Doom 64 Reloaded

Doom 64 Reloaded

Authors	AtomicFrog
Port	Doom 64 (2020 version)
IWAD	Doom 64
Year	2022
Link	ModDB page
	This mod received an honorable mention at the 2023 Cacowards on Doomworld!

Doom 64 Reloaded (also known as Doom 64 Ascension or Doom 64 RR) is a megawad for the Doom 64 re-release, created by AtomicFrog, and originally released on June 28, 2022 (with earlier beta versions running on Doom64 EX). The project strives to show what Doom 64 could have looked like on the Nintendo 64 if it had not been restricted to an 8MB cartridge, as AtomicFrog estimates Doom 64 Reloaded would need a 50MB cartridge instead. The mod features all of the levels from the original game, but greatly reworked in their aesthetic, detail and lighting, sometimes offering very different themes. The reworked levels stick very close to the original layouts and gameplay with only some additions and changes, such as extra secrets or additional rooms and monsters in some maps.

Doom 64 Reloaded features additional levels (nine new campaign levels, four new challenge levels and two new bonus levels). It also features a great amount of reworked sprites and textures. Furthermore, the soundtrack has been enhanced with some reworked tracks as well as with the inclusion of brand new ones.

Doom 64 Reloaded received an honorable mention at the Cacowards in 2023.

Story[edit]

Poster for Doom 64 Reloaded.

After the events of Doom and Doom II the UAC discovered a strange energy signature coming from below the surface of Phobos. They set up base Omega around the area and began excavations of the site. After having tunneled several kilometres below the surface they discovered the source of the signal: another portal of alien construction. It was not clear how old the portal was. Nor was it clear why it was sealed within a chamber with no discernible entrance. It was as if it had been entombed.

Expedition teams were sent through the portal, but only a few of the hundred or so men returned. They had brought with them two anomalous objects. The first was a large obelisk that pulsed a deep red unnatural glow. The strange unholy power it emitted cracked and distorted the very ground it stood on. The second seemed to be a weapon of some kind. A weapon constructed of flesh and bone...

Further investigations lead to the discovery of a red artifact within the obelisk. Information as to the results of other research and testing on these three objects were lost, when at some point the red artifact unexpectedly emitted a massive surge of power. Whether this was the result of tests being carried out upon it, or it was done purposely by something from across the portal is unknown. What is known, is that the power surge knocked out all the generators, causing the containment fields around the portal to shut down. An invasion ensued. Innumerable hordes of demons spewed forth from the portal. Hell itself flooded the base, consuming level after level, until it reached the surface, taking all in its wake.

With the base lost, the UAC ordered the emergency gamma sterilization measure activated as a final attempt to push the forces of Hell back, leaving the entire site dead in a nuclear haze. However, their victory was short-lived. Across the void something reached out, its powers amplified by the red artifact, re-animating both demon and human carcass...

.... now enters Doomguy.

Content[edit]

The red obelisk in the UAC base.

The ancient portal deep below the surface.

A UAC marine retrieving the Unmaker from Hell.

The temple in Hell where the red obelisk was found.

Levels[edit]

Campaign Levels
The main levels of the WAD.

MAP01: Landing Site (intro cutscene)
MAP02: Staging Area
MAP03: Exordium (story map)
MAP04: The Terraformer
MAP05: Main Engineering
MAP06: Holding Area
MAP07: Outpost Omega (secret map, accessed from MAP06: Holding Area)
MAP08: Crisis (secret map, accessed from MAP07: Outpost Omega)
MAP09: Panic (secret map, accessed from MAP08: Crisis)
MAP10: Tech Center
MAP11: Nukage Facility
MAP12: Alpha Quadrant
MAP13: Research Lab
MAP14: Final Outpost
MAP15: Even Simpler
MAP16: The Bleeding
MAP17: Terror Core
MAP18: Altar of Pain
MAP19: The Lair (secret map, accessed from MAP18: Altar of Pain)
MAP20: Dark Citadel
MAP21: Eye of the Storm
MAP22: Dark Entries
MAP23: Blood Keep
MAP24: The Marshes (secret map, accessed from MAP23: Blood Keep)
MAP25: Watch Your Step
MAP26: Shadows Watching
MAP27: Spawned Fear
MAP28: In The Void (secret map, accessed from MAP27: Spawned Fear)
MAP29: Forbidden Deeper (secret map, accessed from MAP28: In The Void)
MAP30: The Spiral
MAP31: Breakdown
MAP32: Club Doom (secret map, accessed from MAP31: Breakdown)
MAP33: Title
MAP38: Pitfalls
MAP39: Evil Intent (secret map, accessed from MAP38: Pitfalls)
MAP40: Burnt Offerings
MAP41: Unholy Temple
MAP42: The Catacombs
MAP43: No Escape
MAP44: The Absolution
MAP45: Ascension
MAP46: Hectic (secret map, accessed from MAP02: Staging Area)

Death Run Levels
Four small arena style maps, designed as a worthy challenge for the average player, and a speed run challenge for those of higher skill.

MAP34: Death Labs
MAP35: Vault 51
MAP36: Tomb of Shadows
MAP37: Carousel of Chaos

Trial of Pain Levels
The original Fun Maps, accessible by beating Hectic. Completing them will unlock the Features menu and end the game.