The Talosian Incident

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The Talosian Incident
Title screen
Authors The Black Star Coven
Port Vanilla Doom
IWAD Doom II
Year 1997
Link Doomworld/idgames
Top100.png This mod was one of the ten 1997 mods to feature in the Top 100 WADs of All Time on Doomworld!
1997
  1. Requiem
  2. Eternal Doom
  3. GothicDM
  4. STRAIN
  5. Mordeth
  6. The Talosian Incident
  7. Dawn of the Dead
  8. Hell Revealed
  9. Hell's Eventide
  10. Chord NG
1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998
1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003

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The Talosian Incident is a 20-level megawad for Doom II, created by The Black Star Coven, a team led by John Bye (Gestalt666). Released on June 19, 1997, it stood out against other WADs of the era for its strong emphasis on creating moody atmospheres, helped by a predominantly ambient soundtrack in the vein of Doom 64. It was named by Doomworld as one of the ten best mods of 1997.

In 2023, The Talosian Incident was included in Doomworld's Doot Eternal music feature for Doom's 30th anniversary.

Content[edit]

Levels[edit]

Secret levels:

Soundtrack[edit]

All the music in the WAD is untitled, and was composed by John Bye, except for MAP16 by David Shaw (Tolwyn) and MAP14, which wasn't replaced.

Built-in demos[edit]

This WAD features three built-in demos. All require Doom II v1.9 to view them. The demo levels are:

Demo Level Skill Tics Length
DEMO1 MAP11: Software 4 1855 0:53.00
DEMO2 MAP08: Focus 4 1833 0:52.37
DEMO3 MAP05: The Fort - I 4 3371 1:36.31

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