Welcome to Dean of Doom, the show where we give grades to classic and contemporary Doom wads. Why? Because ranking things is fun. Today’s episode will be dedicated to Memento Mori, a 1995 megawad finalized in ‘96 that was made by a team of twenty-one designers, spearheaded by Thomas and Denis Möller who comprised a mapping duo called The Innocent Crew (TiC), with notable contributions from Tom Mustaine and the Brothers Casali. As I told the Delinquent, Memento Mori is an undisputed classic: it was rated the top wad of 1996 by Doom bigwigs Linguica and Mike ‘Cyb’ Watson, and it earned the rare distinction of being included among the seven pwads eligible for Compet-N speedrunning. Rare for its time, Memento Mori also has an original score composed by the one and only Mark Klem; some of these tracks are still used in custom wads to this day. MM is also a rarity for the special consideration it gives to cooperative multiplayer campaigns. The co-op trend didn’t necessarily catch on, with deathmatch being the vastly more popular multiplayer format, but Memento Mori’s innovation on that front is still appreciable today.
Thanks to @decino and @DoomKid for joining me this episode: it was a pleasure fragging with you both!
Link to the megawad:
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Special thanks to @DCGRetrowave for providing the MIDIs! (Channel link: [ Ссылка ])
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