Ultimate Doom Megawads and Episodes

[princetontiger]

Wowsers... everytime I think my Doom addiction has been put to rest - and it seems to reappear every couple years - I find gem threads like this.

 

I'll have to play some of these. Cringe looks interesting.

[thestarrover]

Episode1.wad by Gareth Lough. Episode 1.

Doom and Doom 2 version. Both are still available on his site (archived). On idgames, curiously, only the Doom 2 release is downloadable.

[FEDEX]

On 11/15/2022 at 9:37 AM, SilverMiner said:

37 levels, boom cl 9

https://www.mediafire.com/file/j5rxlr5e74y2kjw/128K_UD.zip/file

 

Any difference between this mediafire version (link broken) and the final idgames release?

[princetontiger]

One of the best parts about playing these Doom wads from the 90s is that tastes in art (books, videogames, paintings, etc.) change over time.

 

We've decided collectively as a society that maybe some of that retro stuff from the past several decades isn't that bad after all. I remember when Super NES games were being tossed out for free when the Nintendo 64 came out. And, when people were getting rid of Doom for newer FPS games.

 

Cringe is a great example of a 90s Doom wad. I love playing old stuff like this. I can really feel myself going back in time with technology and gaming.

Edited November 17, 2022 by princetontiger

[Garlichead]

1 hour ago, princetontiger said:

One of the best parts about playing these Doom wads from the 90s is that tastes in art (books, videogames, paintings, etc.) change over time.

 

We've decided collectively as a society that maybe some of that retro stuff from the past several decades isn't that bad after all. I remember when Super NES games were being tossed out for free when the Nintendo 64 came out. And, when people were getting rid of Doom for newer FPS games.

 

Cringe is a great example of a 90s Doom wad. I love playing old stuff like this. I can really feel myself going back in time with technology and gaming.

Haven't play that one yet, but the boxy designs of 90s wad makes me very nostalgic.

 

Check out Cleimos if you haven't already. I played it earlier this year and liked it a lot.

 

[princetontiger]

I guarantee that the boxy design was derided back in the day. Today, it's not that bad. In fact, it's refreshing from some of the new fangled stuff. Great maps don't need great graphics to be fun. It's the same reason I play NES games every now and then.

 

I'll check out Cleimos. It looks fun.

Edited November 17, 2022 by princetontiger

[SilverMiner]

11 hours ago, FEDEX said:

Any difference between this mediafire version (link broken) and the final idgames release?

I dunno, I'm not sure if I had both

[Walter confetti]

On 11/17/2022 at 1:50 AM, FEDEX said:

Any difference between this mediafire version (link broken) and the final idgames release?

None iirc.

Maybe some minor fixes.

Working link instead of the old MediaFire link: https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/Ports/megawads/128k_ud

Edited November 19, 2022 by Walter confetti

[FEDEX]

Thanks @Walter confetti for the info

[princetontiger]

On 11/14/2022 at 12:22 AM, thestarrover said:

Jail_E1.WAD by Jail (Patrick Lebret). Found on a cd sometime ago. Episode I replacement.

 

Thx for sharing... It deserves more of my attention later tonight, but these are some really nice mid-90s maps. Spacious, boxy, and nonlinear.

[Walter confetti]

More episodes:

Deimos Anomaly by @Codename_Delta

Planet Hell by Ralf Wueltener

Bedlam by various mappers

Phobos Revisited, Deimos: Slight return and Infernos by Rex Claussen

DINNER by Damian Pawlukanis

 

[Death Bear]

TH1RTE3N by Pineapple Under the Sea Studios. All Hell, Cl-9 UMAPINFO, Full 5 Episodes.

[Peccatum Mihzamiz]

Solar Struggle is a 4 Episode community project led by ViolentBeetle. The four episodes loosely form a story together. 

[Garlichead]

List has been updated. Remember that the original post is no longer being updated. List is being maintained on the following file

[Melter]

E2

I Can't See Shit Without My Glasses

The Becoming

 

E5

Doom: The Lost Episode

[princetontiger]

On 11/21/2022 at 11:15 AM, princetontiger said:

 

Thx for sharing... It deserves more of my attention later tonight, but these are some really nice mid-90s maps. Spacious, boxy, and nonlinear.

 

Just went thru it... it's a neat window into the past. The boss fights at the end are fun, but you can tell the author considered the keyboard rather than mouse+keyboard as the standard.

 

The hell that unfolds out here (Jail_E1.WAD - E1M8) is juvenile by today's standards but I had fun.

 

Edited December 7, 2022 by princetontiger

[OleBumma]

I've been thinking for a while to pick 4 episode to group as a E1-E4 episode set. this thread seems my helping way to go! :p

[thestarrover]

Carnage by Billy Turnbow. Episode 3 replacement.

[LadyMistDragon]

Abandon: Shadows of Darkness, an E1 replacement which just came out!

[Garlichead]

Have been off from Doomworld for some time. I have just updated the file with the missing entries.

 

Thanks for the recommendations. 

[Garlichead]

Hi.

 

I have added a couple of upcoming goodies.

 

File has been updated accordingly

 

 

Edited April 11, 2023 by Garlichead

[thestarrover]

Two wads by John Gaughan.

 

--Episode1.wad replaces the full Episode 1 and it is available in two versions:

 

the 1995 version on idgames: dm1epis1.zip, titled " John's little dream world for DOOM 1"

the 2004 version 2.0 released on the John Gaughan site: Episode1.zip , titled "Hell Doom"

 

--Psycho.wad replaces levels E1M1 to E2M8 ( except for E2M3: the level was corrupted and Gaughan didn't include it)

It is still available on his site as Psycho.zip

 

John Gaughan's official site

 

All the John Gaughan files are preserved on Archive.org

 

 

 

[Garlichead]

On 4/27/2023 at 11:07 AM, thestarrover said:

Two wads by John Gaughan.

 

--Episode1.wad replaces the full Episode 1 and it is available in two versions:

 

the 1995 version on idgames: dm1epis1.zip, titled " John's little dream world for DOOM 1"

the 2004 version 2.0 released on the John Gaughan site: Episode1.zip , titled "Hell Doom"

 

--Psycho.wad replaces levels E1M1 to E2M8 ( except for E2M3: the level was corrupted and Gaughan didn't include it)

It is still available on his site as Psycho.zip

 

John Gaughan's official site

 

All the John Gaughan files are preserved on Archive.org

 

 

 

Thanks for the input, I have added the episodes to the file. Additionally, I have added a brief section with Heretic content.

[thestarrover]

Lost Worlds by  the Slovak Martin Hornak is a very nice, fun and well made Episode 1 replacement. 

Highly recommended.

The download link includes three additional levels.

 

[LadyMistDragon]

NostalDoom

Lockjaw

 

[thestarrover]

Doom: Genocide by Jacques Krige.

 

Genocide.wad replaces Episode 1 to Episode 3.

 

It is available on the Jacques Krige Official Site.

 

Screenshots Page

 

Download Page

[LadyMistDragon]

15 hours ago, thestarrover said:

Doom: Genocide by Jacques Krige.

 

Genocide.wad replaces Episode 1 to Episode 3.

 

It is available on the Jacques Krige Official Site.

 

Screenshots Page

 

Download Page

Oh god, I remember that one and personally, that's kind of an anti-recommendation. I suppose at least one can find their way around but the maps feel so big and there's lots of monsters for some reason (I'm not against that tactic if it has purpose behind it, but the bloating was hard to take

 

 

There's this other one that came out recently (/idgames release pending)

 

 

[Captain Keen]

There are some new ones here to me! Thanks for posting.

 

Silence, Stickney, 2022ADO are some great newer ones. Also Nostaldoom is fun and Sinergy and Pcorf’s Incineration (mentioned earlier) is one of my favorite E3 replacements ever.