Thatcher's Techbase

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Thatcher's Techbase
Thatcher's Techbase cover.jpg
Developer(s)3D: Doom Daddy Digital
Director(s)Jim Purvis
Artist(s)Rafael Batista de Lima
Composer(s)Barry Topping
Engineid Tech 1
Platform(s)Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii[1]
Release24 September 2021
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Singleplayer
Multiplayer

Thatcher's Techbase is a mod for Doom II, released by Scottish Doom developer 3D: Doom Daddy Digital on 24 September 2021. Set in the United Kingdom, the player is tasked with killing former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who has risen from the dead.

Gameplay[]

See also: Doom (1993 video game) § Gameplay

Thatcher's Techbase is a WAD for Doom 2, and largely retains the same first-person shooter gameplay, but features new weapons, levels, and enemies.[2][3] The WAD supports co-op, deathmatch, and offers five difficulty levels.[4]

Doomguy fighting a chaingunner with the new Winchester shotgun. Pro-Thatcher propaganda is visible in the background.

Plot[]

In Thatcher's Techbase, Margaret Thatcher, "one of humanity's greatest threats",[5] rises from the dead, leading the player to descend into the tenth circle of Hell, the United Kingdom, in order to kill her and send her back to Hell.[3]

Development[]

Development of Thatcher's Techbase began in winter 2020 as a joke, after director Jim Purvis saw Twitter user @spewlieandrews claim that if he was sent to Hell, he would "spend eternity scouring the place for Thatcher".[6] Purvis said that the game is dedicated to "everyone Margaret Thatcher hated and everyone who hated Margaret Thatcher".[7]

On 15 September 2021, a trailer for Thatcher's Techbase was released, which announced the game's release date.[4] Initial response to the announcement was described by Purvis "as shockingly huge", with the WAD receiving the attention of initial Doom developer John Romero.[6]

The game's soundtrack is composed by Barry "Epoch" Topping, who also wrote the music for Paradise Killer.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Thatcher's Techbase". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-09-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Price, Renata. "To Win The Game You Must Kill Me, Margaret Thatcher". Kotaku. Retrieved 2021-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b Clayton, Natalie (2021-09-15). "Hunt down a resurrected Maggie Thatcher in this frightfully British Doom campaign". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  4. ^ a b Good, Owen S. (2021-09-15). "Doom mod resurrects Margaret Thatcher as a Cyberdemon". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  5. ^ Mason, Richard. "You can hunt Margaret Thatcher through Hell in rework of classic video game". The National. Retrieved 2021-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b Peppiatt, Dom (2021-09-16). "Inside 'Thatcher's Techbase', the 'Doom' mod that lets you kill Margaret Thatcher". NME. Retrieved 2021-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (2021-09-15). "Thatcher's Techbase sees the return of "one of humanity's greatest threats"". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  8. ^ Connor, Alice O' (2021-09-15). "This new Doom mod will let you send Thatcher back to Hell". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2021-09-16.

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