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Title:	The Forgotten Portals
Filename:	levels/heretic/p-r/portals.zip
Size:	350 KB
Date:	01/13/00
Author:	Ken Phipps
E-mail:	kphipps@raven
Description:	You're making your way through an icy region and are nearly crushed when some ice caverns collapse. Eventually you make your way out only to find yourself trapped in a long deserted temple complex. The gates are enchanted and cannot be opened. You decipher an inscription that tells you that you must pass through three portals to remove the barriers that will allow you to leave. : This is a one-level "mini-hub." You'll need to complete each of three different areas (order doesn't matter) to finish it. : To run it, you'll need an enhanced version of the Heretic engine such as wHeretic. You can download it here: http://www.raven-games.com/wheretic/
Credits:
Base:	New level from scratch.
Build time:
Editor(s) used:	DCK 3.2, Zennode, RMB, NWT
Bugs:
Rating:	(4 votes) Spambot check: 1 + 4 = Commenting as: Anonymous

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Reviews:

The idea of 3 mini-levels in one sounds nice, but there are several problems with that : each level has its own style, but suffers from repetitive texturing; and giving all weapons in start makes it kinda too easy given the 3 areas themselves, filled with too much ammo (skill 4). However a bit of level rework can make it really good and challenging. For now, 3/5. ~Naan	x
Superb. Challenging but do-able	x
It's pretty good. 4/5	x

View portals.txt

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Title                   : The Forgotten Portals
Game                    : Heretic
Filename                : PORTALS.WAD
Author                  : Ken Phipps
email                   : kphipps@raven-games.com
Description             : You're making your way through an icy region
                        : and are nearly crushed when some ice caverns
                        : collapse. Eventually you make your way out only
                        : to find yourself trapped in a long deserted
                        : temple complex. The gates are enchanted and cannot
                        : be opened. You decipher an inscription that tells
                        : you that you must pass through three portals to
                        : remove the barriers that will allow you to leave.
                        :
                        : This is a one-level "mini-hub." You'll need to 
                        : complete each of three different areas
                        : (order doesn't matter) to finish it.
                        :
                        : To run it, you'll need an enhanced version
                        : of the Heretic engine such as wHeretic. You
                        : can download it here:
                        : http://www.raven-games.com/wheretic/ 
================================================================

* Play Information *

Episode and Level #     : E1M3 
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : No
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Difficulty Settings     : Yes - But designed primarily for Skill 4: Thou Art a Smite-Meister
New Sounds              : No
New Graphics            : Yes - All but one were taken from various "free textures" web sites and
                        : converted to the Heretic palette. The bookcase texture I did myself, as
                        : I'm sure you'll be able to tell when you see it :) Thanks to SailorScout
                        : for pointing out how to include the new flats in the wadfile properly.
New Music               : No
Demos Replaced          : None

* Construction *

Base                    : New level from scratch.
Editor(s) used          : DCK 3.2, Zennode, RMB, NWT

How to run the level:
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1. Extract the contents of the zip file to your Heretic directory.
2. Run PORTALS.BAT.

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors MAY NOT use this level as a base to build additional
levels.

You MAY distribute this WAD, provided you include this file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file 
intact.

* Where to get this WAD *

ftp.cdrom.com
http://www.raven-games.com/darkworlds/

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