rcsteiner
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Registered: 05-06 |
Heh. Just noticed that one of my ancient PWADs was listed here. It hasn't seen wide release (I put it on ExecPC ten years ago or so).
The Beach Ball Castle PWAD is intentially quite difficult -- I used to use it as my training/warmup level before LAN parties (back when we still played Doom a lot) to gauge whether or not my reactions were up to par.
I know of several folks who have finished the level. I've finished it a few dozen times, but I obviously have a huge advantage (I know the map).
Most go into the castle first, but at least one finished the level by staying outside, cleaning up the maze and the lake areas next, and then mopping up the castle last. I'm not sure how he did that, quite frankly.
I personally suggest going inside the main castle gate right away, then making a beeline for the near elevator just to the right of the main castle gate and going up. When you get up to the top of the wall, head left to the walkway and into the castle. Once the few imps inside are dealt with, you can use it as a safe base and make forays out into the open area to ammo as required.
The fact that much of the level is open adds some variability to the level, I think. It doesn't play the same way twice, although the same basic strategy will almost always work. The key is to refrain from wasting ammo (use the chainsaw when you can).
It's a lot of fun using Doom Legacy with gravity set to almost zero, but some of the features become a lot less challenging when you can jump over walls... :-)
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12-30-03 08:38 
