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Title:	Planet Altair1 Base
Filename:	levels/doom2/a-c/altair.zip
Size:	45.43 KB
Date:	08/18/95
Author:	Kenneth E. Chirko
Description:	You are sent to do battle for the humans to the Doom2 (tm) base on the planet Altair1. You will not fail! This is the first level in the Altair series of PWADS. It was designed to be the first level and takes a little longer than ID's first level. It was also designed with fast play action ultra violence in mind, but there are two easier difficulty settings. I don't and have never played deathmatch, so it isn't supported. The level does include player positions but no ammo or weapons for deathmatch. It does include ammo and weapons for single player and cooperative play. You start out in a lower portion of the base. Play proceeds through winding corridors and rooms. Along the way you battle imps, chaingunners, shotgunners and troopers. Sorry NO Cyberdemons! (This is meant to be level one you know.) There are many secret doors which are identified by their different textures. The secret doors do NOT show up as doors on the map. The level has the usual items, and many surprises. (Well... the guys at work liked it! :-) )
Credits:	id Software for the game. Jack and Mike Vermeulen for DmDeep V7.01. Jens Hykkelbjerg for RMB (Reject Map Builder) V2.1. John Holland and Dale Noble for Beta testing.
Base:	New level from scratch.
Build time:	About 30 Hours. (Can you say textures aligned?)
Editor(s) used:	DmDeep V7.01 for the level map. RMB V2.1 for the reject map.
Bugs:	None that I know of. :-)
Rating:	(10 votes)

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Reviews:

Anonymous	very good!!	x
Anonymous	I liked it	x
Anonymous	This is dated August 1995. It's the first in a series of three maps; the others are id=6670 and id=6833. This one's a techbase / dungeon that feels like a 3D maze. Ordinarily this would be a bad thing, but there's a good lot of action, and it never feels totally aimless. It's repetitive (the same secret is used several times) and I could have done without the crushing ceiling trap, but overall it's not bad.	x
Anonymous	A very pleasant map and for 1995 it's 2008.	x
Anonymous	First level of an interesting series. Nothing bad about it. Seemingly the author's concern is tunnels ala Descent, with lifts, doors and crossovers. It gets a 4/5. IC	x
Anonymous	Ehhhh.	x

View altair.txt

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Title                   : Planet Altair1 Base
Filenames               : ALTAIR1.WAD
Version 1.0             : 8/17/95
Author                  : Kenneth E. Chirko
Author information      : 
Email Addresses         : chirko@xnet.com

Description             : You are sent to do battle for the humans to the
                          Doom2 (tm) base on the planet Altair1. You will not
                          fail! This is the first level in the Altair series
                          of PWADS. It was designed to be the first level and
                          takes a little longer than ID's first level. It was
                          also designed with fast play action ultra violence
                          in mind, but there are two easier difficulty
                          settings. I don't and have never played deathmatch, 
                          so it isn't supported. The level does include
                          player positions but no ammo or weapons for
                          deathmatch. It does include ammo and weapons for
                          single player and cooperative play.
                          
                          You start out in a lower portion of the base. Play
                          proceeds through winding corridors and rooms. Along 
                          the way you battle imps, chaingunners, shotgunners
                          and troopers. Sorry NO Cyberdemons! (This is meant
                          to be level one you know.) There are many secret
                          doors which are identified by their different
                          textures. The secret doors do NOT show up as doors
                          on the map. The level has the usual items, and many
                          surprises. (Well... the guys at work liked it! :-) )

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Installation            : Quite easy. Unzip the file in your Doom2 (tm) 
                          directory and type altair.

Additional Credits to   : id Software for the game. Jack and Mike
                          Vermeulen for DmDeep V7.01. Jens Hykkelbjerg
                          for RMB (Reject Map Builder) V2.1. John Holland
                          and Dale Noble for Beta testing.

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* Play Information *

Game Type               : Doom2
Episode, Level #        : MAP01 
Single Player           : Yes   
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Yes (4 player untested)
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No. (10 Player positions but no weapons.)
Difficulty Settings     : Yes, (3).
New Sounds              : No
New Graphics            : No
New Music               : No
Demos Replaced          : None

* Construction *

Base                    : New level from scratch.
Editor(s) used          : DmDeep V7.01 for the level map.
                        : RMB V2.1 for the reject map.
Build time              : About 30 Hours. (Can you say textures aligned?)
Known Bugs              : None that I know of. :-)
                          
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* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors may NOT use this level as a base (pun?) to build additional levels.
(Why would you want to? :-) )

You MAY distribute this PWAD, 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.

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