Punisher

Punisher
Author	Dario Casali
Port	Vanilla Doom
IWAD	Doom II
Year	1995
Link	Doomworld/idgames

This level occupies the map slot MAP01. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP01.

Punisher is a single-level PWAD for Doom II, designed by Dario Casali. Released in August 1995, it was billed by Casali as "the first EXTREME wad" with "MORE monsters than the ENTIRE Doom2 population". As such, some consider it the first slaughter map. It was also the inspiration for his brother Milo's Plutonia map32.

While initially built around MAP01: Entryway, Punisher extends or adds vast new areas, and large numbers of monsters, as well as the needed weapons and ammo needed to defeat them. The introduction screen shows a picture of the Punisher comic book character.

Walkthrough

Map of Punisher

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.

Overview

The only safe part of the level is the start. Once the player moves into the room with the two pillars and the pointed "V" stairs and starts fighting the monsters there, the rest of the enemies in the level will be alerted by the player's gunfire, as the map is an open one.

The level is known for places saturated with all one type of monster (either chaingunners, revenants, pain elementals, arachnotrons, mancubi, Hell knights, or barons of Hell. Consequently, this much reduces any hope of relying on monster infighting, though there is plentiful ammo. Only the boss demons, such as the arch-vile, spider mastermind, and cyberdemon appear singly.

In practice, however, the level quickly becomes repetitive, since the player frequently hides behind a wall, popping out to take shots at the monsters, rather than engaging them head on. Usually, there is not enough space and too many monsters for circle-strafing.

Secrets

1. From the start, head north then east to reach a room with two medikits, three boxes of shotgun shells, and three energy cell packs. (sector 53)
2. From #1, head west and north through the first door. You will reach a room with two switches - the south-eastern one opens up a door in the north-east leading to a room with a mancubus, three stimpacks, a megasphere, six boxes of rockets and five energy cell packs. (sector 37)
3. The sector containing the switch which opens up the blue key counts as a secret and is impossible to miss. (sector 8)
4. From #3, jump down to a grassy area which counts as a secret. (sector 17)

Bugs

The outer area with all of the mancubi around the pool, and the arachnotrons on the upper level, has a design flaw. The cyberdemon at the lower elevation cannot hit enemies above him if he is not far enough away, since his rockets will detonate at the edge of the upper level.

A cyberdemon and spiderdemon are placed within each others' collision boxes, and therefore they are stuck. Killing either will cause the other to be released.

Demo files

The release includes a separate demo file, PUNISHER.LMP, by the author. It requires Doom II v1.9 to be viewed and runs for 22:38.89 (47561 tics), completing the level on Ultra-Violence.

Speedrunning

Current records

The records for the map at the Doomed Speed Demos Archive are:

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

Miscellaneous demos

Style	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains eight spawn points:

1. facing south-east. (thing 700)
2. facing south. (thing 701)
3. facing south-west. (thing 702)
4. facing south-east. (thing 703)
5. facing south-west. (thing 704)
6. facing south-east. (thing 705)
7. facing north-west. (thing 706)
8. facing south. (thing 707)

Statistics

Map data

Things	873
Vertices	779*
Linedefs	753
Sidedefs	1074
Sectors	131

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 613.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	32
Heavy weapon dude	96
Imp	14
Demon	40
Revenant	93
Cacodemon	19
Pain elemental	68
Hell knight	8
Baron of Hell	32
Arachnotron	54
Mancubus	106
Arch-vile	18
Spiderdemon	11
Cyberdemon	10
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of shotgun shells	15
Box of rockets	74
Energy cell pack	59
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	56
Medikit	23
Megaarmor	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	5
Megasphere	5
Backpack	1
Invulnerability	3
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	8

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	32
Heavy weapon dude	96
Imp	14
Demon	40
Revenant	93
Cacodemon	19
Pain elemental	68
Hell knight	8
Baron of Hell	32
Arachnotron	54
Mancubus	106
Arch-vile	18
Spiderdemon	11
Cyberdemon	10
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of shotgun shells	15
Box of rockets	74
Energy cell pack	59
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	56
Medikit	23
Megaarmor	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	5
Megasphere	5
Backpack	1
Invulnerability	3
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red keycard	1
Yellow keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	8
Teleport landing	8

Trivia

• Back in 1995, the WAD was notorious for slowing down Intel 486 and Pentium CPUs that could otherwise run Doom well.

External links

• Punisher at Doomworld/idgames
• Punisher at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
• Review by Andy Olivera
• Review (4/5) at Doom Underground