C.J.
February 1st, 2008, 07:58 AM
I was thinking of putting together a megawad consisting of what is to be considered the best of old level wads from 1994-1996. Sort of like a homeage and tribute to this classic game and the people who have left their mark on its history. I will, if possible, get in contact with the people whos levels will ultimately be selected.
I am currently downloading levels from the idgames archives dated from 1995. The whole selection process will be a long and tidious one as i will have to go through 100s if not 1000s of these old levels and somewhat review them. There will be oblivious rules, which are as follows: Doom 2 only (might consider doing a seperate one for Doom 1), no megawads or TCs or PCs, full support for singleplayer, cooperative, deathmatch and all five skill levels (main focus will be on singleplayer though).
All selected levels will be stacked into one single wad file also containing a map definition lump, one for Zdoom and one for EDGE (and also Legacy if i can figure out how it works). The order of the levels will be selected primarly after their difficulty (but other factors might be involved too). There might be some other, new goodies, such as new music added.
If anyone has any ideas of where else, other than the idgames archives, i can find some old stuff, please inform me. I know there is some stuff which i remember that isn't there anymore. Or if anyone wishes to help out in any way.
I am currently downloading levels from the idgames archives dated from 1995. The whole selection process will be a long and tidious one as i will have to go through 100s if not 1000s of these old levels and somewhat review them. There will be oblivious rules, which are as follows: Doom 2 only (might consider doing a seperate one for Doom 1), no megawads or TCs or PCs, full support for singleplayer, cooperative, deathmatch and all five skill levels (main focus will be on singleplayer though).
All selected levels will be stacked into one single wad file also containing a map definition lump, one for Zdoom and one for EDGE (and also Legacy if i can figure out how it works). The order of the levels will be selected primarly after their difficulty (but other factors might be involved too). There might be some other, new goodies, such as new music added.
If anyone has any ideas of where else, other than the idgames archives, i can find some old stuff, please inform me. I know there is some stuff which i remember that isn't there anymore. Or if anyone wishes to help out in any way.