90s wads

[bb2731]

What are some 90s wads that are still worth playing today?

[Edward850]

https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Top_100_WADs_of_All_Time

 

[Valboom]

Perdition’s Gate:

https://web.archive.org/web/20211007001312/http://www.mustaine.com/about/video-game-work/perditions-gate/

[joepallai]

Outpost21

Castle of Evil (CastEvil)

Hellrun2

Nostromo's Run 

OOZI

Brundle

Nukemine

DieYoung

The RRWARD series

DIOPATRA

 

(note that I like exploratory levels so your mileage may vary on some of these)

 

Forgot these:

 

FORTDTH!

Richard Wiles' Dickie series

666EPIS

 

 

Edited September 7, 2022 by joepallai

[VoanHead]

To add onto what joepallai said, also try:

Hell 2 Pay

Batman Doom (the single most impressive deHacked usage I have ever seen right next to Doom 4 Vanilla)

Memento Mori II (do not play the first one, the first one is cringe)

Heroes 2 (just a bunch of 90s maps brought together, some good some bad, enjoyable experience overall)

and finally the darkening 1 & 2

[Gregor]

Hell Revealed.

If you got the guts.

[bb2731]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll definitely be sure to check them out.

[RoastDoom]

Requiem is a favourite of mine, well worth playing.

I actually enjoyed quite a lot of Memento Mori, but it has some stinkers for sure though(looking at you Kinetic).

[Alaxzandarz]

Dystopia 3 is definitely worth playing. Very nice looking maps that play pretty well for the time.

[Doomkid]

Area51, DoomCity, Hellrun2, Bermuda, UAC_Dead - some favourite wads I found online back in the late 90s.

 

Far Side of Phobos, Phobos by Roger Ritenour, Cleimos - episodes I played within the last few years that rubbed me the right way.

 

Theres a ton more 90s/vanilla wads in the Big Vanilla Wad Pack!

[TheRevenant212]

Friggin love Area 51 and Doom City although I also really like Fistful of Doom and Star Doom!

[Maximum Matt]

ORACLE.wad by Jim Flynn

[Somniac]

Fava Beans, Run Buddy, Chord G, anything by Iikka Keränen - Mines for example. 

[ReaperAA]

Apart from the ones already mentioned, I would mention The Darkening E1 (released in 1998) and E2 (2000, although most naps were complete by 1999)

 

E2 in particular while not as exciting as modern wads in general, is surprisingly polished in terms of visuals and has tight encounter and ammo balance. In a way feels like BTSX before BTSX

[Shepardus]

Demonfear is pretty good - short, snappy levels, kind of like a predecessor to Scythe.