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- Fava Beans
- All new episode for the registered version of DOOM
- --------------------------------------------------
-
- E-mail address: sean.birkel@imagebbs.com
-
- Files included in the 01FAVA.ZIP
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-
- FILE_ID.DIZ
- FAVA.WAD
- FAVA.TXT
- FAVA.LMP
- CRAP115.WAD
- CRAP115.TXT
- CRAP115.LMP
- PLAYLMP.BAT
-
- Episode Info (replaces `Knee Deep In the Dead')
- -----------------------------------------------
-
- Well, this is a very impressive episode including 9 _excellent_
- levels. All the levels in this episode were created by myself, excluding
- e1m5, which was designed by a friend. We feel that any DOOM fanatic will
- enjoy this episode and will be completely impressed by the work put into it.
- Most levels on the Internet suck. It's a fact, but these 9 levels do
- not suck. id Software, if they ever saw this, would most likely want to know
- where the two of us were when they were designing the original DOOM levels.
- It's taken roughly a year to design the levels, in fact...I never planned to
- have any nice levels...much less a whole episode. It seems that after I
- figured out how to use DEU that level making just sorda seemed fun, so I
- designed levels like mad. ...but, I am a perfectionist (in most respects) and
- therefore I insisted that the levels I designed were no less greater than
- those in the actual game. I felt that if they could make complex levels, then
- so can I...and I did :) Most of the levels in here have been zipped and
- distributed via local BBS, but even those were completely checked and re-
- checked for bugs/parts I found to be lacking "id" quality. So, what you have
- here is pure DOOM art. ...not to mention my last DOOM work that will ever be.
- I am _tired_ of making levels. My creativity is draining (I also want to
- maintain a life :), etc., so I have decided to stop while I'm ahead.
- So, play this all the way through...it is arranged as the original
- DOOM, smaller/easier levels first which work up in size/difficulty. You will
- see the quality, and you may also wonder how I kept my sanity...so, have a
- blast!
-
- -The LMP's I included are funny. FAVA.LMP is a deathmatch between two
- of my friends (I usually let my friend play...deathmatch is getting old). The
- person who made E1M5 is in the foreground, a guy named George (who happens to
- have a Pentium 100...grrr) is in the background. Watch player 1 get blasted
- out a window ---> window shots are so damn funny :) CRAP115.LMP is a window
- demonstration of E1M7. Yup, you guessed it...just myself and a friend flying
- through windows...from high up...with the help of some rockets :) Watch if
- you want a good laugh :) These are for version 1.9 of DOOM and require
- FAVA.WAD to be loaded at the commandline.
-
- Miscallany
- ----------
-
- Just so you know, this episode was originally distributed as
- 01MADNESS.ZIP (#1 on BBS's), but I changed a couple graphics and things that
- I found annoying (things that no one else would even notice...) in the levels.
- FYI, I changed COMPSTA1 and something on the status bar during deathmatch.
- So, to see what I did, flip deathmatch mode on and gock at the status bar...
- you will see something remotely funny. It looks "right" though. I didn't
- just put shit in anywhere, you know that's not my style, I took time to make
- the letters look authentic.
-
- Level # Original distribution
- ------- ---------------------
- E1M1 #1GASPRA.ZIP
- E1M2 HANGAR18.ZIP or 18HANGAR.ZIP
- E1M3 #1IMPALE.ZIP
- E1M4 #1TRITON.ZIP - unreleased
- E1M5 CHARON.ZIP
- E1M6 SHADOWS2.ZIP or 2SHADOWS.ZIP
- E1M7 #1TITAN.ZIP
- E1M8 unreleased; made special for episode
- E1M9 #1CREEP.ZIP - unreleased
-
- Level # The chosen title for the level
- ------- ---------------------------------
- E1M1 Gaspra Armory
- E1M2 Hangar 18
- E1M3 Impalement Station
- E1M4 Triton Lunar Base
- E1M5 Charon's Lab
- E1M6 Shadows of Darkness
- E1M7 Titan's Anomaly
- E1M8 Orion Outpost
- E1M9 Creeping Death
-
- - The editor of choice has been DEU521GC, until I found a DEU port
- dubbed DETH, which is even better :) E1M5 was made with the
- shareware version of DEEP. BSP1.2x was used for nodes on everything
- except E1M3 and E1M5. BSP1.2x has a bug and wouldn't build E1M3,
- so it was nodes built with DEEPBSP. Obviously E1M5 was done with
- DEEPBSP. My levels were all done on an Am486DX2 80 with 5Mb of
- RAM, E1M5 was done on a 386DX 40 with 4Mb without a math-co (yuck)!!
- - Graphics editing was done with New WAD Tools. To replace the end
- message I used the program TED (yes, I know the top line gets cut,
- but at this point I don't really care...).
-
- E1M5 was designed by Ben Gates (no relation to that rich guy...) of Hermon, Me
- and all others by Sean Birkel of Bangor, Me. ...summer's almost over <cry,
- sob>. Register DOOM if you haven't already, the guys at id deserve the money
- for making the greatest game ever! ...I can't wait till Quake is released...
- I saw the preview gifs...and, wow!!
-
- Other stuff
- -----------
-
- Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Jimi Hendrix, and Cringe (kick-ass local
- band) have been the music of choice to help us through the long hours of
- level making. ...look for Cringe in the near future, they've got the
- potential for something great...the guitarist rules!
-
- Oh, yeah...
- -----------
-
- I might as well tell you the story behind the title, "The Madness of
- Mergatroid." I had this wacky science teacher a few years back and he's
- become something of a legend around here...I can just picture him saying
- something corny like, "heavens to mergatroid."
- That's old news though...why did I call it Fava Beans? Jerky Boys.
- The Jerky Boys make me laugh.
-
- BYE!
- ----
-
- I'm freeeeeee!!!!!!!!! My DOOM levels are DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- No more levels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
- Enjoy!!
-
- Update
- ------
-
- I was fooling around with DETH again, and I happened to make a cool
- area...will I finish the level?? Nah, even though it was one of the best
- things I've designed to date...But, I hate DOOM, I hate making DOOM levels, so
- I won't finish this...it will just drift on my hard drive 'till I nuke it :)
-
- ---> If you must know what that level looks like, send me mail and
- tell me to finish it. I won't ever do it, but I might upload what I have
- (you'll like it...we're talking nothing like what's in this episode).
-
- Buh-Bye!
- --------
-
- "So I'll see you tomorrow with my tools, fuckface!" -Jerky Boys
-
- Oh yeah, call this BBS...it has 11 CD-ROM's online or something. Many files.
- Many message areas. My levels. Mucho DOOM stuff. It be cool.
-
- ==============================================================================
- Mission Control BBS: (207)947-3105 more nodes comming soon!
- -Give 'em a try, and tell him Sean sent ya!
- ==============================================================================
-
- Oh yeah, E-mail me if you want to play deathmatch :)
- -Keep these in mind: I hate/won't play any DOOM2 levels (except H18)!
- I'll play Hangar or Phoboe's Lab anytime!!
-
- FYI
- ---
-
- Hangar18 (E1M2) is a very good deathmatch level (use the DOOM2 version in
- 18HANGAR.ZIP...I've made changes since then that may not be as good for
- deathmatch as it was originally...).
-
- BYE!!!!
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