The Doom Master Wadazine #22 - Feat. 30 Years of Doom, Maximal Doom, Echoes of Damnation, Why Play 90s WADs?

[Endless]

Cover art by Maria Kinnun

 

New year, new Wadazine! It's been about 5 months since the last issue but here we are, back and better than ever with some good dooming content. While initially I had planned to make it a little more festive and xmas-themed, time and real-life (hardcore boss shit) got in the way of dooming, so we had to cut back some stuff and delay the premiere of this issue to give us ourselves some time to breath. We got some new faces and editors that are helping out with the betterment of the Wadazine, and it has been quite the joy to work along the team to get you guys this new issue out.

 

To celebrate Doom 30th anniversary, we also jammed this issue with retro bonanza and some good ol' 90s beauty. Maximal Doom comes punching as a top 50 list of the best WADs of 1994, just the perfect read if you are one of those guys that are still stuck in the past (me) and prefer to relieve the good memories. As a companion piece, there's also the Why Play 90s WADs? article which is more or less a personal piece where I explain the subjective beauty of classical maps and why me and other people still enjoy playing them despite the huge ocean of modern content coming out daily. We also have a fun short story that through you into Martian chaos with Echoes of Damnation, as well as a fantastical piece on MBF for the source-port enthusiasts: Beyond Boom. And as you can expect, a ton of WAD reviews, with the main features including: Elegant Agony 64, Elementalism Phase One, GMOTA, Afternoon, Lost Civilization, Sekhemti, Terminal Stages of Nostalgia, and Corruption! And yes, more, more, more.

 

Grab it: » » Wadazine #22 « «

 

And you can also find us on: 

The Doomshack --» https://doomshack.org/wadazine/

Chris Hansen's DOOM page --» https://windward.dk/TDR/?page_id=991

Ryath's web digitaleidoscope --» https://www.digitaleidoscope.com/wadazine/

 

Special thanks to our graphic wizards: @Nikoxenos @TheEvilGrin @4MaTC

 

And to our writers, contributors and helpers:

@LadyMistDragon

@Eric Claus

@Immorpher

@taufan99

@Gaia74

@Chris McAuley

 

And to our hosts: @Doomkid @scwiba @Chris Hansen

 

And special thanks to all the community for supporting us.

 

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» Contributions and help are always, always welcome! Especially regarding graphic design.   

 

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» And have a good day, doomer! :D

[INfront95]

Honey, HOOOOONEEEEY, New Wadazine is out!

[Nikoxenos]

If anyone has thought of contributing but hesitated- do it! The Wadazine is hungry for articles!

[Gaia74]

Glad I could help again! :)

[Doomlover77]

Just want to say, a Wonderful issue of The Doom Wadazine  !

One small error. On the 50 Doom 1 Wads of 1994 Coopers Creosote is featured twice, once on page 39 & again on page 40. Bleak House & Cathedral are for Doom II. @Doomlover77  

Edited January 22 by Doomlover77

[Misty]

Congrats with new wadazine release! Always delighted to see what's new on the horizon. 

[TheEvilGrin]

oh hey, nice to see it ! great job everyone !

[Immorpher]

Kudos to @taufan99 for doing the Doom 64 duty this go-around!

[OniriA]

Ooo00ooh lovely!

[Eric Claus]

Happy to contribute as always.

[joepallai]

It's nice to see this still going.   

[Endless]

32 minutes ago, joepallai said:

It's nice to see this still going.   

So far no plans of making it stop :)

[Maximum Matt]

Of the best wads from '94, I can co-sign Base, Bleak House, Castle Of Evil, Caverns, Crossing Acheron, Dante's Gate (both Dr. Sleep levels - should've mentioned that), Der Turm, Doom Anomaly, Doomsday Of UAC, E1M1SAS, Eternity, Galaxis, H Hotel, Infestation, Invasion: Level 1, Legion Down Under, NJ Doom, Pueblo, Redrum, Return To Phobos (despite the problem with level 2), Runaway (AKA Run666, this had a hidden mandatory door tho), Slaughter Until Death, Stones, goddamn Sungod, The Deimos Subway, UACPen, UCA, Urbnbeta, and Wasteland: Mountain Of Fire.  

Killing Zone, though, sucks.

[Endless]

7 minutes ago, Maximum Matt said:

Of the best wads from '94, I can co-sign Base, Bleak House, Castle Of Evil, Caverns, Crossing Acheron, Dante's Gate (both Dr. Sleep levels - should've mentioned that), Der Turm, Doom Anomaly, Doomsday Of UAC, E1M1SAS, Eternity, Galaxis, H Hotel, Infestation, Invasion: Level 1, Legion Down Under, NJ Doom, Pueblo, Redrum, Return To Phobos (despite the problem with level 2), Runaway (AKA Run666, this had a hidden mandatory door tho), Slaughter Until Death, Stones, goddamn Sungod, The Deimos Subway, UACPen, UCA, Urbnbeta, and Wasteland: Mountain Of Fire.  

Killing Zone, though, sucks.

Now I know who to contact for part 2 ;)

[taufan99]

On 1/23/2024 at 8:02 AM, Immorpher said:

Kudos to @taufan99 for doing the Doom 64 duty this go-around!

Such an honor! 🙂