Joke WAD

A Joke WAD is a WAD file which is made as a joke. This may take one of several forms:


 * parodies of badly made WAD files: these may include deliberate bugs, look generally sloppy, or use ridiculous graphics. Certain joke WADs are actually fun to play; Mock 2: The Speed of Stupid, for instance, which was intentionally designed not to look serious at all.
 * Some joke WADs may take the engine to ridiculous extremes: Nuts, for example, contains more than 10,000 monsters and playing it is nearly impossible — even on powerful machines — because of the resulting low FPS.
 * The "Doomworld Forums" series of maps parodies the Doom community. The original dwforums.wad parodied the Doomworld forums community; its follow-up, dwforums2.wad, parodied the IRC channels popular with Doomers, and a third release, dwforums3.wad, parodied events on the NewDoom forums.

Some WADs are so badly designed that it is hard to tell whether they are joke WADs (in any of the above senses) or not.

nuts.wad and derivatives
Nuts by B.P.R.D. contains 10617 monsters in two rooms and is unplayable as a result. It is featured in Doomworld’s “Top 10 Infamous WADs”. Several sequels and homages have also been created.


 * , by the author of Nuts
 * , by the author of Nuts
 * , by Biohazard
 * , requiring Boom and created by Bejiitas_Wrath
 * , requiring Boom and created by Bejiitas_Wrath

Other

 * : a WAD which played on the Impse meme