Nostalgia Zero

Nostalgia Zero
Authors	Alex Decker et al.
Port	Vanilla Doom
IWAD	Doom
Year	2024
Link	Doomworld/idgames

Nostalgia Zero is a 36-level megawad for The Ultimate Doom created by Alex Decker (myolden) with guest secret maps by Death Bear, taviow, Snaxalotl, and Ludi. It was first released on September 22, 2024. The final version was uploaded to the idgames archive on October 20, 2024. The WAD also features a completely original soundtrack by Robert Earp (Bobbylol), Korp, LPad, Mr. Freeze, and ZeMystic.

Content

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Levels

Episode 1: Valley of the Dead

• E1M1: Hangar 18
• E1M2: Fight Fire With Fire
• E1M3: Zero Tolerance
• E1M4: Bulls on Parade
• E1M5: No Remorse
• E1M6: Flight of Icarus
• E1M7: War Ensemble
• E1M8: Valley of the Dead
• E1M9: Jump in the Fire by Death Bear

Episode 2: Gates to Hell

• E2M1: Wake Up Dead
• E2M2: Creeping Death
• E2M3: Harvester of Sorrow
• E2M4: Legions of the Dead
• E2M5: Sweating Bullets
• E2M6: Heresy
• E2M7: Covenant of Death
• E2M8: Gates to Hell
• E2M9: Treachery by taviow

Episode 3: Infernal Death

• E3M1: Baptized in Blood
• E3M2: Left Hand Path
• E3M3: Spirit in Black
• E3M4: Immortal Rites
• E3M5: Altar of Sacrifice
• E3M6: The Frayed Ends of Sanity
• E3M7: Crypts of Eternity
• E3M8: Infernal Death
• E3M9: Caved by Snaxalotl

Episode 4: Thy Kingdom Come

• E4M1: Rapture
• E4M2: Prophet of Hatred
• E4M3: Soul Burn
• E4M4: 9th Circle
• E4M5: Thrones of Blood
• E4M6: Effigy of the Forgotten
• E4M7: The Seven Tongues of God
• E4M8: Thy Kingdom Come
• E4M9: Red Velvet Wound by Ludi

Soundtrack

• E1M1: "Undercooked Pasta" by Robert Earp (Bobbylol)
• E1M2: "Propeller" by Korp
• E1M3: "Lunar Lightshaft" by Bobbylol
• E1M4: "Smokin' on That Jack Pack" by ZeMystic
• E1M5: "Overdude" by Bobbylol and Korp
• E1M6: "Stinky Sewer" by Korp
• E1M7: "Desphorxia" by Korp
• E1M8: "Before This Was Them" by Bobbylol
• E1M9: "Watch and Weep" by Korp

• E2M1: "Yeast Trash" by Korp
• E2M2: "The Myolden Plan" by Korp
• E2M3: "The Hydraulic Press" by Korp
• E2M4: "Cold Ass Rack" by Korp
• E2M5: "Buckets of Wet Slop" by Korp
• E2M6: "500 Cigarretes" by Korp
• E2M7: "Ludi's Nudis" by Korp
• E2M8: "Full of Lead (and Soup)" by Korp
• E2M9: "Delusion of Power" by Mr. Freeze

• E3M1: "Hello Mr. Caco" by LPad
• E3M2: "Flesh Consuming, Flesh Consumed" by ZeMystic
• E3M3: "Siege Song" by ZeMystic
• E3M4: "Spooky MIDI" by Bobbylol
• E3M5: "The Cat in the Drawer" by LPad
• E3M6: "Baron of Swell" by LPad
• E3M7: "Remember When the Land Was Barren" by LPad
• E3M8: "Facing the Penguin" by Mr. Freeze
• E3M9: "Wrong" by ZeMystic

• E4M1: same as E3M4
• E4M2: same as E3M2
• E4M3: same as E3M3
• E4M4: same as E1M5
• E4M5: same as E2M7
• E4M6: same as E2M4
• E4M7: same as E2M6
• E4M8: same as E2M5
• E4M9: same as E1M9

• Title screen: "At the Movies with Peewee Herman and Siskel" by Bobbylol
• Intermission screen: "Intermission for Nostalgia" by Mr. Freeze and Korp
• Victory music: "Lack of Perplexity" by Korp
• Endgame music: "I Yearn for a Better Time" by Korp

Built-in demos

This WAD features three built-in demos. All require Doom v1.9 to view them. The demo levels are:

Demo	Level	Skill	Tics	Length
DEMO1	E1M3: Zero Tolerance	4	1382	0:39.49
DEMO2	E2M2: Creeping Death	4	1315	0:37.57
DEMO3	E3M6: The Frayed Ends of Sanity	4	632	0:18.06

Speedrunning

Current records

The DSDA episode records for Nostalgia Zero are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV max episode 1	19:29	Andrea Rovenski	2024-11-13	nzep1-1927.zip
UV max episode 2	24:48	Revved	2024-11-07	nze2-2448.zip
UV max episode 3	27:47	Revved	2024-11-10	nze3-2747.zip
UV max episode 4	22:31	Revved	2024-11-14	nze4-2231.zip
UV Tyson episode 1	41:03	Andrea Rovenski	2024-11-14	nzep1t4103.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on December 7, 2024.

External links

• Nostalgia Zero at Doomworld/idgames
• Nostalgia Zero at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
• Release thread on Doomworld forums