List of commercial compilations
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This article is a list of known commercial compilations of PWADs, shareware programs, level editors, and other utilities, which were popular in the early to mid-1990's as a result of the scarcity and cost of home Internet connections. Some of the more notable of these collections have their own articles which are linked by the compilation's name. Many of these discs can be downloaded from the Internet (see the links below). A gallery of cover art and media for these and other items can be found at shovelware cover art.
Explanation[edit]
- No. PWADs: This may be an approximation or a number created by the publisher for marketing purposes. The actual number of PWAD files and levels may vary significantly.
- Extras: Known to include level editors, other utilities, custom graphics or sounds, FAQs and editing guides, and other bonuses.
- Exclusives: Known to include exclusive content (PWADs, IWADs, or game resources) created by or for the publisher.
- Shareware: Known to include the shareware version of Doom or Heretic.
Title | Refs | Publisher | Date | Supported games | No. PWADs | Pack-in | Launcher | Packaging | Extras | Exclusives | Shareware |
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1000+ Great Games | [notes 1] | VALUSoft | 1997 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen | 616 | Y | N | Y | |||
1001 Nights of Doom | Wicked Sensations | 1995 | |||||||||
3D Game Alchemy | [1] | Sams Publishing | 1996 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen | Book | Y | |||||
3D Super CD Gaming | [notes 2] | Software Solutions | 1995 | Doom | 0 | N | N | Y | |||
4-Ever Doomed | Cypress Software | 1994 | |||||||||
Absolute Mayhem | [notes 3] | Quantum Axcess | 1994 | Doom | 51 | Y | N | Y | |||
Boom Classic Power Pack | Lutz Schulze | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | 2000 | Y | N | |||||
Boom Classic Power Pack 2 | Lutz Schulze | Doom, Doom II | 1000 | ||||||||
CD Game Box Volume 1 | [notes 4] | CDRI | 1996 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic | Y | N | N | ||||
Cobra Doom Utilities | Doom | 350 | |||||||||
Cobra Doom Utilities for Doom and Doom II | Doom, Doom 2 | 1200 | |||||||||
Cobra Doom II Episodes Volumes I and II | Doom 2 | 60 | |||||||||
Complete 3D-Action Accessory Pack, The | Modern Microware | 1995 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic | Y | N | Y | |||||
Complete Doom Accessory Pack, The (Vols. I-IV) | Modern Microware | 1995 | |||||||||
D!MATCH | [2] | WizardWorks | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | 500 | D! | Box | ||||
D!MATCH 150 | WizardWorks | Doom, Doom II | 150 | D! | |||||||
D!ZONE | [3] | WizardWorks | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | 900 | D! | |||||
D!ZONE 150 | [4] | WizardWorks | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | 111 | D! | N | N | |||
D!ZONE 2 | [5] | WizardWorks | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | 1000 | D! | Y | N | |||
D!ZONE 2 150 | [6] | WizardWorks | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | 150 | D! | Box | ||||
D!ZONE 3 | [7] | WizardWorks | 1996 | Doom, Doom II | 1069 | D! | Box | ||||
D!ZONE Gold | [8] | WizardWorks | 1996 | Doom, Doom II | 3000 | D! | Box | Y | Y | ||
D!ZONE MAC | WizardWorks | 1995 | Doom for Mac | 2000 | D!MAC | ||||||
D!ZONE v1.3 | WizardWorks | 1994 | Doom, Doom II | 75 | D! | N | |||||
Death Match: The Ultimate Game Player's Kit | [notes 5] | Micro Star Software | 1996 | Doom, Doom II | 7000 | DOOM-IT | Y | N | N | ||
Deathday Collection | [9] | Microforum International | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | Deathday | Y | |||||
DeathMatch 2 for Doom 2 | [10] | Simitar Entertainment | 1995 | Doom II | |||||||
DeathMatch for Doom 1 & 2 | Simitar Entertainment | 1994 | Doom, Doom II | ||||||||
Demon Gate Mega Collection | [11] | Laser Magic | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | 6000 | MegaEZ | |||||
Demon Gate: 666 New Levels for Doom & Doom II | [12] | Laser Magic | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | 666 | EasyWAD | N | N | |||
Demon Gate: Over 600 New Levels for Doom & Doom II | Laser Magic | Doom, Doom II | 600 | EasyWAD | N | N | |||||
Demon Gate: Over 600 New Levels for Doom II | Laser Magic | Doom II for Mac | 600 | N | N | ||||||
Digital Warfare | MIS:Press | 1996 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen | Book | DoomShell | Y | N | N | |||
DM-2 Magic for Doom II | MicrobossGermany | Doom II, | 270 | Y | N | N | |||||
Doom I/11 Collection | Softkey | Doom, Doom 2 | Y | N | Y | ||||||
DOOM + Accessories | Artimage, Inc | 1994 | Doom | 250 | Y | N | Y | ||||
Doom 1 & 2 Add-On Levels (Special Edition) | Explore The World Of Software Inc. | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | Easy Menu System | N | N | |||||
Doom Explosion | Red Hot | 1200 | |||||||||
Doom 2 Explosion | Red Hot | 1995 | Doom II | ||||||||
Doom Add-On Levels Volume 2 | [13] | Arcade International | 1994 | Doom | 70 | N | N | N | |||
Doom Companion CD-ROM | [notes 6] | Limelight Media Inc. | 1994 | Doom | 0 | Y | Y | ||||
Doom Companion Edition | [14] [notes 6] | Laser Magic | 1995 | Doom | 0 | Y | Y | ||||
Doom Construction Kit, The | Waite Group | 1995 | 30 | Book | Y | ||||||
Doom Extras | Software Solutions | 1995 | Doom | 354 | Multiple | Y | Y | ||||
Doom Fever | Maple Media, Inc. | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | 500 | Y | N | Y | ||||
Doom Game Editor CD-ROM, The | Wiley Publishing | 1995 | Doom | Book | Y | Y | |||||
Doom Hacker's Guide, The | [15] [notes 7] | MIS:Press | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | Book | Y | Y | ||||
Doom Heaven II | Most Significant Bits | 1995 | Doom II | 2000 | Y | ||||||
Doom II Extras: Down & Dirty | Doom II | Y | N | ||||||||
Doom II Mania!!! | [notes 8][16] | Tech Express | 1995 | Doom II | 432 | DOOM II Control Center | Y | N | N | ||
Doom Mania!!! | [17] | Tech Express | 1994 | Doom | 525 | Y | N | Y | |||
Doom Univers Parallèls | Sybex | Doom, Doom II | Y | N | Y | ||||||
DoomWare Developers Network CD - Occurrence I | Cytech Codehouse | 1994 | Y | ||||||||
D·1000 | Gametek | 1995 | Doom | 1000 | D! | Box | N | N | |||
Gaminator | DP Tool Club | 1994 | Doom, Doom II | 1390 | WADGOD | Y | Y | ||||
H!ZONE | [notes 9] | WizardWorks | 1996 | Heretic, Hexen | 262 | D! | Box | Y | Y | ||
Hell on CD-ROM: Developers' Network CD Occurrence Two | [notes 10] | Cytech Codehouse | 1995 | Doom II | Y | N | |||||
Heresies: Developer's Network CD Occurrence Three | [notes 11] | Cytech Codehouse | 1995 | Heretic | 133[notes 12] | APCi Game Client | Box | N | N | N | |
Home Edutainment Collection Volume IV, The | Aztech | 1995 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic | 1200 | Y | N | Y | ||||
Level Master II | [notes 13] | Macmillan Digital Publishing USA | 1996 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen | 2400 | Book | DoomShell 5 | Y | Y | ||
Magic & Mayhem for Heretic | [18] [notes 14] | Laser Magic | 1995 | Heretic | 1500 | DOOM-IT | N | ||||
Maximum Death for Doom II | [notes 15] | Quality Multimedia | 1996 | Doom II | 2400 | Maximum Death | Y | ||||
Maximum Death for Heretic | [19] [notes 16] | Quality Multimedia | Heretic | 1600 | Maximum Death | Y | |||||
Maximum Doom | id Software | 1995 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic | 1830 | DOOM-IT | ||||||
MegaDoom Adventures | Pacific Media WorX | 1994 | Doom | 300 | Unknown | Y | |||||
MegaDoom II | Pacific Media WorX | 1995 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic | 1500 | UltraLaunch | Y | N | ||||
PC Gamer Disc 2.5 | PC Gamer | 1996 | Doom II, Heretic, Hexen | 6 | Magazine | N | N | N | |||
PC Gamer Disc 2.8 | PC Gamer | 1996 | Doom II, Hexen | 5 | Magazine | N | N | N | |||
PC Zone CD Edition | Dennis Publishing | 1995 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic | 1000 | Magazine | Y | |||||
SUPERDEAD | [notes 17] | Microboss | 1996 | Hexen | Y | N | N | ||||
Supergames Volume 2 | MediaProducts | 1995 | Doom | 20 | Y | N | Y | ||||
TOOM Parade, The | CDV Software GmbH | 1994 | Doom, Doom II | 150 | |||||||
Total Ruin | Pacific Media WorX | 1995 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic | UltraLaunch | Y | ||||||
Time of Reckoning | [notes 18][20] | Weird Science | 1998 | Doom II | 500 | Y | N | N | |||
Tricks of the Doom Gurus | Sams Publishing | 1995 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic | 266 | Book | DoomMenu, Doom-It | Y | Y | N | ||
Ultimate Add On Collection for Doom & Doom II, The | [notes 19] | SoftKey | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | Deathday | Y | N | ||||
Ultimate Add-On's Tournament Edition | Cybercore Publishing | 1995 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic | UltraLaunch | Y | N | Y | ||||
Ultimate DOOM Companion | [notes 20] | Powersource Multimedia | 1995 | Doom, Doom II, Heretic | 3600 | Y | N | N | |||
Wads of Wads | [21] | CD ROM User Group (UK) | Y | ||||||||
ZONE Sampler | [notes 21] | WizardWorks | 1995 | Doom, Doom II | 50 | D! | N | N | N |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Shareware game compilation that includes directories dedicated to Doom & Doom II PWADs, Heretic & Hexen PWADs, and also contains the shareware edition of Heretic.
- ↑ Shareware disc focused on 3D games. Includes both v1.2 and v1.666 of shareware Doom, and also an unauthorized IWAD hack using Wolfenstein 3-D sprites and sounds.
- ↑ Shareware disc with 12 action games including shareware Doom v1.2. The Doom section also includes the Doom FAQ and a selection of PWADs and utilities.
- ↑ Collection of various game shareware, info and add-on files targeted to BBS operators. Includes dedicated Doom and Doom 2 directories as well as a scattering of Doom and Heretic related files in the DOS games directories.
- ↑ Two-CD compilation with Doom PWADs on the first disc and the Doom 2 PWADs on the second. Many of the Doom 2 levels are conversions.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Laser Magic Doom Companion Edition is an alternate, later version of Limelight Media's Doom Companion CD-ROM. Slight updates were made to the frontend and the readme text files but the contents were otherwise not changed.
- ↑ Also published as Hank Leukart's Hacker's Guide to Doom.
- ↑ Some executables on the Doom II Mania disc are infected with the Tai-Pan.666 / Doom2Death virus.
- ↑ H!ZONE includes twelve custom exclusive episodes.
- ↑ Contains the following utilities: LMP Player, WadFest II, CDGofer 2.0.
- ↑ Contains a patch to upgrade Heretic 1.0 registered to 1.2.
- ↑ Not counting the duplicates. One of these is actually a Doom II deathmatch PWAD.
- ↑ This is a release of the 3D Game Alchemy book and disc in packaging resembling a game box. Often also referred to as Instant Doom Levels.
- ↑ Contains Heretic conversions of levels that were designed for Doom; no textfiles.
- ↑ Contains some WADs for the original Doom, but the launcher supports Doom II only and will attempt to convert them before play.
- ↑ Interface software developed by Head Games.
- ↑ Variety pack of game add-ons. Non-Doom-engine games featured include Descent 1 & 2, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake and Warcraft 2.
- ↑ Also features add-ons for Quake and Duke Nukem 3D.
- ↑ A re-release of Deathday with trivial changes to the CD-ROM's contents; play-wise they are identical.
- ↑ Not to be confused with the much more common Doom Companion Edition from Laser Magic. There are two versions of the jewel case front insert illustration, one shows the official DOOM logo and a cacodemon flanked by two demons; the other says "DOOM" in a different font with a larger scene of a spaceship. The CD-ROM contents are 100% identical in both versions. There is also a folder titled "heretic" that includes not only Heretic files, but also ones related to Wolfenstein 3-D, Descent and Rise of the Triad.
- ↑ A sampler disc containing a reduced selection of PWADs from D!ZONE and a reduced selection of files for SimCity 2000 from S!ZONE.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- The DOOM Level CD Collection on Archive.org
- The Past on Plastic on cd.textfiles.com, a shovelware repository
- Doom Level CD Collector (archived 🏛) also has a gallery of covers and some information (in German)
References[edit]
- ↑ (8 February 2012). "3D Game Alchemy: Free Download." Internet Archive. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/game/dmatch
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/game/dzone
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/game/dzone-150
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/game/dzone-2
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/game/dzone2-150
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/game/dzone-3
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/game/dzone-gold
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/game/deathday-collection
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/DeathMatch-2-Doom-II-PC/dp/B0013CORZI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1273522308&sr=8-2
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Demon-Gate-Mega-Collection-PC/dp/B000RJXDJE
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/game/demon-gate-666-new-levels-for-doom-and-doom-ii
- ↑ reveilleun (29 October 2018). "Doom Add-On Levels" A compilation floppy disc of WAD's I found in my dads attic. Doomworld forums.
- ↑ http://www.gadzookssoftware.com/software_vo_games/T-CD0284_doom-companion_computer-games.htm
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Doom-Hackers-Guide-Hank-Leukart/dp/1558284281
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20030810032921/www.techexpress.com/prod01.htm
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20030810032921/www.techexpress.com/prod01.htm
- ↑ http://www.mobygames.com/game/magic-mayhem-for-heretic
- ↑ Bloodshedder (9 October 2007). "Maximum Death" for Heretic. Doomworld forums.
- ↑ Archived website
- ↑ http://www.addoncollector.spielepedia.de/doomde.html.. (archived 🏛).