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Title:	ATRIUM.WAD
Filename:	levels/doom/a-c/atrium.zip
Size:	15.87 KB
Date:	05/12/94
Author:	Steve Taylor
Description:	A DOOM pwad file with a really sneaky barrel puzzle
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Editor(s) used:	DEU 5.0
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Rating:	(8 votes)

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Sui Generis	This level is reasonably made but very short. It consists of about 3 or 4 rooms and would be trivial were it not for the barrel gimmick. The puzzle is fairly simple to an experienced doomer but equally is kind of cute. Beyond this, the level is good with decent use of height and light variation for the time but is mostly low-level enemies and is not long enough to be stand out otherwise. Ok for a few minutes fun and for the puzzle.	x
Anonymous	Not bad.	x
Anonymous	An average attempt that is not too bad if you just want a quick blast, however the barrel area might annoy some people, it did not annoy me and I also found the solution to get through it without blowing up a barrel. The map is rather short and actually very easy, there is also a little bit of "tutti-frutti" in this map but not enough to really ruin the experience (in the areas where the cacodemons come out near the end). Overall it is not the worst but could be better 3/5.	x
Anonymous	Nice map. But I would like to note that there is a solution to the barrel puzzle in which NO barrels blow up.	x
Anonymous	It's short and sweet, but the barrel part is quite unnerving. -riki	x

View atrium.txt

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                             ATRIUM.WAD
                                             
      A DOOM pwad file with a really sneaky barrel puzzle

taylor@physics.carleton.ca         (constructive comments welcome)
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Atrium.wad is a fairly short DOOM level (completion times on
the order of 5 to 10 minutes).  The level is stored as E1M1.  In
particular, it contains a barrel puzzle which I think you may find
quite challenging.  You'll know what part I mean when you get to
it.  The rest of the level involves some tricky monster
confrontations.  It is not set up for multi-player currently.

The "atrium" part of the level involves lots of tree decorations
and may slow down the game unacceptably on anything but a fast 486.
If you're having problems just cheat to get past it.

The level was designed with DEU 5.0.  Congrats to the authors for
a great piece of public domain programming.

To invoke the level, copy atrium.wad into your DOOM directory and
type:

doom -file atrium.wad

at the dos prompt.

***********  The Barrel Trick  **************

Ok, so you've tried the level once, and you've got to the barrel
part, and now you're saying to yourself "This guy's nuts! There's
no way to get past this without getting blown all to hell!"

Well, in fact there is a way to get by the barrels without taking
any damage at all!!!  It involves the use of a brilliant little
feature of the game (I don't mean the cheat mode ;-) ).  It's
really sneaky, but once you know what to do, it's quite repeatable,
with a little practice.  And yes, all the barrels explode in the
process.

I would love to give a little hint in this readme file but I'm
afraid even the smallest hint would give it away.  So here's what
I'll do... if you're completely stuck, and you really care, post a
message in alt.games.doom and I'll start with the hints.  If on the
other hand, you're the first in net-land to figure it out, post
you're own hints to alt.games.doom and save me the trouble. :-)

Steve T.

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