Doom 2 Extreme Gold
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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.
Contents
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 |
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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 |
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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 |