Chris++

I have Ultimate Doom (which includes I and II) and Final Doom for the PS1, and I love that overall game so much that I've played through all of the levels three or four times a year since the late '90s. In fact, wanting to play II and FD was the reason I bought a PS1 in 1998; I had become hooked on the game thanks to the Jaguar.

When I learned that .WAD files of additional levels were available, I had a PC that was so old, I didn't even consider trying to play Doom on it. I've had a better computer for a few years now, but I've just recently remembered that .WAD files exist. I'm eager to see if I can play them now, but I have no clue as to which website offers a good version of Doom itself for downloading, or even if there are different versions.

I'm not interested in buying (or stealing) any of iD's actual levels, since I have the PS1 discs. Does anyone have advice on where I should go to download the "main" Doom and/or find .WAD files? I know this is old stuff, but hell, it's the Classic Gaming General Forum. I could just use a search engine, but I'm not sure if there are older renditions that would work better on my computer, versions with WinXP-specific fixes, etc.

I'm running WinXP Pro (2002), and my PC has a Pentium III (451 MHz/256 MB of RAM). I know -- not the most up-to-date! But it works awesomely with Stella, Vice64, slightly older versions of MAME, etc., and my version of DirectX (I can't remember which at the moment) has worked with a couple of other old FPSs in the past, so I'm pretty sure it can handle an oldie like Doom. In case it's necessary, I also have DOSBox installed.

Thanks for any assistance with this, brethren.

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