Castlem.wad

Castlem.wad
The starting area
Author	Jon Mandigo
Port	Vanilla Doom
IWAD	Doom
Year	1994
Link	Doomworld/idgames

This level occupies the map slot E1M2. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M2.

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Castlem.wad is a single-level PWAD for Doom, designed by Jon Mandigo and released in September 1994. This map is an early example of a castle map, which also tries to be accurate in its design, possessing features common in real life castles, such as: moats, watchtowers, throne rooms, dungeons and a gatehouse.

Walkthrough

Map of Castlem.wad

Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector, thing, and linedef numbers in boldface are secrets which count toward the end-of-level tally.

Secrets

1. (sector 20)
2. (sector 21)
3. (sector 39)
4. (sector 195)
5. (sector 240)
6. (sector 246)
7. (sector 253)
8. (sector 311)
9. (sector 322)
10. (sector 325)
11. (sector 328)
12. (sector 330)
13. (sector 336)

Areas / screenshots

• 

  The moat

• 

  Inside the gatehouse

• 

  The dungeon

• 

  The throne room

• 

  The red key area

• 

  The yellow key hallway

• 

  The blue key area

• 

  Outside cage

• 

  The exit

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max	6:06.49	Michael Novikov	2003-03-30	castlem_mn.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on May 4, 2022.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains four spawn points:

1. facing east. (thing 28)
2. facing east. (thing 29)
3. facing south-west. (thing 30)
4. facing east. (thing 31)

Statistics

Map data

Things	187
Vertices	1274*
Linedefs	1450
Sidedefs	1963
Sectors	338

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1070.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	2
Shotgun guy	35	35	37
Imp	46	46	50
Lost soul	0	3	3
Demon	0	2	6
Spectre	1
Cacodemon	0	0	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	1
4 shotgun shells	12
Box of shotgun shells	3
Box of rockets	2
Energy cell pack	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	19
Medikit	1
Armor	1
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Computer area map	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	2
Shotgun guy	35	35	37
Imp	46	46	50
Lost soul	0	3	3
Demon	0	2	6
Spectre	1
Cacodemon	0	0	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	1
4 shotgun shells	12
Box of shotgun shells	3
Box of rockets	2
Energy cell pack	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	19
Medikit	1
Armor	1
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Computer area map	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	4

External links

• Castlem.wad at Doomworld/idgames
• Castlem.wad at the Doom Speed Demo Archive