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Title:	Perdition's Maw
Filename:	levels/doom2/m-o/maw.zip
Size:	278.62 KB
Date:	07/27/03
Author:	Matt Bollier
Description:	Hell has taken over the Earth and you are the only hope. You must journey to the underworld and fight Satan's spawn with deadly force. You start in a courtyard and work your way to the darkest pits of hell. Intense deathmatch action. Has unique original deathmatch starts which completely eliminate cheap frags gained from killing someone the second they start. You'll see... Included in the MAWGFX.WAD are new graphics that replace the death scenes for a few of the monsters and a few of the gore sprites. Watch the blood fly! You'll need to have DEUSF for this or NwT or something along those lines. In MAWSND.WAD I've collected sounds and music and put the best of the best together. Credit has to go the makers of the WADs that I borrowed the sound and music from.
Credits:	ID, Ben Morris, Colin Reed, Andy Badorek for sounds and music from TWISFX.WAD, Bill Neisius, Bjorn Hermans for music from ETERMUS.WAD Olivier Montanuay, Ian Springer for music from GOREGSND.WAD, Gary Atkinson for playtesting
Base:	New level from scratch
Build time:	Months, I started this back in September, but left it alone for awhile.
Editor(s) used:	DCK v2.2, NEOPAINT, NwT, DMAUD, DMGRAPH
Bugs:	None found
Rating:	(9 votes)

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Reviews:

Anonymous	As the original author, I give this 5 stars	x
Anonymous	Note: although there are certain GL ports that do not handle it correctly, the blanket statement above that the map03 walkway will "only work on non-GL Doom ports" is incorrect. It works fine in glboom for instance, and as stated above, there may only be visual problems (if that) in others. Please check your facts before making such claims.	x
Anonymous	This is dated January 1996. The three levels are very much of their time; competently done, more mature than the dreck from 1994 and 1995, but unpolished and dull. Level three has some attractive UAC_DEAD-style "crystal sector" walkways that only work on non-GL Doom ports such as standard Zdoom. Map01 is a decent but short introduction, Map02 is meandering but atmospheric, Map03 is nothing special until the final battle, which is easy, but looks nice.	x
Anonymous	Nothing special, but OK, so if you have nothing else to play, check it out.	x
Anonymous	Quite nice wad. Note: the invisible walkway in map03 doesn't work visually in jDoom, and fails physically in ZDoomGL.	x

View maw.txt

Uploaded by             : Graham Burgess <GKBurgess@compuserve.com>
Advanced engine needed  : None required. With most ports there is no need to
                          use deusf; the wads can be loaded directly.
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There follows the text of the author's original text-file, which is included
in maw.zip.
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Title                   : Perdition's Maw   
Filename                : MAW.ZIP (MAW.WAD MAWGFX.WAD MAWSND.WAD MAW.TXT)

Author                  : Matt Bollier
Email Address           : CSERVE : 103220,3302
Misc. Author Info       : Author of D2PRISON.WAD, DOWNTOWN.WAD, STYX.WAD
                          SENTRY.WAD, MERC.WAD, D2GOTCHA.WAD, REFINERY.WAD
                          MINES.WAD, and ENTRY.WAD.

Description             : Hell has taken over the Earth and you are the
                          only hope.  You must journey to the underworld
                          and fight Satan's spawn with deadly force.  You
                          start in a courtyard and work your way to the
                          darkest pits of hell. Intense deathmatch action.  
                          Has unique original deathmatch starts which
                          completely eliminate cheap frags gained from
                          killing someone the second they start. 
                          You'll see...

Included in the MAWGFX.WAD are new graphics
                          that replace the death scenes for a few of the
                          monsters and a few of the gore sprites.  Watch
                          the blood fly!  You'll need to have DEUSF for
                          this or NwT or something along those lines.

In MAWSND.WAD I've collected sounds and music
                          and put the best of the best together.  Credit
                          has to go the makers of the WADs that I borrowed
                          the sound and music from.

Additional Credits to   : ID, Ben Morris, Colin Reed, Andy Badorek for
                          sounds and music from TWISFX.WAD, Bill Neisius, 
                          Bjorn Hermans for music from ETERMUS.WAD
                          Olivier Montanuay, Ian Springer for music
                          from GOREGSND.WAD, Gary Atkinson for playtesting

================================================================

* Play Information *

Map #                   : MAP01-MAP03
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : Yes
Difficulty Settings     : Yes
New Sounds              : Yes - MAWSND.WAD
New Graphics            : Yes - MAWGFX.WAD
New Music               : Yes - MAWSND.WAD
Demos Replaced          : None

* Construction *

Base                    : New level from scratch
Build Time              : Months, I started this back in September, but left 
                          it alone for awhile.
Editor(s) used          : DCK v2.2, NEOPAINT, NwT, DMAUD, DMGRAPH
Known Bugs              : None found

* 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.

E-MAIL ME ABOUT THIS WAD!  Do you like the graphics, the design, anything?
Do you hate the whole damn thing?  Tell me this stuff.  I want to know.
Also send me any comments towards any other WAD I have made.  And
if you have any ideas for my next WAD send 'em to me.  I can make just
about anything (I've made burning overturned cars, helicopters, street
lights....)  I'm on CSERVE at 103220,3302.

What's next you say?  Well I'm thinking maybe a sequel to SENTRY.WAD (a great
level I made which can be found on cserve in the doom2 deathmatch forum) but
this time put in even more detail.  Yea, I know what you're thinking.  After
having cars in a level how do you top that?  Well, actually, I don't know.
But this level is gonna defy all that you thought was impossible with the
DOOM 2 engine.  It's gonna be huge, it's gonna look just like a real city,
right down to the last detail.  This may not be final, but I'm thinking of
possibly having citizens in the streets or on the sidewalk.  I already
know how to do it, it's just a matter of if it's worth it.  You'd need to use
a dehacked patch and I really don't like messing with the .exe so I'll prob.
skip that idea.  But, it's still a possibilty, I could change the graphics
of a certain sprite, like the pillar for example.  The only problem with that
is if you don't use the graphics patch then the level looks stupid with a 
bunch of pillars in the street.  Plus, without a dehacked patch you cant
shoot the innocent citizens which wouldve been very cool.  Maybe I'll turn
commander keen into citizens, but then they'd have to be hanging from the
ceiling.  I don't know what I'll do, but believe you me, this is gonna be
better than Perdition's Maw, and it's gonna be the next best thing to Quake.
And if you're looking for something like this that challenges all that
DOOM 2 limits crap, download D2PRISON.ZIP.  I made birds chirping by the
trees, a helicopter, etc.  And you don't even have to use a patch to get
all the cool effects.

* Where to get this WAD *

CSERVE: ACTION GAMES FORUM - DOOM 2 LEVELS - MAW.ZIP

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* TECHNICAL QUESTIONS *

Here are some, ummm, commonly asked questions relating to this WAD.

Q: Sometimes, when I play this WAD I get the urge to kill and then I 
   slash my wrists and run through the streets yelling, "The end is nigh!"

A: Obviously you have some psychological problem.  This could be related
   to the WAD (yeah right) or perhaps some childhood incident.  Were you
   at any time, subjected to military drug experiments, have you ever eaten
   a whole container of glue, or have you ever hung out with Michael Jackson?
   If you answered yes to any of these questions you should probably seek
   help at your nearest shelter for the mentally ill.

Q: Why is the sky blue?

A: Perhaps you didn't read above.  This is SUPPOSED to be a area for questions
   about this WAD.  But noooooooooo, thanks to people like you valuable space
   is wasted.  Just for that, I'm not gonna answer that question.

Q: I hate you and your WADS!  Go to hell!

A: Well that's not really a question, so we'll skip to the next one.

Q: Is there a point to this section?

A: Congratulations! You finally caught on!  The answer is NO.

And if you didn't know by now, these were jokes, and are not meant to be
taken seriously.  And remember, that coffee at the drive-thru is hot!

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