DoomHero's idgames findings

Here's a cool puzzle map. See if you can trigger all the secrets.

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=7502

DoomHero85 said:

It wasn't by chance this:

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=12294

was it?

Damn, I think it is! Not only do you make awesome maps for dtwid, but you find long, lost forgotten doom maps! I guess they don't call you DoomHero for nothing. ;)

Heh, thx.

Some favorites from back in the day:

spirit2.wad (Quest for Demonic Spirit)
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=2189

twilab.wad (Twilight Lab)
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=2191

ship.wad
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=4861

oasis.wad (Oasis of Death)
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=6834

This last one is deathmatch...
mall.wad
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=2856

Here's another one:

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=1467

I'd like to see someone do a "tune up" for this one.

Here's a really good 3 level wad which is geared towards coop.

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=4956

Here's a map that feels deceptively easy at the beginning. Had a lot of fun in this one.

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=13979

Here's another good one. Very small though.

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=1615

This one is great except for hiding the YK in a secret.

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=2507

and it's sequel is even better.

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=2508

Here's an awesome one with nice architecture.

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=13483

It wouldn't be a bad idea to write up a bit more text, maybe toss in a picture or two, and make a blog out of this.

DoomHero85 said:

Here's an awesome one with nice architecture.

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=13483

Norman incidentally collected that one with a previous GATHER version to make the final release mentioned in the top 10 of 95. It's definitely the best map Norman ever made, at least aesthetically, and uses the ghost bug.

uhhh didn't you ever hear of classicdooming.com?

write up some mini-reviews and send them us!

Some guy who was on here ages ago had a geocities site where he was planning to go through the whole archives, play everything, and review it. He'd actually done quite a lot too, somewhere around 200 maps (as opposed to the "gave up after 10" you'd expect from such a project). Unfortunately I can't remember the guy's username let alone anything else. And Geocities has been deleted now anyway.

EDIT: Ah yes, it was called Grimm's Mini Reviews. It would help if I had read the whole thread before posting.

Anyway there's a wad called either city2 or town2 in Maximum Doom that's pretty good for it's age.

Hey Grimm. Didn't even know about your site. I'll definitely post some reviews there.

E: How do I submit reviews on your site though?

E2: Also, how is your site any different from what is already on the archive in terms of reviews? There are reviews of most of the wads in the archive already. I'm spending time looking at ones that are either mostly not reviewed, or wads from '94 through '96 that have been forgotten.

Grimm said:

uhhh didn't you ever hear of classicdooming.com?

write up some mini-reviews and send them us!

Oh, hey, I just now kind of figured out your site navigation. I originally assumed there were jack all for reviews but I was just impatient and didn't let the A - B - C buttons pop up. Definitely adding this to my "Second Opinions" page.

Info for review submissions can be found here.

From now on, i'll be putting an actual review of the maps in each post instead of just a short comment, as well as several ratings out of 10 at the end. The ratings will be: gameplay, architecture, and difficulty. Anyway, here's the first wad review.


http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=2402

This one will have you biting your knuckles. This map is very challenging, and does not give you the ammo you might want to deal with the monsters. I was expecting some crappy room to room fighting, when in fact there are some very interesting fights in this map. The architecture is bleh, but the gameplay is awesome! Give this one a go if you want a real challenge.

Gameplay: 10
Architecture: 4 (It's '95, whaddya expect?)
Difficulty: 7

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=1275

This one is a great map that for some reason is in /deathmatch but should be in /single player. Definitely one of the hardest early wads I've played because of the cramped space given to deal with the monsters. There are windy stairways and lots of detail (for '95) in this one.

Gameplay: 10
Architecture: 10
Difficulty: 9

AND.............

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=8709

This one which is dated wrong, but I played it anyway. Another castle map. This one is much more open and less challenging, but very fun. Decently long too, with some interesting areas including a teleport section in an underground cave that I really liked.

Gameplay: 8
Architecture: 8
Difficulty: 6

hex11 said:

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=2191

This is a really nice map, I highly recommend it.

xvertigox said:

This is a really nice map, I highly recommend it.

That was actually a fun map. Enjoyed it quite a bit.

Didn't play through all of these yet so the official review will have to wait, but maps 6 - 11 in this pack are very good for SP.

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=2384

Maps 6-11 were the only good maps. The first 5 felt like DM maps. Once map06 rolled around things got more interesting. More enemies. Maps 1-5 only had less than 10 ememies per map and I think map01 didn't have any enemies at all.

xvertigox said:

This is a really nice map, I highly recommend it.

Andy Badorak. One of my favorite authors. :)

Yeah this one was included in Memento Mori if I'm not mistaken and I built a map inspired by it for my megawad.

@skaman86:

Yeah he says in the .txt that the first 5 are DM.

Damn, Gotta start reading txt files :)

They look like damn good dm maps though :)

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=10232

I can't beat these, but they look like they have very good gameplay.

It's been a while. You know those "house" maps that people usually made back in the day, and how boring they were? This one isn't which is why it caught my attention. Enjoy!

http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=3220