Tested under DOOM II, BOOM, or ZDOOM | |||||
| Pass | |||||
| Add-on | Size | Levels | Date added | Comments | |
| Co-Op Quickies | 0.3M | 11 | 12/8/2000 | Made for co-op! 11 small but intense maps created by fellow co-op player Dan L'Ecuyer. Recommended. | |
| City of Doom | 3.1M | 11 | 12/8/2000 | Spectacular! Great level design, very tough combat & puzzles, city streets & buildings theme. (Last map may have a co-op hostile trap, but didn't cause us trouble.) A must-have! | |
| The Mission | 0.3M | 6 | 11/15/2000 | Follereau Dominique's classic map set, updated for co-op play by the Co-Op Certification Laboratory. Good stuff! | |
| The
Darkening, Episode 2 |
4.6M | 12 | 11/2/2000 | The current version 1.1 corrects co-op problems we reported to the authors. Bravo! Excellent levels; don't miss this. | |
| Perdition's Gate | N/A | 32 | 11/2/2000 | Commercial megawad by WizardWorks (not to be confused with the freeware 6-level wad reviewed below). One spot in one of the early maps suggested a potential co-op hitch, but it didn't happen to cause us any difficulty. | |
| Hello! | 1.2M | 14 | 8/11/2000 | Made for co-op! Some levels are a bit simple, but all are good tough fun. | |
| Atlantis | 0.1M | 1 | 8/11/2000 | Good solid action and puzzle-solving. | |
| Lynx | 0.1M | 1 | 5/13/2000 | Silly map layout concept, but tough and fun anyway. | |
| Sudden Death | 0.8M | 1 | 5/13/2000 | Another grand, violent King REoL wad. Small gripe: keyed doors should stay open. | |
| All Hell Is Breaking Loose | 2.5M | 5 | 4/12/2000 | Amusing Partial Conversion crashed ZDOOM a lot, but no co-op problems. | |
| DOOM 2200 Episode 1 | 1.6M | 6 | 1/23/2000 | VERY tough levels, superb co-op play. | |
| Earth | 1.3M | 10 | 1/9/2000 | Magnificent! Admire it with your friends. | |
| Bitchin' 97 | 0.9M | 10 | 1/9/2000 | Made for co-op! Hellacious combat. | |
| Dimensions Of Time | 1M | 32 | 1/9/2000 | A simple but entertaining megawad. | |
| Realm Of Shades | 1.5M | 7 | 1/9/2000 | Fantastic! Big, interesting levels, huge battles. | |
| Perdition's Gate | 0.7M | 6 | 1/5/2000 | Good mix of action and puzzles. | |
| KZDOOM1 | 0.3M | 1 | 1/5/2000 | Great level by Kurt Kesler. Showcases ZDoom features. | |
| Lovinger Outpost | 0.9M | 8 | 1/5/2000 | Perfect co-op levels. Get it. | |
| Enigma | 1.3M | 9 | 1/5/2000 | Spectacular levels by Jim Flynn. | |
| SLIGE | 0.1M | zillions | 1/5/2000 | Random wad generator produces surprisingly good co-op-friendly levels. | |
| Fail | |||||
| Add-on | Size | Levels | Date added | Comments | |
| 10 Sectors Megawads | varies | 32 | 12/8/2000 | Missing co-op starts & many other problems. | |
| Tun-Run | 0.3M | 1 | 11/15/2000 | Doors sealed shut near start, yellow door didn't work. | |
| TeamTNT's Doom 2000 | ??? | 32 | 11/2/2000 | Not even out yet, but we were disappointed to learn from TeamTNT that this won't support co-op play. | |
| Hell to Pay DSV World KZDOOM3 KBOOM12 | Varies | Varies | 11/2/2000 | Due to the technical problems (e.g., lightning-zapped computer) we encountered throughout testing, we don't have records of the exact problems we encountered with these wads, but they all failed for various reasons. | |
| Hellbolt | 0.1M | 1 | 8/11/2000 | Door sealed shut near start. | |
| "Last Day on Earth" (LASTEP1) | 1.0M | 11 | 8/11/2000 | Once-only door switch, lots of traps seal up. | |
| Helldoom | 0.4M | 8 | 8/11/2000 | Unable to exit map 4. | |
| Biowar | 1.9M | 19 | 4/12/2000 | The usual problems. (Sigh...) Don't bother. | |
| Hell Revealed 2 Part 1 | 1.6M | 17 | 2/26/2000 | Doors won't re-open, bars seal areas off, etc. | |
| Herian 2 | 7.6M | 32 | 2/26/2000 | Door that don't reopen, one-time tporter, no "Things", etc. | |
| STRAIN | 5M | 32 | 1/9/2000 | Co-op-hostile traps block keys, etc. | |
| The Talosian Incident | 1.4M | 20 | 1/9/2000 | No co-op starts on map 2. | |
| Enter the Night | 0.3M | 4 | 1/9/2000 | No "Things" in co-op mode, plus problems with traps. | |
| Realms Of Devastated Eternity (RODE) | 0.9M | 6 | 1/9/2000 | Missing co-op starts on 2 maps + other problems. | |
| Master Levels for DOOM II | 3.3M | 20 | 1/5/2000 | Commercial add-on from id. Sealed out of tower, etc. | |
| Batman DOOM | 5.6M | 32 | 1/5/2000 | No "Things" in co-op mode. | |
| Pixel Rex wads | varies | 1 each | 1/5/2000 | Includes Simply Evil, Jagged Edges, etc. All lack co-op starts or have no "Things". | |
| Operation: Arctic Wolf | 5.6M | ?? | 1/5/2000 | Doors wouldn't reopen, one-time teleporter. | |
| KZDOOM2 | 0.3M | 1 | 1/5/2000 | Walls move for 3-D effect, blocks co-op players. | |
| Older Kesler wads | varies | 1 each | 1/5/2000 | KBASE, KMETL, KHILL, KBRICK, KBOOM all lack co-op starts. | |
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