E3M9: Slept Too Long (Army of Darkness TC)

E3M9: Slept Too Long is the ninth and secret map of Army of Darkness TC. It appears as MAP09 in the PWAD's Doom II conversion. It was designed by Lawton Roberts (DoubleBrrl) and uses the music track ? by Rick Sparks (Suture). It is accessed from E3M7, and warps back to it on completion.

Secrets

 * 1) Near the start is a health bonus. This marks a secret door leading to a Winchester. (sector 73)
 * 2) After taking the teleporter to reach the switch that lowers the bars to the red key, jump east to a platform with a backpack. (sector 69)
 * 3) From the lift leading up to the red key, it is possible to jump north to a crossbow. (sector 57)

Current records
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on December 12, 2021.

Player spawns
This level contains four spawn points:
 * 1) facing west. (thing 95)
 * 2) facing south. (thing 96)
 * 3) facing west. (thing 102)
 * 4) facing south. (thing 136)

Things
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:

Inspiration and development
The concept is based on the that the parent studio Universal Pictures deemed "too depressing" and ordered a reshoot for its theatrical release.

Andrew Stine (Linguica) suggested to the Army of Darkness TC team that its secret map should be set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland as found in the movie's alternate ending:

"We hadn't anything planned for the secret level. We had 8 levels planned now, in which one, the troublesome dungeon, didn't really fit the storyline. I believe [Stephen Angell (Shonen)] mentioned different movie endings to me before, but I never really thought about the idea of turning it into a secret level. Andy thought of it, and so we did it. Actually, Lawton Roberts did it. He is by far the fastest level builder in the team."

- Stefan Maes