Classic Shooters Heretic and Hexen Released Under GPL

[wraggster]

Fans of both of the Raven classics, Heretic and Hexen, have been trying for almost a decade to convince Raven Software to release engine source code for the games under the GPL, much like the DOOM engine on which both of them are based. Well, they finally did it! Source code is available at Sourceforge. Both of these games have had the source available for a while, but under a restrictive license that hindered ports and modifications. Now, thanks to dedicated fans, that's no longer a problem

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=238655

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/06/0029241

[masterchief929]

i definately see a ds port coming. :)

[pun1sh3r]

I hope this means the off-set POV on Heretic is fixed...it's distracting.

[wolfpack]

I hope this means the off-set POV on Heretic is fixed...it's distracting.

yea, same here.
plus some more decent mods will prolly be thought of for these games, as doom had the full source code released when heretic and hexen didnt.

[osgeld]

woot