Need some Doom 1 Wad suggestions.

[TheSlipgateStudios]

Hi there. I need some Doom 1 wads that have short to medium size levels, kind of like Deathless or Switcheroom, anyone got any ideas?

[Devalaous]

No End in Sight by NaturalTvventy, Xaser and Lutz is top tier Ultimate Doom.  If anyone plays just one megawad for Ultimate Doom, make it this one. It was good enough to become an official add-on alongside Deathless.

 

Other megawads for Ultimate Doom I have that I'd recommend:

• 2002: A Doom Oddysey. A much older UD Megawad, this one has a sequel planned to come out this year, thus getting through it might be a neat warmup
• Ultimate Needs More Detail. Three episode classic megawad
• The Beginning of the End Part 1 and Part 2. Two wads that together make three episodes for Ultimate Doom, made by the main guy behind No End in Sight above
• Ultimate Doom the way id Did combined with Doom the way id Did for four episodes of mimicking id software's design
• Wonderful Doom, a remix of all of Ultimate Doom. Everything feels familiar, yet doesnt..
• Doom the way id did: Lost Episodes. 6 episodes of the leftover maps from DTWID's devlopment. Maybe one day we'll also get the maps from its sequel. Maybe one day.
• Base Ganymede Complete. Three episodes for Ultimate Doom. The lack of level names irks me, but I beleive it won awards
• Doom: Damnation. Four episode megawad released last year.
• Enjay Doom: Pretty much the first ever Megawad ever made, and surprisingly good for its age
• Heroes: Four episodes made from random Ultimate Doom maps stitched together as some kind of frankenstein, basically someone putting together what he fet was the best of the best of the community output back then

If your very forgiving towards really old content, I'd also recommend Lost Episodes of Doom, a 3 episode wad that was originally sold on disc, the author of the first half of the wad later contributed to the Master Levels. Many dislike his maps, but I have a soft spot for his designs.

[Kyka]

Almost a year ago I posted a similar topic, looking for the best Ultimate Doom megawads. I will link it here, because there is some great wads listed there.

 

 

Also seconding @Devalaous' little list up there.

Edited September 12, 2022 by Kyka

[RHhe82]

I’d also like to recommend recently released Solar Struggle (… not the least because I made one of the maps :P)

[Devalaous]

18 hours ago, Kyka said:

Almost a year ago I posted a similar topic, looking for the best Ultimate Doom megawads. I will link it here, because there is some great wads lister there.

 

 

Also seconding @Devalaous' little list up there.

 

I entirely forgot about Concerned, Lunar Catastrophe, Death Tormention and the [X]inity trilogy, and I have them all on Doom Launcher. Whoops.

[Kyka]

5 hours ago, RHhe82 said:

I’d also like to recommend recently released Solar Struggle (… not the least because I made one of the maps :P)

 

Solar Struggle you say? Thank you for the heads up. I will look at this myself. Cheers

 

12 minutes ago, Devalaous said:

 

I entirely forgot about Concerned, Lunar Catastrophe, Death Tormention and the [X]inity trilogy, and I have them all on Doom Launcher. Whoops.

 

I don't even know whether I have played all of these. Lunar Catastrophe definitely yes, as it is one of my all time faves. I hope @Miss Bubbles makes a sequel.

Edited September 12, 2022 by Kyka

[LadyMistDragon]

Stickney Installation:)

 

 

https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/130689-stickney-installation-a-full-vanilla-doom-1-megawad/

Edited September 13, 2022 by LadyMistDragon

[xScavengerWolfx]

^ highly Recommended. I'm more of a Doom 2 mapper but Stickney Installation is a great old school style of Doom 1 replacement ep. As of this comment Snax just dropped Ep. 3.

Edited September 13, 2022 by xScavengerWolfx

[Maribo]

I'm morally obligated to suggest E1 of Return to Hadron. The first half should suit you pretty well.

[Herr Dethnout]

https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/106241-imajana-a-vanilla-single-level-challenging-map-now-onidgames/

 

Ignore the shameless self-promotion

[Pegleg]

@TheSlipgateStudios

 

Double Impact

The Classic Episode

Back to Basics

Fava Beans

[Wyrmwood]

If you've not played it yet, Sigil's really cool too. Jimmy's soundtracks sublime but if you pay on Romero's website the Buckethead soundtracks just as good, I like to switch them round.

[Miss Bubbles]

On 9/12/2022 at 11:59 AM, Kyka said:

 

Solar Struggle you say? Thank you for the heads up. I will look at this myself. Cheers

 

 

I don't even know whether I have played all of these. Lunar Catastrophe definitely yes, as it is one of my all time faves. I hope @Miss Bubbles makes a sequel.

Happy to hear that! A sequel will happen some day. We've both been busy with life and other endeavors the past few years, but @Count651 and I will always love Doom, and when the passion strikes and the opportunity presents itself, we will put something together.

[Xyzzу]

Hard gothic-themed episode replacement:

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/a-c/crusades

 

Creative episode given the limited Doom 1 stuff:

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/Ports/j-l/killed

 

[MemeMind]

Check out Th1rt3en 

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom/Ports/megawads/th1rt3en

[Firedust]

Solar Struggle, a superb UD megawad released this year:

 

Also, be sure to check out both Doom Odysseys by PCorf, both instant classics in my book!