Pandora is a vanilla-compatible megawad for Doom II with 35 new levels designed by various members from the community, led by Adam Bilbrough (Gibbon) and originally published on July 7, 2022.
The main goal of the community project is to recreate levels typically found in shovelware disks from the early era of Doom mapping. Particularly, the maps try to recreate the gimmicks and tropes commonly found in commercial compilations. As such, most of the maps present a very 1994 level style; monochrome and unaligned textures, simplistic detailing, outdoor areas, erratic enemy composition, high number of items and varying degrees of difficulty.
Despite this, all maps are fully playable without the need for cheats.
As part of development of the WAD, PANDORA.EXE, a DOS source modification based on gamesrc-ver-recreation was distributed to the contributors, bundled with source code changes. The modification added names for maps 33-35 and removed vertical mouse movement as a convenience. This version was not included in the package uploaded to idgames archive, nor was it ever officially published.
Content[edit]
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Some maps, such as MAP29, may not run with DOSBox.
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Soundtrack[edit]
- MAP01: no replacement
- MAP02: MIDI rendition of "Demon Castle Study" by Michiru Yamane, from Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (sequenced by Jorge D. Fuentes)
- MAP03: "Untitled" (E2M9/E3M1 music) by Robert Prince, from Doom
- MAP04: MIDI rendition of "Deus Ex Machina" by The Devilz Work (sequenced by Doomkid)
- MAP05: "Chasing the Dragon" by Tristan Clark
- MAP06: "Running from Evil" by Robert Prince, from Doom II
- MAP07: "Mars Processing Station" from Descent
- MAP08: MIDI rendition of "Conquest of Paradise" by Vangelis (sequenced by Anton Baranov (Quake/\/\an))
- MAP09: MIDI rendition of "Mr. Vain" by Culture Beat
- MAP10: "At Doom's Gate" by Robert Prince, from Doom
- MAP11: MIDI rendition of "We Built This City" by Starship
- MAP12: FIGHT.MID, author unknown
- MAP13: MIDI rendition of "Killer of Giants" by Ozzy Osbourne
- MAP14: MIDI rendition of "Main Titles" by Danny Elfman, from Beetlejuice (sequenced by Wesley Ellinger)
- MAP15: "Lordly Might" by Mark Klem, from Requiem
- MAP16: no replacement
- MAP17: MIDI rendition of "Stage 1 - Zombie Panic" by Joe McDermott, from Zombies Ate My Neighbors (sequenced by Robert Hansson)
- MAP18: "At Doom's Gate" by Robert Prince, from Doom
- MAP19: MIDI rendition of "Paninaro '95" by Pet Shop Boys
- MAP20: MIDI rendition of "South of Heaven" by Slayer (sequenced by Robert Prince)
- MAP21: PADLOCK.mid by Zan-zan-zawa-veia
- MAP22: no replacement
- MAP23: MIDI rendition of "Crucifix Held Close" by Michiru Yamane, from Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (sequenced by Jayster)
- MAP24: no replacement
- MAP25: MIDI rendition of "Level 4" by David Wise, from Battletoads/Double Dragon (sequenced by Robert Hansson)
- MAP26: "Between Levels" by Robert Prince, from Doom II
- MAP27: "Misplaced Anticipation" by Jark
- MAP28: no replacement
- MAP29: "Hidden Anger" by Mark Klem, from Memento Mori
- MAP30: no replacement
- MAP31: no replacement
- MAP32: MIDI rendition of "Temple of Love" by The Sisters of Mercy
- MAP33: no replacement
- MAP34: no replacement
- MAP35: no replacement
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Built-in demos[edit]
This WAD features four built-in demos. All require Doom II v1.9 to view them. The demo levels are:
External links[edit]
