Have you ever re-created a map you last played 10+ years ago but can't find?

So, for many years I was on a journey to find 3 elusive wads I played in my childhood. I managed to find one a couple years ago (JFL18.WAD), which convinced me that the other 2 may still show up some time yet.

 

I would have played at least ~20 wads in the handful of years leading up to integrating with the community (between 1997 and the very early 00s) and I was able to remember all of them with the exception of just 3...

 

What I learned is that my memory of these maps must be pretty fuckin' good, because I recreated a few scenes from one about 15 years after the last time I actually played it.

 

My recreation screenshots:

 

 

 

The actual areas I was trying to recreate: (for being a 23 year old recreating maps last played at age 9, I think I did a damn good job considering the long break)

 

 

 

 

The wad in question is JFL18.WAD, a deathmatch pack from 1997. I made my "recreation" wad in 2014 and didn't actually find the bastard til 2018, and I was searching around on and off since goddamn 2007 or so!! If you want to see my recreation maps, they're here mixed in with some other generic DM maps.

 

I even found my old post from 6 years ago asking others about it, with no replies:

 

On 7/31/2014 at 10:55 AM, Doomkid said:

Okay, so I'm looking for a pack of about 15 (or maybe more) deathmatch levels that all had an entryway-like visual scheme. It was definitely intended for deathmatch, but each map had monsters. The pistol made the shotgun sound, with the reload bit cut off.

There was definitely another map in here that was outdoors with a Cyberdemon battle, though the memory is too vague to accurately replicate it. (Last time I played this WAD I was probably like 7 years old)

 

The moral of the story is, after at least 11 years of hunting I FINALLY found what I was after!

 

There are still two more wads I've yet to find..

 

One is a deathmatch-only wad that is visually very similar to both Heretic and Eternal Doom. Deep blue skies, grey stone walls, a very "castle" vibe everywhere with loads of stained-glass textures, and a really wide, open-concept design surrounded by lots of water, and it was at least a few maps, and finally it couldn't have been made after 1999. You wouldn't think there'd be too many wads out there meeting all of those criteria, but sadly it hasn't helped me in finding any leads yet.

 

The other is such a generic "competent old Doom level" that I won't even bother describing it... I did recreate a screenshot of the starting area though, and if my recreations of JFL18 are anything to go by, it's probably pretty damn accurate:

 

On 10/1/2019 at 6:16 PM, Doomkid said:

I'm looking for an old map from the 90's. It had a lot of the brown pipe texture, and I'm sure there were windows to the outside world.. My memory of the map is really vague, but I've attempted to recreate the starting room to the best of my ability:

 

 

This is one of the last two wads from my childhood I can't remember, the other being a few deathmatch maps that were well detailed for the time and used Heretic/Hexen textures, specifically the stained glass and grey stone type textures, and a lot of water around as well. Vague description I know

 

but anyway, the overarching point of this thread is:

 

• Have any of YOU ever tried to recreate an old, forgotten map you played in the past?
• On the back of that, did you ever actually end up finding the wad (and having the impeccable nature of your memory reassured to you)?!

 

I'd love to see it or hear about it!

Edited October 7, 2020 by Doomkid

I would support a megawad full of maps recreated from memory by doomkid where everyone has to guess/find which ones they are