Gothic 99

MAP06: The Great Below by Derek MacDonald (Afterglow)

Gothic99, also known as Gothic98/99, is a highly detailed 8-level Deathmatch PWAD for Boom that acted as a sequel to GothicDM and GothicDM 2. At the time, the WAD was infamous for being detailed to the point of being unplayable on some computers.

Pre-release

Two of its levels were released on December 25, 1998 as Gothic 98 on Doomworld without a reference to its authors other than the email address Gothic98@doomworld.com. Eric James Roberts (Ricrob) was the first to recognize the level design, music, and graphic design signatures as being the work of Matthew Dixon (Mattrim), Daniel Twomey (The Waffle King), and Marc Pullen (Fanatic).

On December 25, 1999, the two levels were re-released alongside six extra levels as Gothic 99.

Four years later, the WAD was recognised as one of Doomworld's Top 10 Infamous WADs due to its high sector count.

Authors

• Matthew Dixon (Mattrim)
• Martin Friberg (Cocoon)
• David Gevert (Dagger)
• Derek MacDonald (Afterglow)
• Collin Potratz
• Marc Pullen (Fanatic)
• Michal Mesko (msquid)
• Andrew Stine (Linguica)
• Daniel Twomey (The Waffle King)
• Qingshuo Wang (piXel reX)

Levels

Gothic98

• MAP01: Electropolis by Matthew Dixon
• MAP02: A Warm Place by Daniel Twomey

Gothic99

• MAP01: Entryway.com by Matthew Dixon
• MAP02: Electropolis by Matthew Dixon
• MAP03: A Warm Place by Daniel Twomey
• MAP04: Blakmetal by Qingshuo Wang
• MAP05: Blaksuit by Qingshuo Wang
• MAP06: The Great Below by Derek MacDonald
• MAP07: Whoremonger by Andrew Stine
• MAP08: Among the Lost by Martin Friberg and David Gevert

Soundtrack

All music written by Marc Pullen.

Gothic98

• MAP01: "Cast Out"
• MAP02: "Power Rage"

• Title screen: Title unknown
• Intermission screen: Title unknown

Gothic99

• MAP01: "Sinking"
• MAP02: "Power Rage"
• MAP03: "Before the End"
• MAP04: "Sinking"
• MAP05: "Cast Out"
• MAP06: "None Found"
• MAP07: "Inner Fear"
• MAP08: "Power Rage"

• Title screen: Title unknown
• Intermission: Title unknown

Trivia

• Michal Mesko (msquid) is listed under authors; however, he only contributed level intermission graphics. His unfinished level intended for this project was instead contributed to Crucified Dreams.
• MAP06 by Derek MacDonald (Afterglow) appeared as Crucified Dreams MAP03, entitled "The Great Below (Sunk)", an expanded version modified by Malcolm Sailor.

External links

• Homepage (archived 🏛)
• Gothic 98/99 at Doomworld/idgames