Big List of Mods of Apogee/Epic/other 90s dos shareware games besides FPS

[dark]

Welcome to my giant list of mods for early 90s Dos shareware games, most of which are by Apogee, Epic and ID Software. This list intentionally excludes the thousands of mods that exist for 90s fps games such as Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Heretic, Hexen, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, etc. which are far too numerous to put in this list and much better documented elsewhere such as these websites: https://www.moddb.com http://doomarchive.com/ http://doomwadstation.net/ https://www.doomworld.com/10years/bestwads/ https://doomwiki.org/wiki/List_of_notable_WADs

The list also excludes modern remakes of dos games and user created content for those remakes. So for example, I'm excluding the modern windows remakes of Crystal Caves and Secret Agent and their user created levels, as well as the fan remake of Xargon in the Unity Engine available on Steam that has a lot of new user created content. This list is focused on mods of the original dos versions of the games, and is intended to be stuff that could be played in a dos emulator or on a dos pc.

I have not downloaded and tested or archived all of this content myself. Some of the download links are 10+ years old, or go to websites that were last updated in 2002, and sadly I noticed a couple download links that are already dead... so if anyone else would like to start archiving this stuff sooner rather than later, that could be a good idea for preserving it.

If you know of additional mods/level packs/custom content for these or similar games, please let me know in this thread and I'll periodically update this list.

So without further ado - on to the mods.


Biomenace

Three Biomenace mods from 2012 and 2020 featuring new levels and a special beta version of the game with a newly created level to demonstrate the turbo shuttle, a transportation device that was ultimately not used in the final game
https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Bio_Menace/Mods

Biomenace Gold Edition (many quality of life improvements and a few new levels)
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=6561

Early attempts to edit Biomenace levels - from 2012 (download link in pckf link broken, try archive.org link for download)
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=2385
https://web.archive.org/web/20141013111 ... ce_mod.zip

Biomenace patches to edit camera/load screen/certain in game text
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=3535

Biomenace patch to add mid-level saving
https://k1n9duk3.shikadi.net/patches.html#bm_save

Biomenace mod to translate each episode of the game into Hungarian
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=3901
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=3941
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=3943

Keen x Biomenace - technically a commander keen mod but features Keen crossing over with the world, enemies and characters of Biomenace
https://keenwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Comma ... Bio_Menace

Commander Keen series

Dozens upon dozens of mods of Keen games, including mods using the Keen 1-3 engine, and others using the keen 4-6 engine. Mods include level packs as well as ambitious full scale new games with new levels, graphics, enemies, stories, etc. Generally the pckf link below may have the most recent information or files for a mod but the wiki is a good place to learn about and see pics of many great mods that have been made over the years.
https://pckf.com/viewforum.php?f=4
https://keenwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Galaxy_Mods
https://keenwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Vorticon_Mods


Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure

Pantsmo's Pantaloon Adventure (graphics mod to add pants to Cosmo and certain enemies)
https://eviltentacle.itch.io/pantsmo

Poet’s Cosmo Levels (new levels)
https://www.poetsoftware.no/mods/cosmo/index.html


Crystal Caves

Three early 00s Crystal Caves mods featuring a few custom levels and some replacement graphics
https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Crystal_Caves/Mods


Dangerous Dave 1

Dangerous Dave in the Pirate's Treasure Cove (new levels)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJKkYnqbiyA
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/zm8kxrb4 ... f&e=1&dl=0

Dangerous Dave Deserted Pirates Castle (new levels)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbUm-VrMyas

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/07ia5nsz ... q&e=1&dl=0

Malvineous’ Proof of Concept mod for Dangerous Dave (single level)
https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Da ... _Dave/Mods


Dangerous Dave 2

Hungarian translation (download link is dead)
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=3169

Death Rally

Doomfrost Save Game mod - a hacked saved game that flips the roster of opponents so that easy opponents like Farmer Ted drive the top cars and are the most difficult, while the hardest opponents like Duke Nukem now drive entry levels cars and appear in the easy level races. The player is also able to select paint colors that are not normally selectable, and the cpu difficulty is extremely difficult.
https://thandor.net/article/12


Duke Nukem I

14 older Duke 1 mods largely from the 90s and early 2000s with custom levels, some with new graphics akin to a new game episode
https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Duke_Nukem/Mods

Duke Nukem 1 custom levels from 2012 by user “A Kick In the Pants”
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=2506


Duke Nukem II

Some or all of these might need the Rigel Engine, a replacement exe for the dos version of Duke 2 to work. Rigel is intended to run on modern OSes rather than dos.
https://github.com/lethal-guitar/RigelEngine

Roobar’s Duke Nukem 2 Level Pack
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nlcl5l6y ... j&e=1&dl=0

Some graphics, sound, and custom level related mods
https://github.com/lethal-guitar/RigelE ... st-of-mods

Videos of various custom levels by Morris_Fudley aka number3Ihatetoontown, but no download links for levels?
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=3087
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l87kFgf9sdM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YBCnom5gfE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TixgitaRrEc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYXEnlxBhrI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHIODZg_lmM

Video of custom level by Toxic Barrel, but no download link?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DenOquEm7vA

Patches for Duke Nukem II registered version to add GOD mode and reduce likelihood of out of memory crashes
https://k1n9duk3.shikadi.net/patches.html#bm_save


Halloween Harry
Graphics edits to the levels so the graphics match some alternative colors/textures used in the registered version preview images shown in the shareware version. Also swaps the music for office block and factory levels so that office block has the same music it has in the shareware version.
https://www.moddb.com/games/alien-carna ... ed-edition


Hocus Pocus

New level and graphic replacement mods by Violet CLM
https://violetclm.com/static/hocus/

Custom levels from user Shikadi from 2023
https://github.com/shikaddi/Hocuslvls/a ... s/main.zip [for beta version of Hocus Pocus?]
https://violetclm.com/static/files/misc/shikadi.zip [revision to Shikadi's levels by Violet CLM, use Hocus Pocus editor to implement them into any version of the game such as the more common version 1.1, see posts on this page https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=3610&start=60 , also available to play in web browser in Violet CLM link above)


Jazz Jackrabbit 1

18 Jazz Jackrabbit mods, including many custom levels by fans
https://violetclm.com/static/jj1/

34 jazz jackrabbit mods/level edits, some overlap with the previous link (change view to "JJ1" and run a search of the archive to list Jazz 1 content. The archive in this link also contains hundreds of custom levels and other content for jazz jackrabbit 2)
https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/i ... ilerating=


Jetpack

1000+ custom levels/various level packs available for download on the original Jetpack author’s website
https://www.adeptsoftware.com/jetpack/

2015 level packs by CandyJack
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?p=78384#78384


Jill of the Jungle

Jill of the Jungle 4 (many new levels)
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=4731

Jill in the Enchanted Palace of Infinite Choice (many new levels)
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=10965

Jill of the Jungle Returns (many new levels)
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=5677

Zoo (a single custom level from the 1990s)
https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Ji ... ungle/Mods

Onesimus: Quest for Freedom (not a fan mod, but a mostly replacement graphics mod for a commercial release of the game under a different name in 1992)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/14508/on ... r-freedom/

Jill Reloaded (mention of a WIP level pack from 2021, maybe never released?)
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=11859



Monster Bash

NewBash (2019 mod of Monster Bash by Poet with new levels)
https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Monster_Bash/Mods
https://www.poetsoftware.no/mods/monste ... index.html

Commander Keen's Valentine Bash (technically a Keen mod, but features a crossover with characters/graphics/levels of Monster Bash)
https://keenwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Comma ... ntine_Bash
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2616

One Must Fall 2097

Custom tournament: Mantis Project
https://www.omf2097.com/robyrt/omf/mantis.html

Archive of 57 custom tournaments made by fans, most are from the 1990s by the original fans when the game was newish
https://omf.niraj.ws/2097tourn.htm

Archive of OMF 2097 editing tools and mod-related downloads such as replacement music packs, robots with hacked stats, and files to add additional selectable pilot images to tournament mode among other things.
https://omf.niraj.ws/2097downloads.htm


Rescue Rover

Rescue Woody (mod of Rescue Rover by Federico Boccaccio)
https://federicoboccaccio.wordpress.com/rrover-mod/


Secret Agent

Proof of concept mod with single level, as well as an XMAS themed graphics mod
https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Secret_Agent/Mods


Shadow Knights

Hungarian translation (download link is dead)
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=3172


Stunts / 4D Sports Driving
*Not really shareware, but it is a beloved dos game from the early 90s with a healthy amount of user created content from the 90s to today, yet remains more obscure than popular stuff like Doom

Archive of thousands of user created stunt car tracks created from ~1992-2023. Move the tracks in your stunts directory to select them in your game.
https://archive.org/details/hugestuntstrackarchive

Archive of 200+ custom user created cars for Stunts, including new polygonal models and dashboards for cars, as well as hacks of the existing car models. Run mega.bat to start the game with the user created cars.
https://erikbarros.cloudns.be/files/megapack_beta.zip
https://forum.stunts.hu/index.php?topic=4312.0

A forum where users have uploaded custom cars for Stunts over the years, many are likely included in the 200+ car pack identified above
https://forum.stunts.hu/index.php?PHPSE ... board=88.0

A forum thread with various modded files that can be placed in the Stunts directory to change the look of several track elements (e.g., slaloms inside a tunnel, alternate trees for scenery, different looking bridge track pieces, etc) (you must be a registered user at the forum to see and download the files)
https://forum.stunts.hu/index.php?topic=4140.0


Supaplex

1000+ custom levels for Supaplex made between 1997-2012
https://elmerproductions.com/sp/levels.html

Various mod related tools and level editors, some of which might contain new levels
https://elmerproductions.com/sp/software.html#megaplex

25 new levels for Supaplex released in 2009 (download link broken, no cache of it on the way back machine...)
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=481&hilit=Supaplex


Tyrian/Tyrian 2000

2019 Pack of 16 Star Trek ships for use with Tyrian (good guy federation ships)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYwvNKnApBg

2019, additional pack of even more Star Trek ships for Tyrian (non federation ships including bad guys like the Borg cube)
https://youtu.be/OJZ7QAwJAww?si=_KFad50pA1N9XAmL

2019 Pack of custom “pixel ships” for use with Tyrian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K3QJLyoR_E

Random pack of 70+(?) custom ships I had in my old Tyrian directories on old PCs that I either downloaded or made in the 1990s or early 00s. I don't really remember the details about them and whether the 70+ files are individual ships or if two or more files go to one ship, but there should be a lot here.
https://archive.org/details/tyrian-37-custom-ships


Vinyl Goddess from Mars

Hismyak’s level packs for Vinyl Goddess from Mars made in 2016-2021
https://moddingwiki.shikadi.net/wiki/Vi ... _Mars/Mods
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=3629
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=12050

Xargon

Xargon Uncharted Isle (new levels/story made in 2024)
https://archive.org/details/xargon-ui
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=17919

Xargon Level Editor Version (comes with old 90s level editor active in Xargon ep1, and includes two new levels made in 2024 including one by Allen Pilgrim, the original author of the game)
https://archive.org/details/xargon-edit ... n-04-01-24
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=17863

XMod modern windows-based level editor for Xargon. The utility is included in this list because the download archive also comes with modded versions of the Dos EXEs for Xargon episodes 1-3 which have the old 90s level editor functionality restored, just drop those EXEs into your Xargon directory
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=17923
https://archive.org/details/xmod_1000/


ZZT

Archive of 4000+ worlds/games made by fans for ZZT
https://museumofzzt.com/

More ZZT games/levels, some of which are not included in Museum of ZZT
https://koshka.love/zzt/games.html

[Violet CLM]

Hocus Pocus
Jazz Jackrabbit 1

[dark]

Thanks! I'm trawling the forums and some other places right now and have a 4 page list with links in progress. Will upload it here soon.

EDIT: List now uploaded in first post. Anyone, please feel free to tell me what I'm missing. I thought I'd seen more Hocus Pocus / Crystal Caves / Secret Agent stuff before, but couldn't find it when making the list today. I've also seen some indication that custom Skyroads levels exist as there are at least two level editors available, but didn't see any download links when looking today.

[NY00123]

Hmm, that looks like a potentially useful resource of information. Since I've just been reminded of it, there's Supaplex, including custom levels made for it as currently available from Elmer Productions' website.

2012 Biomenace test level mods by NY00123 (download link broken, download unavailable elsewhere?)
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=2385

That one wasn't mine, I simply linked to the archive and a demonstration video. The video might not be there anymore, but try using the Wayback Machine for the ZIP file - I correctly recalled posting about it, albeit it was in a Duke4.net thread about Bio Menace (I posted the modified URL in 2022).

Jazz Jackrabbit 1

That's a good suggestion. Jazz Jackrabbit 2 has significantly more user-made contents (especially with its multiplayer support), so listing JJ1 only makes sense. People may also download files for JJ1 from the Jazz2Online website, albeit the great majority of contents are still for JJ2.

[dark]

Hmm, that looks like a potentially useful resource of information. Since I've just been reminded of it, there's Supaplex, including custom levels made for it as currently available from Elmer Productions' website.

2012 Biomenace test level mods by NY00123 (download link broken, download unavailable elsewhere?)
https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=2385

That one wasn't mine, I simply linked to the archive and a demonstration video. The video might not be there anymore, but try using the Wayback Machine for the ZIP file - I correctly recalled posting about it, albeit it was in a Duke4.net thread about Bio Menace (I posted the modified URL in 2022).

Jazz Jackrabbit 1

That's a good suggestion. Jazz Jackrabbit 2 has significantly more user-made contents (especially with its multiplayer support), so listing JJ1 only makes sense. People may also download files for JJ1 from the Jazz2Online website, albeit the great majority of contents are still for JJ2.

I added some stuff I saw here related to Supaplex, I didn't actually see level packs on Elmer productions website but linked to it anyway figuring there might be some custom levels included with the various level editors they host.

I changed the info for the Biomenace test levels. I didn't see a backup of the download available on archive.org, if you think there might be a link to it elsewhere feel free to post and I'll add it.

I figured I'd leave jazz 2 out for now since it's a Windows game and is from a different era in gaming than most of the rest of the titles on the list. I'm not that familiar with the jazz2online site, is there a way to sort the download section for content for jazz 1 only? Probably some additional stuff there that can be added to the list.

[NY00123]

I added some stuff I saw here related to Supaplex, I didn't actually see level packs on Elmer productions website but linked to it anyway figuring there might be some custom levels included with the various level editors they host.

Look for a "New levels" URL on the top of the main Supaplex page.

I changed the info for the Biomenace test levels. I didn't see a backup of the download available on archive.org, if you think there might be a link to it elsewhere feel free to post and I'll add it.

Unaware of any at the moment. For reference, this Wayback Machine URL seems to work for now: https://web.archive.org/web/20141013111 ... ce_mod.zip

I figured I'd leave jazz 2 out for now since it's a Windows game and is from a different era in gaming than most of the rest of the titles on the list. I'm not that familiar with the jazz2online site, is there a way to sort the download section for content for jazz 1 only? Probably some additional stuff there that can be added to the list.

You may currently select "JJ1 Level" under "View". But JJ1-compatible contents might also fall under other categories, like "Music".

[dark]

Lots of updates to the list since earlier today. Also nominally added Keen mods to the list by pointing to the release forum here and the Keen wiki to cover things at a high level. Could be good to have in here in case I share the list in places that are not PCKF and people don't already know about Keen mods.

Please share anything else that comes to mind that might fit on the list. Is it really the case that there is only one Monster Bash mod, one custom level for Hocus Pocus, and only one Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure mod that has new levels? Or that Roobar's Duke 2 levels are the only Duke 2 levels that have seen a public release? Or that there has only been one proof of concept user created level for the dos version of Secret Agent?

[Violet CLM]

one custom level for Hocus Pocus

No, there's my custom level and Shikadi's custom pack. Both are on my site.

18 Jazz Jackrabbit mods, including the Epic Megagames free Xmas versions of Jazz, as well as many custom levels by fans
https://violetclm.com/static/jj1/

34 jazz jackrabbit 1 mods/level packs, some overlap with the previous link (change view to "JJ1" and run a search of the archive to list Jazz 1 levels, the archive in this link also contains hundreds of custom levels and other content for jazz jackrabbit 2)
https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/i ... ilerating=

All the rest of those 34 files are editing tools, edits of the official levels (most of which are now included with the game on GOG), or earlier versions. The ones on my site should be a full list of custom levels. (Also it's not clearly labeled on the site, but the free Xmas versions are modded to all play together as a single episode and show fewer loading screens.)


Another DOS game: looks like Museum of ZZT has around 4000 ZZT mods.

[Roobar]

Nice list! Here's a list with a few more Duke 2 mods: https://github.com/lethal-guitar/RigelE ... st-of-mods

[dark]

Nice list! Here's a list with a few more Duke 2 mods: https://github.com/lethal-guitar/RigelE ... st-of-mods

Thanks, do you know if they all need rigel engine to work, or if they would work in dos with the original or a patched exe?

[Roobar]

Need Rigel

[shikadi]

For Supaplex, there's an in-browser version available (https://www.supaplex.online/) with hunderds of levelpacks and thousands of levels, there's also an in browser level editor (https://sple.me/)

[dark]

Good to know. I might supplement this list later to include things like complete remakes of games that share no code or files with the dos versions, remade engines like commander genius and that moddable remake of lemmings and links to significant modding tools and prototypes of the original games.

My goal for now is trying to focus on stuff that is a mod of the original dos game, and which can therefore probably run on old dos machines (which I like to do a lot), but I did make an exception for rigel engine as it seemed too harsh to completely remove the Duke nukem 2 category when it's such a popular and notable title, and I'd added stuff for it before I knew it needed rigel

[Quillax]

Great list, dark! It's really cool to see what other 90s DOS games got mods and how many. I remember playing some Duke Nukem I levelpacks long ago, and trying out the level editor. I always find it interesting that the Apogee games don't get as many mods as Keen, Wolfenstein, and Doom do.

To add to the ZZT section, there's a website that has a ZZT section, with a page for the webmaster's ZZT mods, at least one of which (Santa's Advocate, I believe) isn't available in Museum of ZZT last time I checked:

https://koshka.love/zzt/games.html

[weareeletric]

Great updates to the list, and it’s awesome to see so many mods getting recognition. For your last point about the "Santa's Advocate" mod for ZZT, thanks for sharing the link! It’s a cool addition to the ZZT collection, and the Koshka.love site looks like a nice resource for ZZT enthusiasts.

I also agree that it’s interesting how the Apogee games didn’t quite hit the same modding level as titles like Doom or Keen, especially considering how beloved they are. It’s cool to see folks digging into lesser-known gems like *Bio Menace* or *Hocus Pocus*. Hopefully, the list continues to grow and attract more mods for these underrated classics.