Doom 2 Extreme Gold

Doom 2 Extreme Gold

Author	Chuck Lai
Port	Vanilla Doom
IWAD	Doom II
Year	1997
Link	Doom Wad Station

Doom 2 Extreme Gold is a 32-level total conversion for Doom II released on August 12, 1997 by Chuck Lai. It was the sequel to Doom II X-Treme, which was released the previous year. It is the fourth and final entry in Lai's X-series (Doom2X and Ultra Doom2X were the first and second, respectively).

Like the original, weapon and monster tweaks were performed by Lai, while the levels were taken from Final Doom, Memento Mori II and other community releases.

Doom2X Engine[edit]

Like Doom II X-Treme, Extreme Gold relies on an extensive DeHackEd patch that significantly changes the behavior of both weapons and monsters. Similar to The Sky May Be, this was called an "engine" named Doom2X. To further give off the impression of an actual engine, at the loading sequence, the following text is displayed:

DOOM2X-TREME GOLD (Doom2X v.1.69) running off of DOOM 2: Hell On Earth

The ENDOOM screen has the following additional text:

DOOM2X-Treme GOLD (Doom2X version 1.69)

The original release of Doom 2 Extreme Gold relied on a hardcoded (and illegal) version of DOOM2.EXE with the DeHackEd patch built in, called D2XGOLD.EXE. In the early 2000s an updated release of Doom 2 Extreme Gold was made that supplied the DeHackEd patch as a separate file and which removed the illegal executable.

Content[edit]

Custom weapons[edit]

Fists
Deathblade
Pistols
Shotgun
Auto shotgun
Highspeed chaingun
Electro-magnetic railgun
Explosive tip rifle
Technoblade

Custom monsters[edit]

Soldier: This replaces the zombieman. It has 75 hit points.
Chaingun sergeant: This replaces the heavy weapon dude. It has 1250 hit points.
IAL: This replaces the imp. It has 1500 hit points.
Mystic orb: This replaces the lost soul. It has 400 hit points.
Spectre: Now has 1500 points, and can walk through walls, conversely the player can walk through them as well.
Black guard: This replaces the revenant. It has 3500 hit points.
Technomage: This replaces the cacodemon. It has 2750 hit points.
Summoner: This replaces the pain elemental. It has 4000 hit points.
Hell lord: This replaces the baron of Hell. It has 5500 hit points.
Comtar: The main villain is fought twice. On MAP29, he is the final boss replacement, similar to the prequel. In addition to spawning enemies, he also throws a volley of exploding fireballs. He has 200,000 hit points. His true form is fought in MAP30, where he resembles the heresiarch from Hexen and fires two railgun shots which deal 500 damage each and can instantly kill the player even while they are in god mode, followed by a fireball. He has 15 million hitpoints.
Other monsters have their hit point values changed.

Other changes[edit]

The ammo limits for bullets, shotgun shells, EM-railgun ammo (replacing rockets), and mana (replacing energy cells) have been changed to 475, 300, 350, and 200 respectively.
The technoblade only uses 2 mana per shot.
The megasphere is now called a darksphere, and gives the player 666% health and 666% armor.
The armor and megaarmor set the player's armor to 200% and 400% respectively. The latter is now called the X-armor.
Armor, health, keys, weapons, and ammo count toward the item percentage in the intermission screen.

Levels[edit]

Name	Original map	Author
MAP01: Dead Zone	MAP05: Hanger (TNT: Evilution)	Jim Dethlefsen
MAP02: Well of Souls	A converted Doom 1 level, Base at Doomworld/idgames; a Doom 2 version (Base2.wad) is part of the Maximum Doom collection on the Master Levels CD	Brandon "Talon" Davids
MAP03: The Gantlet	Maproom at Doomworld/idgames	John and Jim Jankowski
MAP04: Metal	MAP19 of Tab: The Movie at Doomworld/idgames	Michael Contorno
MAP05: Nukage Processing	MAP28: Corporate Hell (Memento Mori II)	Stephen Watson
MAP06: The Sewers	MAP09: Sabbath Sewer (Memento Mori II)	Mark Klem
MAP07: Lunar Mining Project	MAP20: The Experiment (Memento Mori II)	Alden Bates
MAP08: Central Processing	MAP27: The Silos (Memento Mori II)	Paul Noble
MAP09: Hunted	MAP11: Hunted (The Plutonia Experiment)	Dario Casali
MAP10: Steel Works
MAP11: Power Control	MAP20: The Death Domain (Doom II X-Treme)
MAP12: Baron's Lair	Fortress of DEATH: Improved at Doomworld/idgames	Andrew Harvey
MAP13: The Temple of Darkness	MAP03: The Temple (modified) in Wheel of Time Doom at Doomworld/idgames	Chad Moore
MAP14: Genesis	Tab29 at Doomworld/idgames	Michael Contorno
MAP15: Mount Pain	MAP23 of Tab: The Movie at Doomworld/idgames	Michael Contorno
MAP16: Deepest Reaches	Butcher at Doomworld/idgames (predecessor of MAP09: Abattoire (The Plutonia Experiment))	Milo Casali
MAP17: Onslaught	Dante's Gate v2.5	John Anderson (Dr. Sleep)
MAP18: Neurosphere
MAP19: Ghost Town	MAP29: Odyssey of Noises (The Plutonia Experiment)	Milo Casali
MAP20: The Gateway of Hell	MAP04: The Ways in Wheel of Time Doom at Doomworld/idgames	Chad Moore
MAP21: Deepest Reaches	Crossing Acheron v2.0	John Anderson (Dr. Sleep)
MAP22: The Catacombs
MAP23: Realm	MAP07: Heart Of The Stone in Wheel of Time Doom at Doomworld/idgames	Chad Moore
MAP24: The Omen	MAP22 of Tab: The Movie at Doomworld/idgames	Michael Contorno
MAP25: Redemption	MAP07 of Tab: The Movie at Doomworld/idgames	Michael Contorno
MAP26: Ballistyx	MAP04: Ratamahatta (Memento Mori II)	Florian Helmberger
MAP27: Abattoire	MAP29: Kings of Metal (Memento Mori II)	Jens Nielsen
MAP28: Heck
MAP29: Cyberden	MAP30: Last Call (TNT: Evilution) (modified); another variant is MAP30: Last Call (Doom II X-Treme)	Jimmy Sieben
MAP30: Last Call
MAP31: The Final Frontier	E1M1 of The Death Star at Doomworld/idgames	Matt Falk
MAP32: Prison	E1M2 of The Death Star at Doomworld/idgames	Matt Falk

Soundtrack[edit]

MAP01: edited version of "Suspense" by Robert Prince
MAP02: "Departure" by Lee Jackson, from Duke Nukem 3D
MAP03: MIDI rendition of "One" by Metallica
MAP04: "Ground Zero" from Contra III: The Alien Wars
MAP05: "Unkai" by Tarō Kudō, from Axelay
MAP06: MIDI rendition of "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails
MAP07: MIDI rendition of "Bloody Tears" from Perfect Selection Dracula Battle
MAP08: "Danielle's Face" by Edwin van Veldhoven
MAP09: "Neptune Storage Depot" from Descent
MAP10: MIDI rendition of "Techno Syndrome (Mortal Kombat)" by The Immortals
MAP11: "Lair of Shial" by Daniel Bernstein, from Blood
MAP12: MIDI rendition of "Pull Me Under" by Dream Theater
MAP13: "Watch" by Kevin Schilder, from Heretic
MAP14: "Drive" by Kevin Schilder, from Heretic
MAP15: MIDI rendition of "Crockett's Theme" by Jan Hammer, from Miami Vice
MAP16: "Kraid's Lair" by Hirokazu Tanaka, from Metroid
MAP17: MIDI rendition of "The Becoming" by Nine Inch Nails
MAP18: edited MIDI rendition of the Escape from New York main title, by John Carpenter
MAP19: MIDI rendition of "It's a Sin" by Pet Shop Boys
MAP20: "Floghorn" by Lee Jackson, from Duke Nukem 3D
MAP21: "Sinister" by Robert Prince
MAP22: "Fortress" by Kevin Schilder, from Hexen
MAP23: MIDI rendition of "Fear" by Sarah McLachlan
MAP24: "Terror" by Mark Klem, from Memento Mori
MAP25: "Overlooked Hotel" by Daniel Bernstein, from Blood
MAP26: "Baked Goods" by Lee Jackson, from Duke Nukem 3D
MAP27: "The Decisive Battle" by Nobuo Uematsu, from Final Fantasy V
MAP28: "Eternal Medley" by Rich Nagel (Weeds), from Eternal Doom
MAP29: "Dancing Mad Part 4" by Nobuo Uematsu, from Final Fantasy VI
MAP30: "Dancing Mad Part 2" by Nobuo Uematsu, from Final Fantasy VI
MAP31: "Last City" by Hiroshi Kawaguchi, from Sword of Vermilion
MAP32: "Imperial Medley" by Ron Perovich, based on music from Star Wars
Title screen: excerpt of "Dancing Mad Part 2" by Nobuo Uematsu, from Final Fantasy VI
Intermission screen: "Credits" from Descent II
Text screen: "Pestis Cruento" by Daniel Bernstein, from Blood

Built-in demos[edit]

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

Demo	Level	Skill	Tics	Length
DEMO1	MAP03: The Gantlet	3	3280	1:33.71
DEMO2	MAP14: Genesis	3	2017	0:57.63
DEMO3	MAP26: Ballistyx	3	3997	1:54.20

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