Do Battle! - Version 1.0 - Doomworld /idgames database frontend

Title:	Do Battle! - Version 1.0
Filename:	levels/doom2/d-f/dobattle.zip
Size:	75.81 KB
Date:	04/15/98
Author:	John W. Patterson
Description:	3 levels of manic/tricky/novel Doom II action, with NO new graphics, sound or music. Just a bizzare twist on the game.
Credits:
Base:	New level from childhood "fever-dreams"
Build time:
Editor(s) used:	DCK Version 3.62 Level editor Zennode thingy Node builder WAD Compiler DoomCAD Wadmerge
Bugs:	None known. If you find any other bugs, please e-mail me. This WAD runs under Doom II V1.9 or TNT "EVILUTION"
Rating:	(1 vote)

Download mirrors:

/idgames protocol:

idgames://9271

Reviews:

lupinx-Kassman

Oh goodness so I didn't just dream this up! The textfile sets up expectations for a trippy doomventure, but the unorthadoxness of the maps is unfortunately presented in the form of random texturing and blobishly shaped sectors. Still though, the gameplay holds up pretty well and there's a certain charm to its give-no-fucks style. Lovely bit of prose for the story too!

View dobattle.txt

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Title                   : Do Battle! - Version 1.0
Filename                : DOBATTLE.WAD
Author                  : John W. Patterson 
Email Address           : jwpttrsn@acpub.duke.edu
Web Site                : "Not quite cyber"
Misc. Author Info       : Into jazzrock fusion, guitar, and PKDICK.
Description             : 3 levels of manic/tricky/novel Doom II action,
                          with NO new graphics, sound or music. Just a 
			  bizzare twist on the game.

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* Play Information *

THIS IS A DOOM2 WAD AND WILL NOT WORK IN DOOM!

Map Number              : 01-03
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : NO
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : NO
Difficulty Settings     : Yes
New Sounds              : NO
New Graphics            : NO
New Music               : NO
Dehacked Patch          : NO
Demos Replaced          : NOPE, Just play the darn thing!

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* Files *

DOBATTLE.ZIP should include the following files:

DOBATTLE.TXT    This text file.  Basic techno blah-blah
			information about the game. A little background info
			and other dumpster fodder tidbits like why you
			should play this wad and the mindset needed to
			appreciate its twistedness.

DOBATTLE.WAD    The Do Battle!! levels.  Run using the command
                        DOOM2 -FILE DOBATTLE.WAD

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* Construction *

Base                    : New level from childhood "fever-dreams"

Editor(s) used          : DCK Version 3.62                    Level editor
                          Zennode thingy              Node builder
                          WAD Compiler                DoomCAD Wadmerge
                          
Known bugs              : None known. 
                          
                          If you find any other bugs, please e-mail me.

This WAD runs under Doom II V1.9 or TNT "EVILUTION"

Time Taken              : About 20-30 hours of lunch breaks :)

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* Demo *

I dunno. Make your own and send 'em to the various downloadable 
cyberworlds of DOOM. This is not my area.

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* Copyright / Permissions *

Use this as a base for other levels if you like.  If you want
to do this, or to use this level in a compilation WAD, or to
convert it for Deathmatch or Co-Op use, please GO FOR IT!!.

You MAY distribute this WAD in any electronic format (BBS, Diskette,
CD, etc) as long as you include this text file with it and e-mail me if
you care to let me know you're using it. It would just be cool to know
if somebody out there digs this "Do Battle!" wad with all its nasty tricks
and secrets.

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* Where to get this WAD *

FTP
  ftp://ftp.cdrom.com
   or one of it's many mirror sites

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* Other Info: Story line, (as if you care), and hints. *

Story . . .

"Do Battle!!"

The lords of Voor found themselves dying of ennui and vapid 
battles with lesser lifeforms such as abducted humans and cyber-enhanced
viral strains. Having languished in the pooled blood and RNA of their
pawns, they turned to virtual death and mayhem. In this way they could
reach out and touch the fertile dreamworlds of man.
	Unsuspecting parents and workplace overseers turned away in their
preoccupied, busy lives and never noticed the insipid change in the young
and cubicled restless among them.
	Visions of Voor-generated cyberdemons stalked the minds of millions.
The lords of Voor chuckled as the final lead break blazed a path of insanity
through the neurons of head-banging adolescents and the mid-life crises of
overweight "yes-men". "Go ahead, you deserve another doughnut break."

The gates were left open and the obsidian jaws of Reality pushed
the sky away revealing the Voorian dimensions of corruption and vices beyond
comprehension. Type, doom2 -file dobattle.wad, enter, and get infected.

Hints, secrets, typical b.s.:

MAP01- Once named "messedup.wad" as I was just learnin' the stupid
little ways I think but at least it got finished. Not all switches help you.
I love weird images so enjoy. Learned a lot on this level. It helps to run
like a madman at times.

MAP02- First monickered as "bullpen.wad" in honor of an old tradition
letting the bulls run free in the streets. Enjoy the Demons and Spectres once
you figure out how to get outta the pit. Again, it helps to charge straight
into the face of danger blasting and dodging certain death to get the goodies.
Don't stand still too long trying to figure things out or you're toast! This
level certainly has its ups and downs.:)

MAP03- Previously known as "trials.wad". Things are not as they seem
and the walls are alive!! Jump from the frying pan into the fire. The big
room is a DEFINITE RUSH!! I loved putting this nightmare together. It's a
highwire, teleportin', running, JUMPING, and shooting binge!!! Do you like
getting blown away and falling into oblivion as the "BIG GUY" hunts your
miserable little self down? This level's for you. This place is SO mean and
exhilarating cuz you never know when the next salvo is the "red death".
HA, HA, HA, GOTCHA AGAIN!! There's plenty of ammo, weapons, health-related
items, and places to run and hide but "HE'S GONNA FIND YOU AND PUMMEL YOU
INTO BONEMEAL!!!!"

Have a nice day.

Suggested background music to play by:

Skinny Puppy's "Rabies"
	Prong's "Beg to Differ"
	The Obsessed's "The Church Within"
	Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring"
	Walter Carlos' "Clockwork Orange"
	Steve Roach's "Dreamtime Return"
	Jonn Serrie's "Flightpath"
	Happy the Man "Crafty Hands"
	Underwater Traffic's "Return to the Deep", (friends of mine)
	Djam Karet's "Burning the Hard City", (more friends)
	Magma's "UDU WUDU"
	Happy Family's "self-titled release"

Frame of mind to play in: "Lose the drugs and alcohol.
				Reality is a rush enough!
					Sermonette is now over, wake up!!"
	
	
 P.S.: Lemme know if you enjoyed the ride. Thanx.

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