Rowdy Rudy II: POWERTRIP

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Rowdy Rudy II: POWERTRIP

Author	Adam Post et al
Port	Vanilla Doom
IWAD	Doom II
Year	2020
Link	Doomworld/idgames
	This mod received one of the 2020 Cacowards on Doomworld!

Rowdy Rudy II: POWERTRIP is a 20-level (22 if counting the bonus maps) megawad community project led by Adam Post (Doomkid) for Vanilla Doom, and it is also the sequel to Rowdy Rudy's Revenge. This WAD is notable for having custom monsters and weapons through DeHackEd, and designed to be compatible with DOOM2.EXE. It was uploaded on /idgames archive on 11 August, 2020, and won a Cacoward that same year.

Content

Zombieman: Same as the classic zombieman except now they are in a tan suit and have 40 health points instead of 20.
Shotgun guy: Same as the classic shotgun guy except now they are wearing a helmet, and have 60 health points instead of 30.
Plasma guy: A possessed human with plasma rifle and 60 health points, it replaces the spectre.
Chaingun guy: Same as their classic counterpart, except now with a new suit and 80 health points instead of 70. It replaces the Wolfenstein SS.
Flamethrower Guy: A possessed human with a flamethrower and 80 health points. It replaces Commander Keen.
Rocket Guy: Self-explanatory. They have 120 health points and replace the Hell knight.
Psycho Imp: A variant of imp that shoots plasma bolt with 150 health points. It replaces the arachnotron.
Blood Demon: Same as the classic demon, but now with 180 health points instead of 150.
Toxicacodemon: A variant of cacodemon that shoots baron of Hell and Hell knight projectiles, it replaces the classic cacodemon and has 400 health points.
Flame Caco: Another variant of cacodemon that spits out flames. It replaces the pain elemental and has 600 health points.
Mini Mastermind: A mini version of spider mastermind with 500 health points, it replaces the chaingun guy.
Flying Mastermind: A flying version of spider mastermind with 2000 health points.

Fists are faster and far more powerful.
Chainsaw is now double bladed.
Pistol is now an assault rifle with 100% accuracy.
Shotgun is now automatic.
Super shotgun is now pump-action.
Chaingun has a much faster rate of fire.
Rocket launcher has a faster rate of fire.
Plasma rifle post-fire delay sequence has been removed.
The BFG9000 now shoots big fireballs that emit two damage tracers rather than just one.

These are contained in the separate rudy2ext.wad file:

This WAD features four identical built-in demos, DEMO1-4, requiring Doom II v1.9 to be viewed. They run for 2:54.31 (6101 tics), completing MAP01: Storming the Bayside Base on Nightmare!.