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Title:	BLOB.WAD
Filename:	levels/doom/deathmatch/a-c/blob.zip
Size:	482.58 KB
Date:	10/09/94
Author:	Bob Findlay (irc Blob)
Description:	A DEATHMATCH wad with THREE different play styles, a ranDOOMizer room, with a random (32 point) teleporter, spot sound effects, and more (I won't spoil the suprise) Story? "We don't need no steenkin story" - get out there and kill each other!
Credits:	ID (naturally), and Ben Morris, author of DCK, and of course, my long suffering wife Kim, who although she has been a Doom widow for months, and is now a level contruction (and Doom ][) widow still doesn't complain. She's the best.
Base:	New level from scratch
Build time:	T.F.L.
Editor(s) used:	DCK 1.1a, DMAUD, and DEU to combine the map&sounds
Bugs:
Rating:	(1 vote)

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Reviews:

Doomkid

Competent considering it was 1994, but bland by modern standards. I admit, using monsters for ambient sounds and adding echoes was a nice touch for such an old map.

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Title                   : BLOB.WAD   
Author                  : Bob Findlay (irc Blob)
Email Address           : findlay@bbsrc.ac.uk
Misc. Author Info       : been playing games since Space Invaders... This is
                          my first WAD, so go easy on me!

Description             : A DEATHMATCH wad with THREE different play styles,
                          a ranDOOMizer room, with a random (32 point) 
                          teleporter, spot sound effects, and more (I won't 
                          spoil the suprise) Story?  "We don't need no 
                          steenkin story" - get out there and kill each other!

Additional Credits to   : ID (naturally), and Ben Morris, author of DCK,
                          and of course, my long suffering wife Kim, who
                          although she has been a Doom widow for months, 
                          and is now a level contruction (and Doom ][) widow
                          still doesn't complain.  She's the best.
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* Play Information *

Episode and Level #     : E1M1
Single Player           : No (well, just to look around)
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes, but there would be no point
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Yes indeedy (BUT use -ALTDEATH)
Difficulty Settings     : YES YES YES - VERY IMPORTANT (see below)
New Sounds              : Yes
New Graphics            : No
Demos Replaced          : None

This WAD can be played in 3 different ways.  These 3 games are implemented
by use of the 3 skill levels 1-2, 3 and 4

*** THIS WAD WAS DESIGNED FOR -ALTDEATH ***
*** DO NOT SPECIFY -NOMONSTERS *** (they provide some sound effects)

Game 1/Skill 1-2
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"Random weapon selection"
You are placed in front of a weapon bay.  On entering the bay, the door 
shuts behind you (to stop you being attacked, while waiting for a respawn)
once you've collected your weapon/ammo, leave the weapon bay through the 
rear, and you will be taken to the ranDOOMizer room.  This transports you
to a random position in the main arena.  There are no weapons or ammo in the 
main arena, once you run out of ammo, it's chainsaw time!

Game 2/Skill 3
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"Gentlemen, choose your weapons"
As "Game 1", but you get to choose which weapon you want.  Trouble is, the 
better the weapon you choose, the less ammo you get...

Game 3/Skill 4
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"Normal Deathmatch"
I think you know how this works by now...

* Construction *

Base                    : New level from scratch
Build Time              : T.F.L.
Editor(s) used          : DCK 1.1a, DMAUD, and DEU to combine the map&sounds
Known Bugs              :

In normal deathmatch mode (skill 4), sometimes you start in the weapon 
selection room from skill levels 1-3.  This is a doom bug, as the deathmatch
starts for this area are marked as only being present on skill 1-3.  Anyway,
it's no big deal...

Skill 1-2 and 3 use a different map area for weapon selection prior to 
entering the deathmatch arena.  After taking your weapon/ammo, you are 
transported to a recess in the ranDOOMizer room.  If an over-zealous fragger 
kills you while you are in this recess, then the door to your particular 
weapon will stay shut (it opens when you leave the recess).  To cure this, 
someone needs to walk in and out of each recess, until the weapon bay door
opens

Any others?

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors MAY use this level as a base to build additional
levels.  (Although I can't see why you'd want to)

* Where to get this WAD *

FTP sites:
infant2.sphs.indiana.edu /pub/doom/NEWSTUFF

BBS numbers:

Other:

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