Doom 2 the Way id Did

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Doom 2 the Way id Did
Starting area of MAP01.Starting area of MAP01.
Authors Various
Port Vanilla Doom
IWAD Doom II
Year 2013
Link Doomworld/idgames
Cacoward.png This mod received one of the 2013 Cacowards on Doomworld!

Doom 2 the Way id Did is a 2013 megawad for Doom II containing thirty-three new levels designed to mimic the mapping style of Sandy Petersen, John Romero and American McGee (plus a 33rd level as an Easter egg spoofing Betray). The project was a continuation of Doom the Way id Did. Instead of being themed after Wolfenstein 3D, the two secret levels are themed after Commander Keen. All levels are vanilla-compatible, except for MAP33: Hexsoil, which requires a limit removing source port. The map set received one of the 2013 Cacowards.

Levels[edit]

† MAP08's name is displayed as "Starstruct, Inc" instead of "Quarantine" in the automap, to echo the Circle of Death/'O' of Destruction! situation of the original game.

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack is mostly unmodified from the original, however MAP15 uses "Into Sandy's City", instead of "Running from Evil". MAP31 uses "Make It Tighter" from Commander Keen V: The Armageddon Machine and MAP32 uses "You've Got to Eat Your Vegetables!!" from Commander Keen IV: Secret of the Oracle, both by Robert Prince. Finally, MAP33 uses "Read Me While Listening to This".

Built-in demos[edit]

This WAD features a full set of built-in demos. All three end with the player's death. All demos require Doom II v1.9 to view them. The demo levels are:

Demo Level Skill Tics Length
DEMO1 MAP05: The Boiler 4 1767 0:50.49
DEMO2 MAP15: The Causeway 4 3583 1:42.37
DEMO3 MAP23: The Crucible 4 2617 1:14.77

Speedrunning[edit]

Current records[edit]

The DSDA episode records for Doom 2 the Way id Did are:

Run Time Player Date File Notes
UV speed episode, MAP01-MAP10 09:32 eLim 2015-07-12 ide1-932.zip
UV speed run 32:06 eLim 2015-08-12 idall-3206.zip

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

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