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NUTMAN - 23 Aug 2003 23:13 GMT

Gidday,

I went to id games ftp server and there are so many levels for Doom2 - what
are some of the better ones, any recommendations - are there any review
sites?? i am after levels which I can play with doomGL.

cheers
Nutman

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Kevin C. - 24 Aug 2003 02:35 GMT

> Gidday,
>
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> cheers
> Nutman

Doomworld.com was the last operational Doom hub, but I haven't checked in a
while. I would imagine that they are currently more interested in Doom 3,
but they've probably got lots of archived info about Doom1/2.

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Kristian Ronge - 26 Aug 2003 11:51 GMT

> Gidday,
>
> I went to id games ftp server and there are so many levels for Doom2 - what
> are some of the better ones, any recommendations - are there any review
> sites?? i am after levels which I can play with doomGL.

One good review site is ->
http://www.cph.demon.co.uk/doom/du/

The ones not to miss for the world are (first and foremost):

Memento Mori
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=4855

Memento Mori II
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=6562

Hell Revealed
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=7947

Requiem
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=8194

Alien Vendetta
http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=11790

These are all classic 32-level (complete) replacements --megaWAD:s.
Other than these there are numerous worth-while single map WAD:s and
megaWAD:s, but keep yourself busy with these 5 for a while.

After you've finished those 5, move on to ->

Icarus (http://www.teamtnt.com/ixic.htm)
Eternal DooM (http://www.teamtnt.com/ixet.htm)
The Darkening (http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=9907)
Darkening 2 (http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=10782)

These were all made with the original DooM engine in mind so they
should work with doomGL.

HTH,

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Scud - 26 Aug 2003 20:58 GMT

> Icarus (http://www.teamtnt.com/ixic.htm)
> Eternal DooM (http://www.teamtnt.com/ixet.htm)
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>
> HTH,

I've been playing lots of JDoom latley so I'll have to check some of
these out myself. I did play Eternal Doom though, maybe I just wasn't
running it right but at least one level (28 or 29) wouldn't load at all
and the rest of them had missing or the wrong textures in the wrong
places. Otherwise it wasn't bad.

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thumper - 27 Aug 2003 00:10 GMT

Hmm, I din't much care for the Memento Mori series of Doom wads for all the
fuss they generated. I'm more of a "Fistfull" (the western theme conversion
for Doom 2) type of guy. :-/

> The ones not to miss for the world are (first and foremost):
>
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> Memento Mori II
> http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=6562

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Kristian Ronge - 28 Aug 2003 14:30 GMT

> Hmm, I din't much care for the Memento Mori series of Doom wads for all the
> fuss they generated. I'm more of a "Fistfull" (the western theme conversion
> for Doom 2) type of guy. :-/

I didn't like them at first either, but they grew on me. The same
goes for Hell Revealed.

Requiem and Alien Vendetta, though, was an instant hit with me.

:-)

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Ajay Tanwar - 29 Aug 2003 00:43 GMT

Kristian Ronge <d99-kro@nada.kth.se> thought that a good way to
threaten somebody was to light a stick of dynamite, then call the
guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone and say:

> The ones not to miss for the world are (first and foremost):
>
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> Memento Mori II
> http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=6562

Is this the the same story as Doom 2 but the scenes are backwards?

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Kristian Ronge - 01 Sep 2003 14:55 GMT

> Is this the the same story as Doom 2 but the scenes are backwards?

No.

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T. Gryn - 27 Sep 2003 19:01 GMT

>> I went to id games ftp server and there are so many levels for Doom2 - what
>> are some of the better ones, any recommendations - are there any review
>> sites?? i am after levels which I can play with doomGL.

I found this site to be pretty useful:

http://www.geocities.com/timessquare/8666/doom.html

Has links to a lot of different Doom and Doom II WADs, including rankings.

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Kristian Ronge - 28 Sep 2003 13:36 GMT

> I found this site to be pretty useful:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/timessquare/8666/doom.html
>
> Has links to a lot of different Doom and Doom II WADs, including rankings.

The site is made by John "Gestalt666" Bye, a very talented WAD
author and one of the co-authors of "The Darkening". His work is
highly recommended.

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Sir Robin - 27 Jan 2004 22:22 GMT

>Gidday,
>
>I went to id games ftp server and there are so many levels for Doom2 - what
>are some of the better ones, any recommendations - are there any review
>sites?? i am after levels which I can play with doomGL.

I'm not surprised to see that my site is forgotten in this thread, although
couple years ago it was one of the most often mentioned DooM add-on review
pages...

The last update is from year 2002 so people propably don't even visit the
site that much... However there is well over 300 reviews of add-on's.

And some good news: I'm back with good internet connection and planning to
start updating again - if/when I get my access information from
doomworld.com staff :)

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George M. Reagan - 27 Jan 2004 23:21 GMT

You forgot to post a link: :)

http://doomcastle.cjb.net/

G.

Damn, the original post was from August.

> >Gidday,
> >
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> start updating again - if/when I get my access information from
> doomworld.com staff :)

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Sir Robin - 28 Jan 2004 23:04 GMT

>You forgot to post a link: :)
>
>http://doomcastle.cjb.net/

Yes, I noticed that later and was just about to post it, but you did it
first :) I'm now waiting for my access information - it may take couple
days according to doomworld staff... I already have three new reviews on my
page waiting to be uploaded :)

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CajunCoiler \(http://www.cajuncoiler.tk\) - 31 Jan 2004 17:45 GMT

Similarly, my site was forgotten as well.
http://www.msbdatasystems.com/Downloads/Doom2/default.htm

> >Gidday,
> >
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> start updating again - if/when I get my access information from
> doomworld.com staff :)

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