MAP15: The Forbidden City (The Twilight Zone)

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The Twilight Zone maps 12-20

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Secret maps: 31 32

This level occupies the map slot MAP15. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP15.
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MAP15: The Forbidden City is the fifteenth map of The Twilight Zone. It was designed by Paul Corfiatis and uses the music track "The Imp's Song," originally composed by Robert Prince for Doom. The par time defined in MAPINFO is 3:20.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of The Forbidden City
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.

Essentials[edit]

Other points of interest[edit]

Secrets[edit]

  1. Head to the south end of the city and use the door here. Take the lift up, then press along the left wall until you find a switch. This will lower a nearby wall which you can ride up to get a berserk pack, a soul sphere, a rocket launcher, a backpack, and a box of rockets. (sector 28)
  2. Head to the road to the north, then near the cage, open the southeast corner of the building to the west. You will find a box of rockets. (sector 158)
  3. Open the blue bars and take the lift up. Head a bit north, then east and use the black wall to find a chaingunner and a soul sphere. (sector 72)
  4. In the red key room, go to the southwest column and press on the red brick side. Leave the building and take the nearby lift to the north up to a corridor. Beyond this corridor, you will find a megasphere, a soul sphere, partial invisibility, an invulnerability, a health bonus, and an armor bonus. (sector 164)
  5. In the red key room, go to the southwest column and press on the red brick side. Leave the building and go all the way to the southwest corner. Use the lift and take it up to reach an upper corridor. At the end you will find ammo, a backpack, and a BFG9000. (sector 165)
  6. In the eastern building that has the yellow key, use the north bookshelf at the main floor to open it, then use the switch behind the wall. Now go to the south end of the city and in the southwest corner of the building here will be an open teleporter. Enter it and use the west wall to find stimpacks and a rocket launcher. Note that you cannot leave this area once you teleport to it. (sector 138)
  7. The room ahead after Secret #6 has stimpacks, a medikit, boxes of ammo, and the secret exit. (sector 135)

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Speedrunning[edit]

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Current records[edit]

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

Run Time Player Date File Notes
UV speed (normal exit)
UV speed (secret exit)
NM speed (normal exit)
NM speed (secret exit)
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist (normal exit)
UV pacifist (secret exit)

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on January 16, 2022.

Deathmatch[edit]

Player spawns[edit]

This level contains five spawn points:

  1. facing north. (thing 42)
  2. facing west. (thing 108)
  3. facing south. (thing 124)
  4. facing east. (thing 195)
  5. facing east. (thing 290)

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 363
Vertices 1813*
Linedefs 1555
Sidedefs 2345
Sectors 299
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1305.

Things[edit]

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

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