Wads with '90s 3D rendered art

[jute]

I'm looking for partial conversions or other wads that use 3D rendered sprites of the sort common in the 1990s: low-poly, abstract by necessity, untextured but brightly colored. Here are screenshots (lifted from https://onemandoom.blogspot.com/) from Strain and Hell to Pay that show the kind of thing I'm interested in:


I think it would be interesting to supplement one of these partial conversions with similar art from other wads, creating a total conversion that avoids the clash of styles between the vanilla sprites and 3D rendered sprites. It would undoubtedly violate the wad's licenses, unfortunately.

[roadworx]

pretty sure massmouth 2 had a lot of its sprites in that style

[Pencil of Doom]

I always found the Hell to Pay's 3D rendered enemies to be hilarious, in particular the Caco and the Lost Soul.

[Linguica]

https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/graphics/povdoom

[jute]

Oh man. I have strong memories of finding POVDoom on some shovelware CD as a kid. I didn't know it was made by Iikka Keränen. Massmouth is another good suggestion.

[scifista42]

Older versions of Freedoom.

[Doomkid]

Well, I wanted Doomed in Space to feel like a cheesey-but-fun 90's mod and that's partially due to the ripped/edited resources. It's still pretty incomplete, but it takes a page out of the Dark Forces book as well as a few other good Doom clones that use those basic and goofy but also endearing types of sprites. The first half is in a playable state, you might get some enjoyment from it.

[Not Jabba]

Harmony does this, except that it actually looks good. Plus there's the original Hacx. (EDIT: I don't think either of these wads used bad 3D rendering to create the sprites, but at least they have that '90s feel).

[jute]

Harmony uses digitized photos of clay models, much like Doom itself.

[Gez]

Some (but not all) of the enemies in Hacx were made in 3D.

[Doomkid]

Oh, we also can't forget Ni'mRoD!

[Voros]

scifista42 said:

Older versions of Freedoom.

Yep, the Serpentide and Orb Monster were 3D models.

Not Jabba said:

Plus there's the original Hacx. (EDIT: I don't think either of these wads used bad 3D rendering to create the sprites, but at least they have that '90s feel).

Hacx WAS made in the '90s.

[david_a]

I can't dig up the WAD names right now, but I remember a giant red bipedal robot (a Mechwarrrior looking thing) and those very square dual chainguns (showed up in multiple WADs; shot is from Twice Risen).

[Fletcher`]

What about Doom Must fall 2097? Its entirely in that style.

[Shadow Hog]

I know LilWhiteMouse liked to use renders of crude 3D models for her ZDoom mods like A Furry Tale or Chosen, though I'm not 100% sure that's what you're thinking of.

[jute]

rf` said:

What about Doom Must fall 2097? Its entirely in that style.

Another one I'd forgotten! Doom Must Fall might be the apex of the style.