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reboot
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Readers of RockPaperShotgun have probably seen this already, but I thought it would be interesting to post here:
http://mapstalgia.tumblr.com/

There's a rididiculous rendition of e1m1 on page 2...
I am pretty sure I can draw a detailed Knee-deep in the dead episode on paper, and most of Shores and Inferno...

So I ask: which ones/how many maps (from Doom or any other games) can you draw just from memory?

01-11-12 23:06 #

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Maes
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That E1M1 drawing was really pathetic...

01-11-12 23:44 #

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shadow1013
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He totally missed the little alcove behind the shotgun secret. I'm assuming he hasn't played in an extremely long time, because the little orb thing outside of the green armor room got taken out in an early version I believe

01-11-12 23:52 #

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40oz
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Here's my shot at Entryway.

For fun I tried something a little harder. Final Doom MAP01 System Control

01-11-12 23:59 #

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shadow1013
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NOW Those are accurate maps!

01-12-12 00:15 #

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Marnetmar
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shadow1013 said:
He totally missed the little alcove behind the shotgun secret. I'm assuming he hasn't played in an extremely long time, because the little orb thing outside of the green armor room got taken out in an early version I believe

I never knew about this, any more info?

01-12-12 00:29 #

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Xaser
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Heh, this is neat.

I'm tempted to try this with Devil May Cry. I feel as if I can get a good chunk of the castle and surrounding grounds, somehow.

01-12-12 00:31 #

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shadow1013
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About the orb thing? There was a powerup or something, I don't recall what it was though, off to the side outside of the green armor room in one of the earlier versions of DOOM. It probably wasn't an item, considering that otherwise it wouldn't give 100% items. but maybe I'm wrong.

01-12-12 00:32 #

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Marnetmar
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Would screens be possible? Google has yielded no results.

01-12-12 00:42 #

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Creaphis
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Obligatory.

01-12-12 00:46 #

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shadow1013
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Sorry, I don't remember which version, nor would I have it. I might actually ve wrong but I'm almost *COMPLETELY* sure that its true. I remember seeing some youtube video talking about changes between early versions and later versions showing it though.

01-12-12 00:53 #

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Aliotroph?
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Creaphis said:
Obligatory.

Apparently your spelling of "Hangar" was from "memory" too.

01-12-12 02:43 #

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Csonicgo
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Aliotroph? said:

Apparently your spelling of "Hangar" was from "memory" too.

I always like "Hanger" as a misspelling simply because of the double entendre.

01-12-12 06:59 #

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chungy
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40oz said:
For fun I tried something a little harder. Final Doom MAP01 System Control

Personally I always liked the tnt.wad MAP01, it's small but provides plenty of movement all over the map, visiting some rooms several times, before you really get to the exit. It just feels like a perfect intro stage.

01-12-12 07:08 #

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Avoozl
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chungy said:

Personally I always liked the tnt.wad MAP01, it's small but provides plenty of movement all over the map, visiting some rooms several times, before you really get to the exit. It just feels like a perfect intro stage.

Agreed.

I happen to love tnt's starting map the most out of all of the Doom games with the exception of Doom 64's as it was my first Doom experience.

01-12-12 10:06 #

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DoomUK
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Typical Call of Duty (or any modern fps) map

Never gets old.

01-12-12 10:15 #

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Daiyu_Xiaoxiang
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Drawing doom maps always my favourite since I was a child, till now. I can draw almost all maps from the 1st 3 episodes, as well as a few doom 2 maps. As for the maps from wads, I remember that I can draw Plutonia 2 map28, Whispers of Satan map08, Community Chest 3 map27 etc.

01-13-12 02:29 #

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Enjay
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That map from the article missed out perhaps the single most important feature of E1M1 that shapes the whole map: the fact that from the start area you can look across the outside area to (almost) where the map ends. Therefore, the map cannot be a straight line as it was in the memory drawing.

On the "extra bit with the orb" discussion, ~~this is a DOSBox screenshot from Doom 1.2 which is the oldest copy of Doom that I have installed ATM.~~

Forget that, it was a pointless shot, and I have an older install too. Here is Doom shareware 0.99

IDDT IDDT
See the litte green item in the outside area by the armour?
http://i.imgur.com/XPyxi.png

IDSPISPOPD
Voila
http://i.imgur.com/fColL.png

I don't recall when it vanished. It was either 1.1 or 1.2.

Last edited by Enjay on 01-13-12 at 18:25

01-13-12 18:02 #

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EarthQuake
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Hahaha, I noticed that when looking at the automap before reading your post. I thought it might be a tree, so I scrolled down a bit, saw the screenshot and started laughing. For some reason I find that lonely inaccessible stimpak rather cute.

01-13-12 18:30 #