Sigil Megawad for the original Doom
Sigil Megawad for the original Doom
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John Romero reveals Sigil ‘megawad’ for the original Doom

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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On the 25th anniversary of the launch of the original Doom, John Romero has revealed Sigil, a free “megawad” (a big mod) for the first game from 1993.

Those who own the original can play the new megawad, which has nine single-player levels and nine deathmatch levels from Romero, who was co-creator of the original title at id Software. His new company is Romero Games.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.