For the Doom 2 episode Perdition's Gate by Alex Mayberry (NB: not the commercial megawad of the same name)

Files required: pdgate.wad
Download link: http://www.digital-eel.com/zdim/levels/pdgate.zip

Perdition's Gate Map01

Skill: UV Speed

Kills        53%
Items         3%
Secrets       0% and Time 00:58

Plays back with Legacy 1.40.
Legacy download link: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/doomlegacy/legacy_140_win32.zip
Note: The map has some see-through walls in OpenGL mode, so I'd recommend software mode to play it back - reduce your resolution if it gets "choppy" (800 x 600 was nice and smooth on my system).

Description: I'm pleased to have got this one under a minute. I had a couple of 1:01s and many in the range 1:02-1:09. It isn't worth picking up the chainsaw at the start; the shotgun is faster anyway. There is just enough shotgun ammo at the start as long as you don't waste any AND you pick up the second trooper's gun before the demon gets in front of his corpse. Not much gets in my way in this run (only the demon in front of me after the final teleport is annoying - quite often you telefrag him!), and I am very lucky at the end with the way the arachnotrons completely forget to guard the blue key. This run could go a bit faster (more efficient monster killing, more wall-running, even more luck here and there), but for now I am happy with this time. I wonder if the "shotgun only" method would work on NM...

Graham "Grazza" Burgess
GKBurgess@compuserve.com
