Links

 

News, Information & BBSes

alt.games.heretic Usenet newsgroup. For information and/or help on Usenet (aka newsgroups) visit iBiblio's Usenet Help.

 

Parthoris.Net Forums related to Heretic and the community, as well as those dedicated to game design, including the upcoming ZombieTown II!

 

PlanetHeretic PlanetHeretic is the place for the Heretic community to call home. This is also the home to hosted sites dedicated to maps, levels, modifications and more.

 

Raven-Games A website designed especially for and by the Raven community. This site is for those who want an enhanced gaming experience and share our love for the games. We offer help and tips on our forums, or you can just chat with your new best friends.

 

RavenGames This is a fan site from gamers to gamers. Our goal is to create the most extensive information base on the web for Raven Software's games, which have been driving the industry in some cases.

 

Raven Software

Creators of Heretic II and many other incredible games. 'nuff said.

 
US Gamers A site devoted to online gaming. Gaming news, resources, clan hosting, and other items of interest to online gamers. Visit their forums!

 

 

 

Mods, Tips & Tricks and Miscellaneous

Abode of Golgotha Saga Two free single player horror themed add-ons for Heretic II which tell the story of a man named Kurien's battles with an evil magician named Yurich. They include all new levels, story, sounds and graphics. Incredible fun!

 

Assassin's Quest Contains some maps and a number of prefabs (modeled items you can include in new maps). Defunct for over two years.

 

Calisto's Candid Camera Contains pictures of Heretic II players (and their pets!) a database of birthdays and other information. See the people behind the skins!

 

CheetaH's Castle The Castle has a plethora of links related to Heretic II as well as various tutorials and a comprehensive contact list for the residents of Parthoris.

 

The Corvus Chronicles This is a single-player add-on adventure to Heretic II still under development. It is planned as a multilevel single player extension to Heretic II. It will in fact be longer than Heretic II itself. Several new textures, monsters, weapons, and atmospheres are in the making.

 

CTF: Arena Capture The Flag mod for Heretic II. Lots of fun to play! Everything you need for it is available on this site.

 

Demonic Designs An old site featuring great maps from Ablation, LordSteev and Kree. The site hasn't been updated in a while but the maps are well worth the download!

 

DrGargor's Skin Laboratory The Rebel Artists' own DrGargor teaches you how make your own skins! In addition he has all the skins he's made available for download including the awesome "team skins" seen throughout Parthoris and a few that are still available for personal use.

 

The Eye of Horus A complete list of entities for use with mapping along with a short tutorial for budding mappers.

 

Findal's Bind Emporium Findal shows you all you need to know about binds, configuring a game server, how to use H2's camera and more. Also found here are great screenshots taken while playing, map secrets and some cool new models!

 

The Ghost Shrine Featuring Wydraz's Skinning Tutorial, an essential source for the budding skinner. A detailed, step-by-step description of how to make a skin and where to get the tools you need.

 

Glyphus' Heretic II Master Cartographer and overall graphics wiz Glyphus offers some of the best-looking maps available on his site. Be sure to visit and grab 'em all!

 

Grimlock's FTP Server Grimlock graciously keeps a large FTP server up where Heretic players can download maps, skins, textures, mods, patches and more. Highly recommended!

 

Grin's Place Visit the maker of the amazing GrinBots, some of the most beautiful maps ever, awesome skins and some great mods like InstaGib and DominationH2.

 

Heretic II Arena H2 Arena is a mod coded by Bludbath. It's an easy way to fight 1-on-1 with the blade without interference by other players (particularly lamers).

 

Heretic II Siege Home of the Siege mod for Heretic II. Instead of your typical frag-fest, Siege presents the player with a more in depth and entertaining experience. This experience can most easily be summarized as a "First Person Warcraft". 

 

Hitman's This fun site offers maps, skins, tools such as MipMaker, the awesome Heretic II Screensaver and more!

 

Kree's House Download amazing maps and skins from one of Parthoris' masters, Kree! His maps are some of the very best around and used frequently on game servers so be sure to grab them on this site!

 

The Lilly Pad This site is more of a portal than anything as it is not affiliated with any clan. Be aware that this site requires a high bandwidth connection due to the large amount of Flash presentations. Nonetheless it's well worth a visit.

 

The Mapper's Shrine II The Shrine takes you through the process of creating maps for Heretic II on this great site. Many terrific maps are available here as well, as are loads of textures and help with various map editors.

 

Medusa's Place Master cartographer Medusa has all her maps available here for download. Medusa's maps are ubiquitous throughout Parthoris and they are counted among the very best the community has to offer. Note that despite the message in the News section there, the site will remain open although new material is not likely to be added.

 

Monster's Domain Monster offers a plethora of skins available for download on his site as well as the Siege mod, help for low-bandwidth modem users and more.

 

Ogre's Mod Page Contains the really fun Skilled DeathMatch/BladeMatch mod wherein your character gets better at fighting the longer he stays alive. More RPG elements in the Heretic II game!

 

Overlord's Console Commands As the name implies this site contains a listing of almost all variables and commands available in Heretic II. Although no longer updated this is a great reference site.

 

Phantom's Heretic II While the site hasn't been updated since March 2000 it still contains some good downloads if you're a mapper. Lots of textures here plus some scripting tools and a PCX header dumper utility.

 

The Quest Quest is another mod for Heretic II that offers three modes of play: The Quest, Gladiator and Village Wars. Currently only Gladiator is finished and available for download. The best way to describe it is as a blade match/The Quest mix. It just works like the normal blade match but with a more role-playing style game-play and lots of new features. Check it out!

 

R@S FTP Server Contains numerous skins, maps and miscellaneous files. Most are from R@S clan members, but we will gladly host Heretic II-related files for community members. E-mail Teez to make your file(s) available for download here. 

 

The Raven's Tavern Contains a few maps and another tutorial on mapping. This site doesn't appear to have been updated in a long time.

 

The Rodent Zone Rogue Rodent's incredible ZombieTown single-player add-on adventure is available here as well as some of the nicest skins you've seen! The ZombieTown II team is currently hard at work on the sequel, but if you haven't played the first episode go get it now!

 

The Skin Crypt The Drow clan show off their considerable skinning talents on this site. Many skins to download, including some from other authors, as well as links to various skinning tools.

 

Tales of Parthoris Original short stories and poems written by various authors and set in Parthoris, the game world of the Heretic and Hexen games. Fun reads!

 

Talon's Heretic II Hideout Another great mapper and skinner, Talon showcases his considerable skills on this site. He also has some tips & tricks on tweaking and customizing Heretic.

 

THF: The Heretic Fortress Ever wanted to play the game as a thief or cleric or even a blacksmith? Tired of the same old mindless slaughtering in H2? Try THF! The goal of the game depends on the level/mission you are playing. When the level loads, it tells you in the console what mission you are going to play. Read the different rules for the different missions on the site to learn more.

 

Tritium's Beginner's Guide Tritium gives beginners the ins and outs of starting to play Heretic II online including how to use GameSpy Lite that comes with the game. She also shows beginners how to create their own skins. If you're new to the the game this site is highly recommended.

 

Vagabond & Zonk's Models This site is home to some of the best Heretic II models available for the game by two of the most talented modelers around. Incredible work that you'll want to download and play with immediately!

 

 

 


 
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