I struck gold!

[Ani]

I went shopping with my folks earlier today and as I was finding some stuff I wanted for my upcoming birthday this week, I found this special gem, along with other games of my interest. I know ya'll talked about it somewhere around this forum but I'm thinking about collecting more of these bizzare multiwad discs as relics of my game collection, maybe make a YT series out of em...? 

[PeterMoro]

Noice.

[Sonikkumania]

It's so hot and rad, even the cover tells so. But nice find really.

[Biodegradable]

Authentic shovelware discovered in the wild! Nice find.

[Stupid Bunny]

Wow 666 maps on CD-ROM and all of them are undoubtedly amazing

 

5 hours ago, Ani said:

maybe make a YT series out of em...? 

 

I would love to at least see some highlights!  Wonder if there's anything on there that hasn't made it onto the archives yet (or conversely anything that all of us are familiar with already)

[thiccyosh]

This is so cool! Can you dump all the wads inside in a zip? I really want to expand my shovelware collection

[lokbustam257]

agree with thiccyosh, would want to see The Hottest • Direct From The Internet levels this thing has

[Redneckerz]

That custom interface intriques. Wonder what it is made.

[PowerOf1]

Have you gotten around to trying it yet?

[OniriA]

A wild shovelware disc appeared!

[Doomkid]

Excellent find! I was looking through all the cheapest Doom CD-ROMs I could find on eBay and snagged this little gem for about 10 bucks.

 

If anyone wants to download the CD, here's the archive.org page: https://archive.org/details/demon-gate

 

Direct link: https://archive.org/download/demon-gate/Demon Gate.iso

[out_of_service]

Awesome possum! Back in the 90's when I was a kid me, my brother, and sister, were browsing a computer shop at the mall when I found that exact Demon Gate 666 shovelware disc in the bargain bin. It's a treasured item among my gaming collection that I still have to this very day. Lately I've found myself playing through a lot of the levels on that disc. I have so many good memories, early 90's Doom maps are my favourite.

[Rudolph]

I hate how cool (in a cheesy 90s way) the cover is. I get that it is the point, i.e. to sell an otherwise crappy product, but still, what a waste.

[Ani]

4 hours ago, Rudolph said:

 

Eh, some of the 600+ wads are hit or miss. Some are pretty fun though.

[Ani]

7 hours ago, Miska McCoy said:

 

Yes, I actually gave 5 wads a try on GZDoom because whatever software the CD had could not run on my Windows 11. I'll be drawing a line for each wad I beat which will take a long while to complete em all. 

[Ani]

8 hours ago, Redneckerz said:

 

I can't say what it is like since my windows 11 can't run on the easy wad software.

[Ani]

9 hours ago, lokbustam257 said:

 

Doomkid has provided an archive link to the CD.

[Ani]

9 hours ago, Stupid Bunny said:

 

Again, it's a pending concept. It would be a lot of videos for me to record and post on my channel.

[Ani]

12 hours ago, Sonikkumania said:

 

Thanks man! I tried looking around for any other multiwad CDs but all I found was Heretic and Duke 3D. But even that still considered treasure for me.

[Gez]

9 hours ago, thiccyosh said:

This is so cool! Can you dump all the wads inside in a zip? I really want to expand my shovelware collection

A lot can be found on archive.org already, there are links on the wiki: https://doomwiki.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_compilations

[Ani]

1 minute ago, Gez said:

 

Holy hell! I could use a bookshelf if I wanna collect these! 

[Doomlover77]

Excellent cd. I got Demon Gate back in may 1996. Very good collection of wads. @Doomlover77  

[Ani]

Just now, Doomlover77 said:

 

Oh nice! 

[Ludi]

Ladies, ladies, one at a time please!

 

Jokes aside, this is a wonderful piece of Doom history you've found ^^

Edited August 1, 2022 by Sr_Ludicolo

[Rudolph]

37 minutes ago, Ani said:

Eh, some of the 600+ wads are hit or miss. Some are pretty fun though.

Sure, but at the end of the day, it is just shovelware.

[ProgrammerPower]

Awesome! Neat to see an authentic Doom shovelware CD.

[OniriA]

Quote

https://doomwiki.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_compilations

 

1001 Nights of Doom - Wicked Sensations

 

Must be quite the wads in there. 😉

Edited August 1, 2022 by OniriA

[SirPootis]

Great find! Gonna try to play through all the levels and see how jank this levelset is.

 

First Impression: Just played through 1_ON_1.WAD, the first wad listed in WADS1 folder. It has 64-tight hallways and Star Wars MIDI music. Oh boy, strap yourselves in for this pack

[stevegohome]

15 hours ago, thiccyosh said:

This is so cool! Can you dump all the wads inside in a zip? I really want to expand my shovelware collection

you can actually get over 20 of these disks here https://archive.org/details/doom-cds

[stevegohome]

20 hours ago, Ani said:

I went shopping with my folks earlier today and as I was finding some stuff I wanted for my upcoming birthday this week, I found this special gem, along with other games of my interest. I know ya'll talked about it somewhere around this forum but I'm thinking about collecting more of these bizzare multiwad discs as relics of my game collection, maybe make a YT series out of em...? 

nice I have this one to and several others and was thinking of making a youtube series out of them, getting the uk releases isn't easy though 

Edited August 2, 2022 by stevegohome
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