The support files packages include SETUP, IPXSETUP, SERSETUP, the DWANGO client, DeathManager, modem initialization strings, and the readme/license text files.
* Hexen "retail beta" support files: hexbeta_supportfiles.zip
* Hexen v1.0 support files (shared between v1.0r1 and v1.0r2): hex10_supportfiles.zip
* Hexen v1.1 support files (shared between v1.1r1 and v1.1r2): hex11_supportfiles.zip
The following packages include binary patches in the vcdiff format which can be applied using a compatible tool (such as xdelta3) to convert any HEXEN.WAD or HEXEN.EXE version to any other version. Note that the IWAD is the same between both revisions of v1.0 and v1.1, only the executable is different.
* HEXEN.EXE "retail beta" to any other version: exe_vcdiffs_fullbeta.zip
* HEXEN.EXE v1.0r1 to any other version: exe_vcdiffs_1.0r1.zip
* HEXEN.EXE v1.0r2 to any other version: exe_vcdiffs_1.0r2.zip
* HEXEN.EXE v1.1r1 to any other version: exe_vcdiffs_1.1r1.zip
* HEXEN.EXE v1.1r2 to any other version: exe_vcdiffs_1.1r2.zip
* HEXEN.WAD "retail beta" to any other version: wad_vcdiffs_fullbeta.zip
* HEXEN.WAD v1.0 to any other version: wad_vcdiffs_1.0.zip
* HEXEN.WAD v1.1 to any other version: wad_vcdiffs_1.1.zip
(yes, bsdiffs would be smaller, but the memory requirements, especially for patching the IWAD, are considerably higher, and xdelta3 is what I got to build for DOS with the least effort required ;-)
The following might be useful if you are not running some flavour of UNIX or Linux
* xdelta3 (decode only) built for DOS using Open Watcom 1.9 & DOS/32A, should also work under Win9x: xdelta3_dos.exe
* xdelta3 built for Windows using Visual C++ 2015 xdelta3_win.exe
If you are too lazy or dumb to read what xdelta3 --help says, you apply the vcdiffs like this (on command line):
> xdelta3 -d -s oldfile patch newfile
I think some GUI tools for applying xdelta/vcdiff patches exist for Windows, but I haven't really looked into them. Everyone who is playing around with the original DOS versions of these games in the first place is not afraid of the command line, right?
Finally, here is a program which removes the date check (and, optionally, the constantly blinking "beta" text) from the "retail beta" executable, whether you got it by using one of the downgrade patches here or downloading it from somewhere else: hexbcrak.zip
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