E1M5: Circus Maximus (Gulag)

Gulag maps
E1M1: On The Beach E1M2: Subterranea E1M3: Skull Mountain E1M4: The Flying Dutchman E1M5: Circus Maximus

This level occupies the map slot E1M5. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M5.

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E1M5: Circus Maximus is the fifth and final map of Gulag. It was designed by Jeff Weisend and uses the music track "Arpo" by Kevin Schilder, from Heretic.

Walkthrough

Map of Circus Maximus

Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector, thing, and linedef numbers in boldface are secrets which count toward the end-of-level tally.

Secrets

There are no official secrets on this map.

Bugs

Because of the large number of things in this level, attempting to save your game in vanilla Heretic on this level will cause the program to crash. It is instead recommended to use HERETICP.EXE in order to save the game in this level, if vanilla Heretic is desired instead of a source port when playing Gulag.

Speedrunning

As this level does not contain official secrets, the NM 100S category is redundant.

Current records

The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
SM speed
SM max
BP speed
BP max
NM speed
Tyson
Pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on December 5, 2021.

Statistics

Map data

Things	640
Vertices	5081*
Linedefs	5062
Sidedefs	7241
Sectors	912

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 3974.

Things

This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Golem	69	68	69
Nitrogolem	33	57	67
Disciple	2	3	4
Undead warrior	25	52	70
Weredragon	17	24	31
Ophidian	2	4	4
Maulotaur	2	3	4
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Hellstaff	0	1	1
Phoenix rod	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Crystal geode	3
Ethereal arrows	16	11	14
Quiver of ethereal arrows	7	11	10
Claw orb	13
Energy orb	24	29	29
Lesser runes	20	22	26
Greater runes	18	16	16
Inferno orb	11
Mace spheres	8
Pile of mace spheres	4
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Crystal vial	28	29	29
Enchanted shield	1
Silver shield	2
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Bag of Holding	1
Morph Ovum	3	3	4
Mystic urn	4
Quartz flask	19
Ring of Invincibility	1	0	0
Shadowsphere	3	3	5
Time Bomb of the Ancients	8
Tome of Power	4	4	5
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue key	1
Green key	1
Yellow key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Key gizmo (blue)	4
Key gizmo (green)	2
Key gizmo (yellow)	2
Teleport landing	23

External links

• Gulag demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive