Doom Zero

Doom Zero

Authors	Christopher Golden
Port	Vanilla Doom
IWAD	Doom II
Year	2019
Link	ModDB
	This mod was a runner-up for the 2019 Cacowards on Doomworld!

Doom Zero is a 32-level megawad for Doom II, using DeHackEd to introduce new monsters, created by Christopher Golden (DASI-I) of Iruka Software. It was originally released on September 30, 2019 for the 25th anniversary of Doom II's release, and was given the status of runner-up for the 2019 Cacowards. It has a particular focus on platforming and switch puzzles.

On December 15, 2020, it was added to the list of official add-ons for the Doom re-release by Bethesda. Further updates happened in 2021, leading to version 2.2 on March 9 and the current version 3.0 on August 24. On August 8, 2024, it became a featured mod for Doom + Doom II.

Content[edit]

Monsters[edit]

The alpha soul, which replaces the Wolfenstein SS, uses the early graphics of the lost soul from the Doom press release beta, has 100 hit points and attacks by shooting cacodemon projectiles which, interestingly, can damage cacodemons. (In early versions of the mod, it was referred to as "soul droid" and had kept the hitscan attack.)
The demon witch, which replaces Romero's head but is non-shootable. Instead, its vulnerable heart replaces the tall blue torch, with 500 hit points.
The Commander Keen sprite was replaced with a Dopefish one.

Levels[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

The mod mostly uses music from Doom and Doom II, originally composed by Robert Prince.

MAP01: "Suspense (Redux)" by silentzorah, from Project Redux (edited by GTXDash) / "Hiding the Secrets" from Doom in the official add-on
MAP02: "At Doom's Gate" from Doom
MAP03: no replacement
MAP04: "Into Sandy's City" from Doom II
MAP05: "The Healer Stalks" from Doom II
MAP06: "They're Going to Get You" from Doom
MAP07: "On the Hunt" from Doom
MAP08: no replacement
MAP09: "The Demons from Adrian's Pen" from Doom
MAP10: no replacement
MAP11: "The Imp's Song" from Doom
MAP12: "Sinister" from Doom
MAP13: "I Sawed the Demons" from Doom
MAP14: "Demons on the Prey" from Doom
MAP15: no replacement
MAP16: "In the Dark" from Doom II
MAP17: "DOOM" from Doom II
MAP18: "Kitchen Ace (And Taking Names)" from Doom
MAP19: "Dark Halls" from Doom
MAP20: "Sign of Evil" from Doom
MAP21: "Waltz of the Demons" from Doom
MAP22: "Donna to the Rescue" from Doom
MAP23: untitled E2M9/E3M1 theme from Doom / untitled intermission theme from Doom II in the official add-on
MAP24: "The End of DOOM" from Doom
MAP25: no replacement
MAP26: no replacement
MAP27: no replacement
MAP28: "Suspense" from Doom
MAP29: "Sign of Evil (Redux)" by silentzorah, from Project: Redux / "Sign of Evil" from Doom in the official add-on
MAP30: "Nobody Told Me About id" from Doom
MAP31: no replacement / "Deep Into the Code" from Doom in the official add-on
MAP32: "Opening to Hell" from Doom II

Title screen: shortened version of un12.mid by Bobby Prince, from the compilation of unreleased DOOM MIDIs
Intermission screen: "Intermission from DOOM" from Doom

Built-in demos[edit]

Version 3.0 of this WAD features three built-in demos. All require Doom II v1.9 to view them. The demo levels are:

Demo	Level	Skill	Tics	Length
DEMO1	MAP04: Triple Town	3	3238	1:32.51
DEMO2	MAP11: Too Close To Home	3	3037	1:26.77
DEMO3	MAP17: The Testing Labs	3	3115	1:29.00

The v2.2 release included the following three demos:

Demo	Level	Skill	Tics	Length
DEMO1	MAP04: Triple Town	3	3238	1:32.51
DEMO2	MAP15: Peak Facility	3	3389	1:36.83
DEMO3	MAP07: Claustrophobia	3	4266	2:01.89

The v2.0 release featured the following three demos:

Demo	Level	Skill	Tics	Length
DEMO1	MAP04: Triple Town	3	2489	1:11.11
DEMO2	MAP08: Module Base	3	3528	1:40.80
DEMO3	MAP11: Too Close To Home	3	2920	1:23.43

The v1.8 release included the following three demos:

Demo	Level	Skill	Tics	Length
DEMO1	MAP02: Toxic Tower	3	2706	1:17.31
DEMO2	MAP07: Claustrophobia	3	4565	2:10.43
DEMO3	MAP11: Too Close To Home	3	3651	1:44.31

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