Gloom features 'Messy' or 'Meaty' graphics, if 'Messy' graphics are enabled gibs from enemies explode more violently but disappear promptly, and if 'Meaty' graphics are enabled, all gibs from defeated enemies will remain on the floor where they died until the level is completed.[1]Gloom Deluxe is playable on a workbench screen, a feature absent from its predecessor.[2]Gloom has a two-player mode, and can be played over a network or by using split screen.

History[edit]

Gloom was developed as Amiga Doom clone by Mark Sibly (programmer) Kurt & Hans Butler (graphics), Laki Schuster (additional artwork) and Kev Stannard (music). A later version of the game, Gloom Deluxe, featured higher resolution graphic modes.

  1. Gloom's map editor and utility programs were written in Blitz BASIC, a programming language written by Mark Sibly, one of the developers of Gloom. Gloom was developed in a year, and development began in May 1994. In a 1995 issue of The One, a British gaming magazine, Gloom was previewed before release with some information about its development.
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Gloom was followed by Gloom 3. A Gloom 2 was announced but not released.[3]

In January 2017 the assembly and BlitzBasic 2source code of Gloom was released as public domain software under unlicense on GitHub.[4] The assets were released 'for historical and archiving purposes'.[5]

Development[edit]

Gloom's map editor and utility programs were written in Blitz BASIC, a programming language written by Mark Sibly, one of the developers of Gloom.[6]Gloom was developed in a year, and development began in May 1994.[6] In a 1995 issue of The One, a British gaming magazine, Gloom was previewed before release with some information about its development. Gloom was also the cover story of this issue, and a demo of Gloom was included on the cover disk.[6]The One's logo is on several walls in Gloom in the demo.[7] Several developers at Black Magic Software were interviewed, including Mark Sibly, Hans and Kurt Butler, who worked on graphics, and Kev Stannard. Mark stated in regards to Gloom's name: 'The name sort of started out as a joke ... just something to call the project while we were working on it. By the time we had to settle on a 'real' name, we threw around some petty weird ones like Gorefest '95, and Bloodbath, but wound up sticking with Gloom. Probably because we were all used to it.'[6]

The crew behind Gloom met while working on a game together, with Mark describing the situation as 'a bit of a drama, to be honest. We'd gone over there to work for this rich guy who wanted to get into the games publishing biz, but things turned pretty ugly at the end. We actually finished the game, but nothing ever came of it.' While it is a Doom clone, the development team attempted to differentiate Gloom from its inspiration and other Doom clones by dividing the game into 'distinct graphic styles' to 'alter the mood of the game entirely.' A trait noted by Kurt Butler is that many other Doom clones' sprites 'don't really stand out from the background graphics ... I think this is due to the fact that they used colours too dull and similar to the background shades.' Gloom's enemy sprites are designed to stand out from the background, which aids the player to see them at a distance.[6]

A key feature of Gloom is that all enemies explode into gibs upon being killed rather than leaving a corpse, and to promote this feature, a competition was run in The One magazine to correctly match up pictured in-game gibs with what body part/organ they are, with the winner's face being put into Gloom.[7]

Gloom was stated to cost £29.99 in 1995.[8]

Reception[edit]

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
CU Amiga90% (Amiga)[8]
The One90% (Amiga)[1]

The game was ranked the 18th best game of all time by Amiga Power.[9]The One magazine gave Gloom an overall score of 90%, stating: 'The emphasis of the game is on action, and there is plenty of it. ... The only disappointing thing I can think of is that there is a distinct lack of weapons. Only one gun can be carried at a time ... The guns get quite beefy but the ability to carry a massive arsenal and swap between shotguns, bazookas, et al is sadly missing.' The One found the gibbing of enemies 'immensely satisfying' and referred to Gloom as 'bloody brilliant'[1]

CU Amiga gave Gloom an overall score of 90%, praising Gloom's rock soundtrack, and calling its graphics and enemies 'impressive'. CU Amiga expressed that they feel Gloom differentiates itself from Doom, stating that while Doom 'has more atmosphere', Gloom is 'more frantic'. CU Amiga summarises Gloom's combat as 'excellent'.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abc'Gloom Review'. The One. No. 82. emap Images. August 1995. p. 26-29.
  2. ^'Gloom Deluxe Preview'. The One. No. 87. emap Images. December 1995. p. 14-15.
  3. ^'Bright News For Gloom!'. The One. No. 84. emap Images. October 1995. p. 11.
  4. ^GloomAmiga on GitHub - Source code of Gloom released in May 2017
  5. ^LICENSE 'the license does not cover any other asset within the repository, which is only present for historical and archiving purposes.'
  6. ^ abcde'Doom and Gloom: Gloom Preview'. The One. No. 79. emap Images. May 1995. p. 18-21.
  7. ^ ab'A Place In Gaming History! With Black Magic And Gloom!'. The One. No. 79. emap Images. May 1995. p. 79.
  8. ^ abcDykes, Alan (September 1995). 'Gloom Amiga Review'. CU Amiga. emap Images. p. 45.
  9. ^'The Ultimate Amiga Power All-Time Top 100'. Amiga Power. No. 64. Future Publishing. August 1996. p. 25.

External links[edit]

  • Gloom at Hall of Light – The Database of Amiga Games
  • Gloom at MobyGames
  • GloomAmiga on GitHub - Source code of Gloom released in May 2017
  • Gloom CD-32 Disk Art on Archive.org
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gloom

(glo͞om)n.1.
a. Partial or total darkness; dimness: switched on a table lamp to banish the gloom of a winter afternoon.
b. A partially or totally dark place, area, or location.
2.
a. An atmosphere of melancholy or depression: Gloom pervaded the office.
b. A state of melancholy or depression; despondency.
v.intr.
2. To feel, appear, or act despondent, sad, or mournful.
v.tr.
2. Archaic To make despondent; sadden.
[Probably from Middle English gloumen, to become dark, look glum.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

gloom

(ɡluːm) n
2. a state of depression or melancholy
3. an appearance or expression of despondency or melancholy
vb
6. to make or become dark or gloomy
[C14 gloumben to look sullen; related to Norwegian dialect glome to eye suspiciously]
ˈgloomfullyadv
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

gloom

(glum)
n.
2. a state of melancholy or depression.
3. a despondent or depressed look or expression.
v.i.
5. to look sad or dejected; frown.
v.t.
7. to make dark or somber.
[1300–50; (v.) Middle English gloumben,glomen to frown, perhaps representing Old English *glūmian (akin to early German gläumen to make turbid); see glum]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

Gloom

See Also: BEHAVIOR; DEJECTION; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, SERIOUS; SADNESS

  1. Bleak and uninviting as an empty hotel room —Jonathan Valin
  2. Bleak as a winter hillside —F. van Wyck Mason
  3. Brain which had become as inhospitable to the brighter side of life as a house without windows is to cheerful lodgers —Bertold Brecht
  4. Brooded over … misfortune, like Hamlet or a character in Ibsen —Mary McCarthy
  5. Brooding … like a martyr —Paul Reidinger
  6. Brooding like a woman unsatisfied —Joanne Selzer The comparison as used by the author in a poem entitled Summer Heat refers to the atmosphere after a heavy storm. The simile in its full context begins as follows: “The air hung heavy after the storm, brooding …”
  7. Brood like a ghost —Fannie Stearns Gifford
  8. Cheerful as a turkey before Thanksgiving —Anon Variants for changing seasons include: “Cheerful as a rabbit before Easter” and “Cheerful as a goose before Christmas.”
  9. Cold and gray … like the mortuary —Mike Fredman
  10. Dour as a wet cat —Warren Beck
  11. Felt heavy as Sunday —John Braine
  12. Gloom … dark and stagnant like a bed of straw for sick livestock —Kenzaburo Oë
  13. Gloom, like a poisonous mist, fills the car —Ira Wood
  14. Gloomy and melancholy, like ghosts —Mark Twain
  15. Gloomy as a beach resort on a wet Sunday in July —Anon This may be inspired by a much-used, also unattributed simile, “Gloomy as a graveyard on a wet Sunday afternoon.”
  16. [A house] gloomy as a crypt —Michael Korda
  17. Gloomy as a tick on Sunday —Grace Paley
  18. Gloomy as a wet holiday —Anon
  19. Gloomy as night —Homer
  20. Glum as a gumboil, as sad as despair —Don Marquis
  21. Glum as a student who’s fallen hopelessly behind —John Gardner
  22. Glum as a tongue-tied parrot —Joseph C. Lincoln
  23. Grew clouded and closed, like the dense pallid sky —Sylvia Berkman

    See Also: RESERVE

  24. Ill-humor is like laziness, for it is a kind of laziness —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  25. It was the kind of day that made suicide look like a reasonable proposition —Mike Fredman

    See Also: DAY

  26. Looked like he swallowed a lemon —William Diehl
  27. Melancholy as a defeated politician —Herbert V. Prochnow
  28. Melancholy as a gib [castrated] cat —William Shakespeare
  29. Melancholy sound … like the weeping of a solitary, deserted human heart —Guy de Maupassant

    See Also: NOISE

  30. Moping around like a chicken with the dropsy —Babs H. Deal
  31. (The men grew silent and) morose like lumps of soft coal —Richard Ford
  32. A sense of melancholy had enveloped her like a sheath —Charles Johnson
  33. (My grandmother had) a permanently bleak outlook … like one of those cartoon characters with a small cloud over their heads —Susan Walton, New York Times/Hers, June 25, 1987
  34. Somber and unreadable as Latin —Tony Ardizzone
  35. Sour as port decanted too long —Truman Capote
  36. Sulked like a bear —Anon
  37. We [three motorists] drove out the lane like a funeral cortege —Ross Macdonald
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

gloom


Past participle: gloomed
Gerund:

Gloom Age

glooming
Imperative
gloom
gloom
Present
I gloom
you gloom
he/she/it glooms
we gloom
you gloom
they gloom
Preterite
I gloomed
you gloomed
he/she/it gloomed
we gloomed
you gloomed
they gloomed
Present Continuous
I am glooming
you are glooming
he/she/it is glooming
we are glooming
you are glooming
they are glooming
Present Perfect
I have gloomed
you have gloomed
he/she/it has gloomed
we have gloomed
you have gloomed
they have gloomed
Past Continuous
I was glooming
you were glooming
he/she/it was glooming
we were glooming
you were glooming
they were glooming
Past Perfect
I had gloomed
you had gloomed
he/she/it had gloomed
we had gloomed
you had gloomed
they had gloomed
Future
I will gloom
you will gloom
he/she/it will gloom
we will gloom
you will gloom
they will gloom
Future Perfect
I will have gloomed
you will have gloomed
he/she/it will have gloomed
we will have gloomed
you will have gloomed
they will have gloomed
Future Continuous
I will be glooming
you will be glooming
he/she/it will be glooming
we will be glooming
you will be glooming
they will be glooming
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been glooming
you have been glooming
he/she/it has been glooming
we have been glooming
you have been glooming
they have been glooming
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been glooming
you will have been glooming
he/she/it will have been glooming
we will have been glooming
you will have been glooming
they will have been glooming
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been glooming
you had been glooming
he/she/it had been glooming
we had been glooming
you had been glooming
they had been glooming
Conditional
I would gloom
you would gloom
he/she/it would gloom
we would gloom
you would gloom
they would gloom
Past Conditional
I would have gloomed
you would have gloomed
he/she/it would have gloomed
we would have gloomed
you would have gloomed
they would have gloomed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
Noun1.gloom - a state of partial or total darkness; 'he struck a match to dispel the gloom'
somberness, sombreness
2.gloom - a feeling of melancholy apprehension
gloominess, somberness, sombreness
apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread - fearful expectation or anticipation; 'the student looked around the examination room with apprehension'
3.gloom - an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; 'gloom pervaded the office'
gloominess, glumness
ambiance, ambience, atmosphere - a particular environment or surrounding influence; 'there was an atmosphere of excitement'
cloud - a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; 'the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French'
bareness, bleakness, desolation, nakedness - a bleak and desolate atmosphere; 'the nakedness of the landscape'
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

gloom

noun
1.darkness, dark, shadow, cloud, shade, twilight, dusk, obscurity, blackness, dullness, murk, dimness, murkiness, cloudiness, gloominess, duskinessthe gloom of a foggy November morning
darknesslight, daylight, radiance

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2.depression, despair, misery, sadness, sorrow, blues, woe, melancholy, unhappiness, desolation, despondency, dejection, low spirits, downheartednessthe deepening gloom over the economy
depressiondelight, joy, happiness, brightness, high spirits, mirth, cheerfulness, jollity
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

gloom

nounA feeling or spell of dismally low spirits:
blues, dejection, depression, despondence, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dumps, dysphoria, funk, glumness, heavy-heartedness, melancholy, mope (used in plural), mournfulness, sadness, unhappiness.
verbTo make dim or indistinct:
becloud, bedim, befog, blear, blur, cloud, dim, dull, eclipse, fog, mist, obfuscate, obscure, overcast, overshadow, shadow.
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šerosmutek
drūmumsnomāktībatumsa
alaca karanlıkkederüzüntüyarı karanlık

gloom

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[gluːm]N
2. (= sadness, despondency) → melancolíaf, tristezaf
it's not all gloom and doom here → aquí no todo son pronósticos de desastre
she's always full of gloom and doom → siempre lo ve todo negro
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gloom

[ˈgluːm]n
(= pessimism) → tristessef, mélancolief
economic gloom →
gloom and doom → morosité et sinistrose
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gloom

n
(= sadness) → düstereorgedrückteStimmung; economic gloom → ; an air or atmosphere of gloom → eine düstereorgedrückteAtmosphäre; to cast a gloom over something → einen Schatten auf etw(acc) → werfen; a gloom descended on us → eine düstereStimmungüberkam uns; he was filled with gloom → er war sehr bedrücktorniedergeschlagen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

gloom

[gluːm]n
a. (darkness) → oscurità, buio
in the gloom → nell'oscurità, al buio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Gloomy

gloom

(gluːm) noun
1. a state of not quite complete darkness. I could not tell the colour of the car in the gloom. duisterheid, skemerheid ظَلام دامِس، حُلْكَه мрак escuridão šero die Dunkelheit mørke μισοσκόταδοpenumbra pimedus تیرگی؛ کم نوری hämärä demi-jourקדרות आंशिक अंधकार, उदासी polumrak homály remang-remang myrkur, dimma oscurità 薄暗がり 어둠 tamsa tumsa kekelaman halfduisterdyp skygge, mørkepółmrok تياره escuridão semiîntuneric мрак šero polmrak tmina dunkel ความมืด alaca karanlık, yarı karanlık 陰暗 темрява, морок دھندلاہٹ bóng tối lờ mờ 阴暗
2. sadness. The king's death cast a gloom over the whole country. droefgeestigheid غَم، كَرَب، كآبَه меланхолия tristeza smutek der Trübsinn forstemthed θλίψηpesimismo, tristeza, melancolía kurbus اندوه synkkyys tristesseעצב उदासी tuga, žalost szomorúság kesedihan drungi, depurð tristezza 憂うつ 우울, 침울 liūdesys, nusiminimas drūmums; nomāktība kemuraman somberheiddyster stemning, forstemthet przygnębienie غمجن والى tristeza tristeţe печаль smútok potrtost seta dysterhet, förstämning ความเศร้าโศก üzüntü, keder 憂鬱 сум, смуток افسردگی sự u sầu 忧郁
ˈgloomy adjective
1. sad or depressed. Don't look so gloomy. somber, droefgeestige كَئيب тъжен triste smutný, sklíčený schwermütig forstemt μελαγχολικόςtriste, melancólico, sombrío morn محزون؛ افسرده synkkämielinen tristeעגום अंधेरा tužan, depresivan szomorú, bús sedih dapur, hnugginn triste 憂うつな 침울한 liūdnas, nusiminęs nomākts; nospiests muram somberdyster, forstemt, melankolskponury غمجن، تت triste trist угрюмый smutný potrt sumoran dyster เศร้าหมอง üzgün 憂鬱的 сумовитий, смутний اداس rầu rĩ 忧郁的
2. depressing. gloomy news. neerslagtige مُثير للكآبَه потискащ melancólico deprimující traurig forstemmende καταθλιπτικόςtriste, pesimista sünge غمگین کننده masentava sombreקודר निराशाजनक tužan, depresivan nyomasztó menyedihkan niðurdrepandi deprimente 気をめいらせる 우울하게 하는 slogus nospiedošs; nomācošs yang menyebabkan kemuraman bedroevendtrist, dysterprzygnębiający غمجن والى melancólico sumbru печальный bezútešný žalosten depresivan dyster, trist ห่อเหี่ยวใจ üzücü 令人沮喪的 сумний افسردہ thất vọng 令人沮丧的
3. dim; dark. gloomy rooms. donker مُعْتِم، دامِس мрачен escuro tmavý düster mørk θαμπός, σκοτεινόςoscuro, lóbrego, tenebroso pime نیمه تاریک pimeä sombreאפלולי कम अंधेरा tmuran, mračan sötét remang-remang dimmur, skuggsÿnn buio 薄暗い 어두운 niūrus tumšs; drūms muram sombermørk, dyster mroczny نیمه تیاړه escuro întunecat мрачный tmavý mračen mračan dunkel มืดคลึ้ม karanlık, kasvetli 陰暗的 похмурий تاریک tối tăm; u ám 黑暗的
ˈgloominess noun
duisterheid, somberheid غَم، كآبَه، عَتْمَه мрак escuridão tmavost; skleslost der Schwermut mørke μελαγχολίαoscuridad, penumbra, sombra süngus افسردگی؛ تاریکی synkkyys assombrissementקדרות, עצב उदासी, निराशा tmurnost, potištenost borongósság keremangan dimma; drungi oscurità 薄暗さ 우울함 niūrumas, liūdnumas drūmums; nomāktība kemuraman somberheid, droefgeestigheiddysterhet, forstemthet mroczność خپګان escuridão întunecime мрачность ponurosť mračnost sumornost dunkel, dysterhet, förstämning ความเศร้าหมอง kasvet, üzüntü 鬱鬱寡歡 морок اداسی cảnh tối tăm 忧闷
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