Base Ganymede

Base Ganymede

Author	Adam Woodmansey
Port	Vanilla Doom
IWAD	Doom
Year	2012
Link	Doomworld/idgames
	This mod received one of the 2012 Cacowards on Doomworld!

Base Ganymede is a vanilla compatible megawad for Doom created by Adam Woodmansey (Khorus). It was released three times at different stages of its development. Base Ganymede E1, containing the first episode was released on November 15, 2009. Base Ganymede: Episode 2, contained just the second episode and was released on November 18, 2010. The second episode was named as a runner-up at the 17th Annual Cacowards.

Finally, on January 20, 2012, Base Ganymede: Complete was released, containing the previous two episodes in addition to a third. Reviews of all three releases were positive, and the finished megawad received one of the 19th Annual Cacowards.

On May 9, 2023, it was released as an official add-on for the Doom Classic Unity port. On August 8, 2024, it became a featured mod for Doom + Doom II.

Content[edit]

Levels[edit]

All levels titles are from the official add-on release

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Soundtrack[edit]

Tracks from Doom the Way id Did (DtWiD) are from the optional soundtrack and are all composed by Mr. Freeze.

Episode 1
- E1M1: DtWiD E1M1 theme
- E1M2: "Dark Halls" by Robert Prince
- E1M3: DtWiD E1M7/E2M5/E3M5 theme
- E1M4: DtWiD intermission screen/E2M3 theme
- E1M5: DtWiD E1M2 theme
- E1M6: DtWiD E1M3 theme
- E1M7: DtWiD E1M9/E3M9 theme
- E1M8: DtWiD E3M8 theme
- E1M9: DtWiD E2M9/E3M1 theme

Episode 2
- E2M1: "Hiding the Secrets" by Robert Prince
- E2M2: DtWiD E2M7/E3M7 theme
- E2M3: DtWiD E1M5 theme
- E2M4: DtWiD E1M1 theme
- E2M5: DtWiD E1M2 theme
- E2M6: DtWiD intermission screen/E2M3 theme
- E2M7: "Facing the Spider" by Robert Prince
- E2M8: "Suspense" by Robert Prince
- E2M9: DtWiD E1M3 theme

Episode 3
- E3M1: DtWiD E2M2 theme
- E3M2: DtWiD E3M2 theme
- E3M3: "Donna to the Rescue" by Robert Prince
- E3M4: DtWiD E2M8 theme
- E3M5: DtWiD E2M6 theme
- E3M6: DtWiD E2M9/E3M1 theme
- E3M7: DtWiD E1M5 theme
- E3M8: "Demons on the Prey" by Robert Prince
- E3M9: "On the Hunt" by Robert Prince

Built-in demos[edit]

This WAD features four built-in demos. All require Doom v1.9 to view them. The demo levels are:

Demo	Level	Skill	Tics	Length
DEMO1	E1M4	4	1325	0:37.86
DEMO2	E3M4	4	1526	0:43.60
DEMO3	E2M6	4	1104	0:31.54
DEMO4	E1M9	4	2768	1:19.09

Speedrunning[edit]

Current records[edit]

The DSDA episode records for Base Ganymede are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File
UV max episode 1	50:10	Smite of Disrespect	2020-07-12	BGe1-4931.zip
UV max episode 2	50:13	Smite of Disrespect	2020-07-21	BGe2-4737.zip
UV max episode 3	43:51	Smite of Disrespect	2020-07-25	BGe3-4013.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 28, 2022.