How Many Episodes and Megawads?

[joshescue18]

Can you name all of the episodes and megawads, including IWADs, in existence in chronological order?

[40oz]

No I'm afraid I can't.

[Deleted_Account]

I'll get started on it tomorrow.

[kmxexii]

someone activate the BDL signal!

[Obsidian]

kmxexii said:

someone activate the BDL signal!

Holy 3-star megawads Batman!

[Gothic]

I could just check the DoomWiki, but meh...

[Memfis]

I would be interested in such a challenge. All forum members gather in one room, they are given a pen, a piece of paper and 10 minutes to recall as many megawads and episodes as they can without looking anywhere. The top 3 get to choose a custom title.

[Impie]

^^^

Should've been the first post.

[GreyGhost]

joshescue18 said:

Can you name all of the episodes and megawads, including IWADs, in existence in chronological order?

Maybe, what are you offering as an incentive?

[joshescue18]

Search for episodes and megawads in the /idgames archives and other websites. Be sure to find the release date (Month Day, Year) of an episode or a megawad.

[AD_79]

joshescue18 said:

Search for episodes and megawads that are at least three stars in the /idgames archives. Be sure to find the release date (Month Day, Year) of an episode or a megawad.

the BDL readings are off the charts, captain!

[kmxexii]

AD_79 said:

the BDL readings are off the charts, captain!

[dobu gabu maru]

See, it's real tricky to determine just what the first wad was, because Romero was actually stealing design blueprints from Erik Alm. Not many know this, but they were linked psychically together in their dreamspace, swapping design notes and bodies occasionally, until Romero stole all of Alm's ideas when he made Wolfenstein 3D: Final Doom. There was a lawsuit filed (which eventually resulted in Carmack closing id games and moving on to work on the Ouya Rift: Five Nights At Phil Fish's), but it was never proven in a court of law whether Scythe was meant to be the original IWAD or not. I've heard sources say that Tom Hall had actually been wire-tapping Alm and Romero's astral lounge conversations, but until Hexen 3 comes out I can't confirm or deny its validity.

Also some astrologists say that time is an illusion, so it's possible all custom wads start and end with Mordeth.wad

[esselfortium]

This article covers everything you need to know about the various installments in the series.

[Obsidian]

dobu gabu maru said:

See, it's real tricky to determine just what the first wad was, because Romero was actually stealing design blueprints from Erik Alm. Not many know this, but they were linked psychically together in their dreamspace, swapping design notes and bodies occasionally, until Romero stole all of Alm's ideas when he made Wolfenstein 3D: Final Doom. There was a lawsuit filed (which eventually resulted in Carmack closing id games and moving on to work on the Ouya Rift: Five Nights At Phil Fish's), but it was never proven in a court of law whether Scythe was meant to be the original IWAD or not. I've heard sources say that Tom Hall had actually been wire-tapping Alm and Romero's astral lounge conversations, but until Hexen 3 comes out I can't confirm or deny its validity.

Also some astrologists say that time is an illusion, so it's possible all custom wads start and end with Mordeth.wad

And Adrian Carmack's monster design was based on a hillbilly family reunion he watched from a periscope? :P

[Inkie]

too many, yet not enough

[Doomkid]

On a slightly related note, it was nice when you could browse through things in chronological order on /idgames. The URLs are now presented with the filename at the end, but it used to be the file number. I had a great time looking through things by their number.

Is there a way to get the URLs to display in the old way like it used to be? I think I got to like 700 or something before the change.

[scifista42]

@Doomkid: You can still type the urls with numbers, and they will be automatically redirected. So if you want to view wads by their order, type this into the url prompt:
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=1
Then this
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=2
Etc, up to the highest numbers (currently over 18000).

Of course, you can also use the search function, which is ascendingly sorted by release date by default.

[franckFRAG]

kmxexii said:

The BDL816 ?

[Never_Again]

300+ vanilla single-player episodes in chronological order
/deathmatch, /megawads and /Ports excluded
a few misplaced megawads included


DOOM1 (8 levels or more)

Spoiler

1. levels/doom/d-f/DMCHAMB3.wad
   
2. levels/doom/d-f/BATTLE-F.wad
   
3. levels/doom/d-f/DMCHAMB2.wad
   
4. levels/doom/d-f/EPI1BEST.wad
   
5. levels/doom/d-f/EPI2BEST.wad
   
6. levels/doom/d-f/BOOTCAMP.wad
   
7. levels/doom/s-u/SPIT.wad
   
8. levels/doom/d-f/EPI3BEST.wad
   
9. levels/doom/a-c/GOODLORD.wad
   
10. levels/doom/d-f/DMSFG.wad
    
11. levels/doom/v-z/WADPAK2.wad
    
12. levels/doom/m-o/NEWDOOM.wad
    
13. levels/doom/m-o/MOUNTAIN.wad
    
14. levels/doom/v-z/WADPAK3.wad
    
15. levels/doom/a-c/CAVERN.wad
    
16. levels/doom/s-u/SUDTIC.wad
    
17. levels/doom/0-9/DTEPIS3.wad
    
18. levels/doom/m-o/NJ_SOH1.wad
    
19. levels/doom/d-f/NJ_SOH1.wad
    
20. levels/doom/a-c/APOCALYP.wad
    
21. levels/doom/a-c/BOBKDV2.wad
    
22. levels/doom/v-z/WADPAK1A.wad
    
23. levels/doom/p-r/RETURN01.wad
    
24. levels/doom/v-z/WADPAK4.wad
    
25. levels/doom/a-c/ASDOOM.wad
    
26. levels/doom/a-c/cleim10.wad
    
27. levels/doom/m-o/NUKEMINE.wad
    
28. levels/doom/d-f/DMSOF.wad
    
29. levels/doom/p-r/PITSOFD1.wad
    
30. levels/doom/d-f/DARKGATE.wad
    
31. levels/doom/d-f/EGYPT.wad
    
32. levels/doom/p-r/PTWRATH.wad
    
33. levels/doom/a-c/CRING666.wad
    
34. levels/doom/0-9/9RING666.wad
    
35. levels/doom/v-z/WOPWORLD.wad
    
36. levels/doom/s-u/TEUTIC.wad
    
37. levels/doom/j-l/JCM2-16.wad
    
38. levels/doom/m-o/NJKD1A.wad
    
39. levels/doom/s-u/ULTIMATE.wad
    
40. levels/doom/d-f/CPHOBOS3.wad
    
41. levels/doom/p-r/NEC_LVLS.wad
    
42. levels/doom/s-u/SERENITY.wad
    
43. levels/doom/d-f/ETERNITY.wad
    
44. levels/doom/a-c/ALOHA999.wad
    
45. levels/doom/m-o/MUD3.wad
    
46. levels/doom/d-f/DICKWAD.wad
    
47. levels/doom/d-f/E3MOONCM.wad
    
48. levels/doom/a-c/COMBAT_2.wad
    
49. levels/doom/g-i/ILLUSORY.wad
    
50. levels/doom/g-i/INFINITY.wad
    
51. levels/doom/s-u/PATATE.wad
    
52. levels/doom/d-f/EPISODE1.wad
    
53. levels/doom/s-u/ULTRA.wad
    
54. levels/doom/a-c/BAK2HELL.wad
    
55. levels/doom/d-f/DARKHELL.wad
    
56. levels/doom/d-f/DARKHELL.wad
    
57. levels/doom/g-i/GODSEND.wad
    
58. levels/doom/p-r/PAUL.wad
    
59. levels/doom/m-o/MADNESS.wad
    
60. levels/doom/0-9/FAVA.wad
    
61. levels/doom/a-c/ALLROY2.wad
    
62. levels/doom/a-c/CARNAGE.wad
    
63. levels/doom/v-z/WASTE.wad
    
64. levels/doom/g-i/GCS1A.wad
    
65. levels/doom/d-f/DINNER.wad
    
66. levels/doom/s-u/SCION.wad
    
67. levels/doom/d-f/DMCHAMB.wad
    
68. levels/doom/g-i/HELLRUN.wad
    
69. levels/doom/a-c/CHAOS3.wad
    
70. levels/doom/a-c/BOOM.wad
    
71. levels/doom/d-f/DEBUT.wad
    
72. levels/doom/m-o/NMARE3.wad
    
73. levels/doom/m-o/NMARE2.wad
    
74. levels/doom/p-r/PHILDOOM.wad
    
75. levels/doom/m-o/MDL.wad
    
76. levels/doom/a-c/Blakhell.wad
    
77. levels/doom/m-o/Niftylvl.wad
    
78. levels/doom/m-o/Sat.wad
    
79. levels/doom/p-r/pm2129.wad
    
80. levels/doom/g-i/G-B-ARCH.wad
    
81. levels/doom/a-c/Crash.wad
    
82. levels/doom/d-f/END1.wad
    
83. levels/doom/0-9/#1KILL.wad
    
84. levels/doom/d-f/DODEAD.wad
    
85. levels/doom/d-f/EPI-HELL.wad
    
86. levels/doom/v-z/LASTHOPE.wad
    
87. levels/doom/d-f/LWFIRST.wad
    
88. levels/doom/a-c/CBCSTG.wad
    
89. levels/doom/s-u/THINKER.wad
    
90. levels/doom/a-c/AMFDOOM.wad
    
91. levels/doom/j-l/KILL-ME.wad
    
92. levels/doom/g-i/INFERNO.wad
    
93. levels/doom/d-f/episode5.wad
    
94. levels/doom/p-r/returnda.wad
    
95. levels/doom/p-r/PHOBOS.wad
    
96. levels/doom/p-r/Pe4m_all.wad
    
97. levels/doom/d-f/deadly.wad
    
98. levels/doom/a-c/CRUSADES.wad
    
99. levels/doom/p-r/pe4_dt2.wad
    
100. levels/doom/p-r/Plague2.wad
     
101. levels/doom/a-c/boom-tc2.wad
     
102. levels/doom/g-i/ITTU.wad
     
103. levels/doom/d-f/DOOR2HEL.wad
     
104. levels/doom/p-r/RetroEps.wad
     
105. levels/doom/p-r/prison.wad
     
106. levels/doom/j-l/kansamse.wad
     
107. levels/doom/p-r/PHO_OUTP.wad
     
108. levels/doom/p-r/phobos-v.wad
     
109. levels/doom/p-r/pe1_phob.wad
     
110. levels/doom/s-u/Tsotsofl.wad
     
111. levels/doom/a-c/akce.wad
     
112. levels/doom/d-f/extremal.wad
     
113. levels/doom/d-f/FIFFY8L.wad
     
114. levels/doom/d-f/DoomAwsm.wad
     
115. levels/doom/s-u/spmpepi4.wad
     
116. levels/doom/d-f/DEADZONE.wad
     
117. levels/doom/a-c/b2b.wad
     
118. levels/doom/a-c/chris_k.wad
     
119. levels/doom/d-f/e1m1mem.wad
     
120. levels/doom/s-u/Styx.wad
     
121. levels/doom/p-r/pphobos.wad
     
122. levels/doom/p-r/phell.wad
     
123. levels/doom/a-c/bge2.wad
     
124. levels/doom/g-i/gdoom2_1.wad
     
125. levels/doom/d-f/faepente.wad
     
126. levels/doom/d-f/faefixed.wad
     
127. levels/doom/g-i/invotdam.wad
     
128. levels/doom/g-i/gsoh.wad
     
129. levels/doom/g-i/infernos.wad
     
130. levels/doom/d-f/favie111.wad
     
131. levels/doom/d-f/favie112.wad
     
132. levels/doom/0-9/900deep.wad
     
133. levels/doom/d-f/favie211.wad
     
134. levels/doom/d-f/faviae10.wad
     
135. levels/doom/a-c/Bedlam.wad
     
136. levels/doom/p-r/pe3_inci.wad

DOOM2 (10 levels or more)

Spoiler

1. levels/doom2/a-c/ARMAGEDN.wad
   
2. levels/doom2/p-r/PAGANINI.wad
   
3. levels/doom2/a-c/CPHOBOS5.wad
   
4. levels/doom2/a-c/BF_THUD!.wad
   
5. levels/doom2/0-9/REOLWOLF.wad
   
6. levels/doom2/d-f/ESW2.wad
   
7. levels/doom2/d-f/DICKWAD2.wad
   
8. levels/doom2/p-r/RAVEN.wad
   
9. levels/doom2/m-o/OBTIC1.wad
   
10. levels/doom2/s-u/SIN2_9.wad
    
11. levels/doom2/m-o/mkbigwad.wad
    
12. levels/doom2/p-r/PAN.wad
    
13. levels/doom2/s-u/SLUGFEST.wad
    
14. levels/doom2/0-9/11LVLS.wad
    
15. levels/doom2/a-c/BIGMAPS.wad
    
16. levels/doom2/g-i/HOUSES14.wad
    
17. levels/doom2/a-c/awad.wad
    
18. levels/doom2/s-u/SUPER.wad
    
19. levels/doom2/a-c/ALTD2.wad
    
20. levels/doom2/d-f/DOOM3V1B.wad
    
21. levels/doom2/0-9/10LEVELS.wad
    
22. levels/doom2/d-f/FURY667.wad
    
23. levels/doom2/p-r/PRONG.wad
    
24. levels/doom2/j-l/killer.wad
    
25. levels/doom2/s-u/SHMO.wad
    
26. levels/doom2/g-i/IDITAROD.wad
    
27. levels/doom2/a-c/CRYPT2.wad
    
28. levels/doom2/m-o/NIN_UAC.wad
    
29. levels/doom2/s-u/HELL'S.wad
    
30. levels/doom2/d-f/EGYPT.wad
    
31. levels/doom2/m-o/ODYSSEY.wad
    
32. levels/doom2/0-9/32.wad
    
33. levels/doom2/a-c/BEYOND.wad
    
34. levels/doom2/a-c/BEYOND.wad
    
35. levels/doom2/d-f/DOOMIV.wad
    
36. levels/doom2/d-f/DCONT.wad
    
37. levels/doom2/d-f/FLYMAPS1.wad
    
38. levels/doom2/d-f/DYST3LEV.wad
    
39. levels/doom2/v-z/XAOS.wad
    
40. levels/doom2/s-u/TEMPLE2.wad
    
41. levels/doom2/g-i/HITECH.wad
    
42. levels/doom2/d-f/DARKCVNT.wad
    
43. levels/doom2/0-9/24HOURS.wad
    
44. levels/doom2/g-i/HR.wad
    
45. levels/doom2/g-i/HELINHEL.wad
    
46. levels/doom2/m-o/Massacre.wad
    
47. levels/doom2/s-u/THISSUXX.wad
    
48. levels/doom2/m-o/OSIRIS.wad
    
49. levels/doom2/d-f/DEM.wad
    
50. levels/doom2/s-u/SQUADRON.wad
    
51. levels/doom2/j-l/LONGWAD.wad
    
52. levels/doom2/p-r/POST.wad
    
53. levels/doom2/a-c/ALTIER6.wad
    
54. levels/doom2/a-c/MSCL10.wad
    
55. levels/doom2/s-u/SWARM.wad
    
56. levels/doom2/m-o/MBELCHER.wad
    
57. levels/doom2/d-f/FAREWE11.wad
    
58. levels/doom2/d-f/DKSHRINE.wad
    
59. levels/doom2/0-9/30LVLS.wad
    
60. levels/doom2/s-u/Uw_part1.wad
    
61. levels/doom2/d-f/FURY.wad
    
62. levels/doom2/m-o/NITELIFE.wad
    
63. levels/doom2/g-i/hello!.wad
    
64. levels/doom2/a-c/BARON.wad
    
65. levels/doom2/a-c/CYGNUSIV.wad
    
66. levels/doom2/a-c/buzzy4.wad
    
67. levels/doom2/d-f/Enslave1.wad
    
68. levels/doom2/v-z/ZOMBIE.wad
    
69. levels/doom2/a-c/BTCHN97.wad
    
70. levels/doom2/s-u/TALOSL.wad
    
71. levels/doom2/s-u/T_DUNN02.wad
    
72. levels/doom2/d-f/EARTH.wad
    
73. levels/doom2/s-u/TE.wad
    
74. levels/doom2/s-u/T3foh.wad
    
75. levels/doom2/d-f/Earth.wad
    
76. levels/doom2/s-u/SUB-LEV.wad
    
77. levels/doom2/g-i/insrtion.wad
    
78. levels/doom2/a-c/CATHRSIS.wad
    
79. levels/doom2/v-z/Wind.wad
    
80. levels/doom2/d-f/Forest.wad
    
81. levels/doom2/s-u/Shape.wad
    
82. levels/doom2/s-u/Self.wad
    
83. levels/doom2/a-c/BABDM2.wad
    
84. levels/doom2/d-f/Doom3m.wad
    
85. levels/doom2/v-z/Water.wad
    
86. levels/doom2/v-z/Watbos.wad
    
87. levels/doom2/0-9/20DNHELL.wad
    
88. levels/doom2/a-c/cyberul2.wad
    
89. levels/doom2/0-9/S666.wad
    
90. levels/doom2/m-o/EPISODE6.wad
    
91. levels/doom2/d-f/destruct.wad
    
92. levels/doom2/p-r/PLVLS.wad
    
93. levels/doom2/d-f/FACTORX.wad
    
94. levels/doom2/g-i/HOSRTRI1.wad
    
95. levels/doom2/m-o/D_test.wad
    
96. levels/doom2/p-r/pc_wolf.wad
    
97. levels/doom2/m-o/NEWDOOM.wad
    
98. levels/doom2/a-c/COOPQ1.wad
    
99. levels/doom2/g-i/immortal.wad
    
100. levels/doom2/d-f/ENTRNITE.wad
     
101. levels/doom2/s-u/UAC.wad
     
102. levels/doom2/g-i/GHOSTBST.wad
     
103. levels/doom2/a-c/Cod1-11.wad
     
104. levels/doom2/a-c/blazin2.wad
     
105. levels/doom2/g-i/HELLDOOM.wad
     
106. levels/doom2/g-i/GRENIAN.wad
     
107. levels/doom2/0-9/0SCRAPS.wad
     
108. levels/doom2/s-u/slayer.wad
     
109. levels/doom2/d-f/Fras1.wad
     
110. levels/doom2/0-9/0_5RESOR.wad
     
111. levels/doom2/v-z/Void Space.wad
     
112. levels/doom2/s-u/SCI.wad
     
113. levels/doom2/d-f/empyre.wad
     
114. levels/doom2/a-c/BRONKO.wad
     
115. levels/doom2/p-r/RW.wad
     
116. levels/doom2/s-u/sargezar.wad
     
117. levels/doom2/d-f/DTS-Tdem.wad
     
118. levels/doom2/s-u/SMEGAD.wad
     
119. levels/doom2/p-r/RW2.wad
     
120. levels/doom2/p-r/realm.wad
     
121. levels/doom2/m-o/odessey.wad
     
122. levels/doom2/d-f/Dal01.wad
     
123. levels/doom2/d-f/DoomNiel.wad
     
124. levels/doom2/s-u/sadhusct.wad
     
125. levels/doom2/s-u/sadhustt.wad
     
126. levels/doom2/d-f/detcslg1.wad
     
127. levels/doom2/s-u/tomsroad.wad
     
128. levels/doom2/j-l/Kmega1.wad
     
129. levels/doom2/a-c/bdwhell.wad
     
130. levels/doom2/0-9/000emg.wad
     
131. levels/doom2/d-f/Elegy.wad
     
132. levels/doom2/a-c/altrflsh.wad
     
133. levels/doom2/0-9/64.wad
     
134. levels/doom2/s-u/TR_LVL11.wad
     
135. levels/doom2/s-u/SELF-EP.wad
     
136. levels/doom2/a-c/cybrfght.wad
     
137. levels/doom2/p-r/REMAIN1.wad
     
138. levels/doom2/p-r/pc_wdoom.wad
     
139. levels/doom2/d-f/enemy.wad
     
140. levels/doom2/d-f/doom2kl.wad
     
141. levels/doom2/m-o/mos.wad
     
142. levels/doom2/p-r/REEKRANK.wad
     
143. levels/doom2/d-f/Deimos_Revisited.wad
     
144. levels/doom2/s-u/TNT-REN.wad
     
145. levels/doom2/v-z/wit.wad
     
146. levels/doom2/s-u/UnityCity1.4.wad
     
147. levels/doom2/m-o/Op-lite2.wad
     
148. levels/doom2/v-z/Wolf-D.wad
     
149. levels/doom2/d-f/ETRNYOUR.wad
     
150. levels/doom2/g-i/illumie1.wad
     
151. levels/doom2/s-u/tcdoomrm.wad
     
152. levels/doom2/a-c/belly.wad
     
153. levels/doom2/g-i/illumie2.wad
     
154. levels/doom2/g-i/Invasion.wad
     
155. levels/doom2/a-c/AquaAdv.wad
     
156. levels/doom2/p-r/reticue1.wad
     
157. levels/doom2/v-z/walk.wad
     
158. levels/doom2/d-f/deadsouls.wad
     
159. levels/doom2/p-r/RJWDP.wad
     
160. levels/doom2/j-l/jero.wad
     
161. levels/doom2/s-u/TheCode.wad
     
162. levels/doom2/p-r/rspnhell.wad

Needless to say, all entries are or better.

edit: removed a few erroneous entries; the DOOM1 list at least should be error-free now.

[Memfis]

hmm final4 is only 4 levels?

edit: nevermind, I guess you included many <10 level sets there.

[Never_Again]

Yeah, I tried to automate the process, grepping for 10+ instances of MAPxx entries. It seems quite a few WADs have multiple directories, which kind of screws up the results ... Any idea how to overcome that?

[GreyGhost]

joshescue18 said:

Search for episodes and megawads in the /idgames archives and other websites. Be sure to find the release date (Month Day, Year) of an episode or a megawad.

Should I include all 4,748 megawads from this site?

[The_MártonJános]

Never_Again said:

300+ vanilla single-player episodes in chronological order(...)

Hm, I guess I'm gonna thumbnail this post when I'm getting to know some new game experience.

[pcorf]

Some Doom 2 megawads of 32 maps minimum.

Memento Mori
Memento Mori 2
Requiem
STRAIN
Eternal Doom
Icarus Alien Vanguard
Plutonia 2
Plutonia Revistred
Scythe
Scythe 2
Speed of Doom
Kama Sutra
Hell Revealed
Hell Revealed II
Doom 2 the way id did
Vile Flesh
Community Chest
Community Chest 2
Community Chest 3
Community Chest 4
NDCP
NDCP 2
Batman Doom
Cyberdreams
1994 Tune Up Project
Going Down
Hell Awakened
Hellbound
Hellcore
Jenesis
Resurgence
DSV3-War
Zones of Fear
Alien Vendetta
Unholy Realms
The Rebirth
Reverie
Interception

Doom 2 Unleashed Pcorf Community Project
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone II Final Dreams
Bella II
Whispers of Satan
Zone 300

Wooo
Wooo 2
Mock 2 The Speed of Stupid

[yakfak]

Evilution
Eternal Doom
Armadosia
Batman Doom
ALT
Zones of Fear
Hellbound
Epic 2
Marswar

halfies:
Hellcore 2.0
Sacrament
Bloody Steel
Hellfire Dreams

that's every megawad

[joshescue18]

Be sure to include IWADs as Chex Quest 3 and Harmony.

[betabox]

joshescue18 said:

Be sure to include IWADs as Chex Quest 3 and Harmony.

Oh yes, your highness.

[alexz721]

This is an interesting exercise, even if impractical.

[GreyGhost]

If we're including IWADs in chronological order, does that mean the beta releases plus every shareware and retail version released?