WAD: Difference between revisions
DansFriend (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A '''WAD''' is an wikipedia:archive file used in PlayStation-era SCEE Cambridge Studio games. WADs were usually used to contain MOF files and VLO files. WADs themselves also resided in an archive file, the MWD. ==Behind the scenes== ===Etymology=== The acronym was coined during the development of wikipedia:Doom and stands for '''Where's All the Data'''?<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://5years.doomworld.com/doombible/appendices.shtml|site=Doomworld|ti...") |
DansFriend (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| (2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
A '''WAD''' is an [[wikipedia:archive file|archive file]] used in | A '''WAD''' is an [[wikipedia:archive file|archive file]] used in [[wikipedia:fifth generation era|fifth generation era]] [[SCEE Cambridge Studio]] games. WADs were usually used to contain files such as [[MOF]]s and/or [[VLO]]s. WADs themselves also resided in an archive file, the [[MWD]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://highwayfrogs.net/thread/40/frogger-file-information-megathread|site=Highway Frogs|title=Frogger File Information Megathread|published=May 13, 2019|retrieved=November 3, 2023}}</ref> | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
The acronym was coined during the development of [[wikipedia:Doom|Doom]] and stands for '''Where's All the Data'''?<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://5years.doomworld.com/doombible/appendices.shtml|site=Doomworld|title=Appendices; 5 Years of Doom|retrieved=November 3, 2023}}</ref> | The acronym WAD was coined during the development of [[wikipedia:Doom|Doom]] and stands for '''Where's All the Data'''?<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://5years.doomworld.com/doombible/appendices.shtml|site=Doomworld|title=Appendices; 5 Years of Doom|retrieved=November 3, 2023}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 03:07, 3 November 2023
A WAD is an archive file used in fifth generation era SCEE Cambridge Studio games. WADs were usually used to contain files such as MOFs and/or VLOs. WADs themselves also resided in an archive file, the MWD.[1]
Behind the scenes
Etymology
The acronym WAD was coined during the development of Doom and stands for Where's All the Data?[2]
References
- ↑ Frogger File Information Megathread on Highway Frogs. Published May 13, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
- ↑ Appendices; 5 Years of Doom on Doomworld. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
|