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If there's anyone here who's actually 100%'d all of "Maximum Doom" (or as close to 100% as the subpar level design will allow), I'd love to hear about how soul-crushing the experience was.

Then pay with your blood!

*sings* "It's a billion-demon orgy in an ocean of whipped creeeeaaam..."

So not only could Id sue them for breaching the ToS, but theoretically the original map-makers could also sue them if the included maps had a "no commercial distribution" clause in the legal disclaimers of their TXT files. And yet it seems no one ever did. Not enough money to be made, I guess.

That doesn't really address the question at all. Selling mods without licensing permission from Id was and still is against the game's terms of service, and while some projects found a way around the rules like I said, D!Zone was in clear violation of it.

I'm loving all these answers. It's nice to see a fandom that isn't completely blinded to its favorite franchise's potential flaws. Note, however, that per what I said in the OP regarding expansions, the original game means Ultimate Doom, and Doom II includes the initial release, Master Levels, and "No Rest for the Living". So if the original release starts feeling overly long, I can only imagine how you may feel when the game's length is almost doubled. Likewise, Final Doom is to be treated as a single 64-level package rather than separated into "Evilution" and "Plutonia Experiment", and Doom 3 includes Resurrection of Evil and "The Lost Mission".

Well, Doom is a very important franchise in the history of video games, with a high profile even during its "dark age" from 2004 to 2016. I personally only started playing with the series less than a month ago, but I've been aware of its presence ever since I was a kid in the mid-90s.

I absolutely adore the idea that Id took the license payment in the form of soft drinks. That's some pure, wholesome small-business shit right there.

"Evilution" was the only reason for Final Doom? Odd, since fans seem to hold "Plutonia Experiment" in much higher regard. Sucks that he didn't answer the entire question. So, as it stands, it appears that Hacx, Hell to Pay, Perdition's Gate, and "Kick Attack!" were the only licensed third-party projects, then.

Hmm, what about The Lost Episodes of Doom? Is there any indication that they had Id's license? It seems like there should have been legal issues with them using "Doom" in the title otherwise, but then what do I know?