Thirty Years with Doom - now on idgames

[Chainie]

IWAD: Doom II,

32 maps, Boom-compatible (complevel 9) + UMAPINFO

A classic Doom megawad made by level designers at iddqd.ru to celebrate the anniversary of their beloved game. The maps provide a variety of experiences: there are ones authored by newcomers and by experienced mappers, desert cities and snow-covered bases, compact and very large levels. The first episode is based on the original Doom, while the later maps are variations on Doom II-related themes.
Warning: the megawad uses nonstandard episode and level progression defined via UMAPINFO, so in an older port like PrBoom+ 2.5.1.4 you will skip large parts of the megawad if you play continuously and enter a secret level.

Have a good game!

List of levels and authors:
 

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Episode 1: Doom 1
01. Alpha Entrance (Chaingunner, Michael63)
02. Corridors of Demise (BKRItal, Michael63, BeeWen)
03. Death Guard (Kisadillah)
04. Paranormal Lab (Chaingunner)
05. Vision of Hell (Chaingunner)
06. Streets of Sin (Chaingunner)
07. Disconnection (Chaingunner)
08. Fresh Air (SilverMiner)
09. Technohell Tower (Michael63)

Episode 2: Hell on Earth
10. CUR (Lainos)
11. Refuted Lies (BeeWen)
12. Dry Season (Track Federal)
13. Alchemy Machine (Shadowman)
14. Old military base (Mikle)
15. Anomaly (RastaManGames)
16. Agency X (BigMemka)
17. Another Doomed City District (RastaManGames)
18. Betrayer (Slavius[B0S])
19. Deep Down (Slavius[B0S])

Episode 3: Far Shores of Hell
20. To the Shores of Hell (Shadowman)
21. Crypt of the Ancients (Shadowman)
22. Stiff Loneliness / Suffocating Despair (RastaManGames)
23. Cyberdemon Factory (GranitMaster, BigMemka, Michael63)
24. In the belly of the beast (BigMemka)
25. Hell's Deep (Shadowman)
26. Forbidden Oasis (Michael63)
27. Ymir's Blood (Michael63)
28. Megaslayer Doom (BigMemka)
29. CyberPit (BigMemka)
30. Devil's Trap (Shadowman, Michael63, BigMemka)

Secret levels:
31. Kaikyo (Slavius[B0S])
32. Memories (TGA)

Screens:
 

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Download (idgames)

Older versions:

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Download [RC1]:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MJqcZfEcxCBFzbdb_2JcucYn79xiRJ3L/view?usp=sharing
Download [RC3]

 

Edited January 21 by Chainie

[Taw Tu'lki]

Very nice. Everyone should play this wad.

[Bep]

Yeah, don't sleep on this: at the very least, the new Lainos map totally worth a look - an equally gorgeous and haunting experience, one of the best maps of the year, imo. Though, Slavius and RMG also did a great job here, not gonna lie.

[Catpho]

Lainos?????

[Michael63]

2 hours ago, Catpho said:

Lainos?????

Yes, this is not a joke. Many thought that he would never return to mapping, but by Doom's 30th birthday he realized that he had retired too early. Enjoy his new map! :)

 

This work as a whole was an amazing activity of Russian Doom community. We hope you will enjoy it. In any case, we are waiting for your feedback. Have a nice game!

[Endless]

6 hours ago, Catpho said:

Lainos?????

Now we just need someone to summon forth Eternal!

[Steve D]

I was just wondering what the Russian Doom Community was up to, so thanks for letting me know. :) Screenies look fabulous and I hope to play at least one episode before final release.

[hatehatehatehate]

Well, I know what I'll be doing this afternoon.

 

UPDATE: these maps are some of the best I've played this year. It's so goddamn good. 

Edited December 12, 2023 by hatehatehatehate

[Michael63]

1 hour ago, hatehatehatehate said:

Well, I know what I'll be doing this afternoon.

Good choice! I think you will not regret it. :)

 

By the way, it looks like our testers did a good job, and thanks to this, the current version of the megawad is close to final version. So, I think everyone can play now without delaying for long. But if you still notice any bugs, we are open to discussion.

 

And Happy Birthday Doom! Long life to you!

[ShiroiAkuma51]

2 hours ago, Steve D said:

I hope to play at least one episode before final release.

Testers did a good job, so you can play whole wad on current version ;)

 

Congrats everyone with release and with Doom Birthday! ^0^

[Michael63]

So, ladies and gentlemen, you are probably now impressed by the announcement of the winners of Cacowards 2023. But. Don't stop there. Meet fans of different formats of the Doom game in 2023 - those, who like it like in 1993, and those, who put a lot of effort into making the game look the way it looks now.

[Michael63]

Looks like the first stream of our wad!

 

[Firedust]

omg so many B0S clan members in one project

 

ALT 2 confirmed? ;)

[ShiroiAkuma51]

1 hour ago, Firedust said:

omg so many B0S clan members in one project

 

ALT 2 confirmed? ;)

Who knows? Sometimes miracles happens. Maybe B0S is not active now, but it in our hearts forever ^^

But don't forget to take a look on newcomers maps, they are did a great job and make a big contribution to the project ;)

[Michael63]

The second stream today! Very nice, thanks! :)

 

 

[HiMyNameIsChair]

Holy shit.. someone dragged Lainos out of a 7-year retirement...!

 

OK ya'll gotta slow down, this is a lot of crazy shit happening in the span of like.. a couple days, whew...!

[Devalaous]

11 hours ago, Firedust said:

omg so many B0S clan members in one project

 

ALT 2 confirmed? ;)

 

Not without Azamael!

 

Good to see Lainos is still making stuff, hes one of my favourites.

[Rudolph]

Damn, another full mapset to celebrate Doom's 30th anniversary?

 

Doom really is eternal... XD

[Michael63]

On 12/13/2023 at 4:02 AM, Rudolph said:

Damn, another full mapset to celebrate Doom's 30th anniversary?

 

Doom really is eternal... XD 

 

This is of no doubt. :)

 

BTW, the current version of our wad is not designed for cooperative play, but we are working on it. I hope that soon you will be able to run our wad through with a cheerful company. :)

Edited December 15, 2023 by Michael63
Not so fluent with English :)

[Antroid]

Upcoming stream's waiting room. Let's see if I still remember how to play Doom!

[Michael63]

Antroid, excellent! Perhaps this will be the first stream of our wad in English. But could you please indicate the start time of the stream? By the way, I apologize in advance that I won’t be able to watch it in full, since today is my mother’s birthday. I wish you good luck and enjoy the game!

 

And, of course, you MAY use saves in our wad! This is NOT bad. :)

[Antroid]

If you visit the youtube page, it should tell you the starting time correctly in your timezone. In case it doesn't (it's usually spot on for me, but who knows with youtube), it should be exactly two hours from now.

 

And yeah, I'll save as long as I don't forget to. Still haven't decided on whether I want to pistol-start or not, though... :>

[DoomGappy]

This gave me an idea for a project which could unite the "major mapping style" for each year of Doom mapping. Though I have no idea how to go about doing that, I believe veterans could do it much better than me. Will get around to playing this soon.

[Antroid]

Finished the first nine maps so far. Really enjoying the wad.

 

The first episode is a fun blast through the triad of Doom 1's themes. Chaingunner really has a handle on the Doom 1 style hell levels and delivers a solid tribute to the OG along with the other authors. Part of me wishes episode 1 was longer, because I enjoyed these takes on the themes, but that's not the point of this wad, or at least this episode - it's just a quick look back at the original game, albeit through the lens of the community. Like a brief respectful reminder of what the game means to us and where it all started. I'm fairly sure that the next episodes don't try to mimic Doom 2 with this level of faithfulness, which is honestly appropriate for this wad's concept of celebrating Doom 1's anniversary. I assume, now that the nostalgia trip is over, it's time to careen into a tribute to what the community (specifically the RDC in this case) has been making for these 30 years. I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of levels there are. Stopped in the most appropriate spot, too: right before Lainos' map.

 

I'll stream all the remaining levels too, of course.

[Michael63]

Thank you for the stream! You guessed correctly that the second episode WILL NOT imitate Doom 2. Rather, it will feature more modern mapping, and almost all the city (and not only city) levels of the second episode look more realistic than in the original Doom 2. Thus, we can say that our mapset partially reflects the evolution of mapping during the 30 years. We started with old-school maps in the spirit of the first Doom, and then next generation mapping awaits you. As for the third episode... however, I won't get ahead of myself! We will be glad to see the continuation of the stream. Enjoy the game!

[Michael63]

Blin, Antroid seems to forgot to put the link on his stream here. Here it is. It i still going, MAP 14 now.

 

 

[ShadT]

On 12/16/2023 at 5:44 PM, DoomGappy said:

This gave me an idea for a project which could unite the "major mapping style" for each year of Doom mapping. Though I have no idea how to go about doing that, I believe veterans could do it much better than me. Will get around to playing this soon.

It is an interesting idea, but is 32 maps enough to explore all of Doom's mapping styles? Judging by Cacoward 2023, there are so many styles that it will be difficult to classify them.

Edited December 17, 2023 by ShadT

[Michael63]

39 minutes ago, ShadT said:

It is an interesting idea, but is 32 maps enough to explore all of Doom's mapping styles? Judging by Cacoward 2023, there are so many styles that it will be difficult to classify them.

Of course, there are VERY many styles. And our wad shows just some of trends. One of them is that initially everyone were excited with original style of Doom, though a bit rough in some details. And a bit later we (particially, authors of our wad) wanted to make more realistic maps (for example, something like Duke Nukem 3D), but in the spirit of original Doom (or, maybe, Doom 2).

[Darkcrafter07]

Layouts are interesting but combat is an absolute meh, fight cacodemons, monster closets full of shotgunners with a pistol and 20% hp. Maybe it's made for Brutal Doom?

[Antroid]

3 hours ago, Michael63 said:

Blin, Antroid seems to forgot to put the link on his stream here.

I didn't really forget, it's more that I didn't feel like hogging this thread too much with my stream announcements. I guess it's a normal thing to do, but for some reason it seemed awkward to me at the time. (The thread on Doom Power is more active, so my posts take up a smaller part of it, ya know?)

 

Anyway, I'll post my impressions on maps 10 to 17 later, because my brain is mush now after map17 and I need to sleep. The wad continues to be cool, will elaborate later %)