E3M1: Hell Keep (Super NES Doom)

Doom for Super NES maps
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Inferno E3M1: Hell Keep E3M2: Slough of Despair E3M3: Pandemonium E3M4: House of Pain E3M6: Mt. Erebus E3M7: Limbo E3M8: Dis E3M9: Warrens
This is a console version of a PC level.

This level occupies the map slot E3M1. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E3M1.

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E3M1: Hell Keep is the first level of Inferno in Doom for Super NES. It is based on the original E3M1: Hell Keep, with modifications to adapt the map to the console's limitations. The author of the original map is Sandy Petersen and it uses an S-SMP arrangement of the music track "Untitled".

Walkthrough

Map of Hell Keep

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.

Comparison of versions

Some strange differences exist when compared to the DOS version of the level: some geometry seemingly within the sky wall was added in the first room, an area exists behind the right-hand wall of the second corridor branching to the right from the main entrance, and a hidden room seems to exist inside the secret near the end of the map. It is unknown how, or if it is possible at all, to cause these areas to appear in the course of normal gameplay; they likewise do not contain any deathmatch starts.

According to Randy Linden, the SNES version's map set originally had various differences from the DOS version alongside the existing differences already seen in the final game, which were intended to make the game flow better when played on a controller, however these changes were rejected by id Software. This extraneous geometry may be a leftover from this.

Because monsters are drawn to always face the player, the imps outside the eye switch pit at the start will be immediately alerted to the player's presence at the start of the map, before the platform has had a chance to rise like in the DOS version.

• Comparison of maps
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  E3M1 (PC)

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  E3M1 (SNES)

Statistics

Map data

Objects	83
Vertices	234
Lines	249
Sectors	49

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Imp	7	12	18
Demon	1	3	5
Cacodemon	0	1	3
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	1
Box of bullets	2
4 shotgun shells	4
Box of shotgun shells	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	3
Medikit	6	4	4
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	4
Health bonus	2

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Imp	7	12	18
Demon	1	3	5
Cacodemon	0	1	3
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	1
Box of bullets	2
4 shotgun shells	4
Box of shotgun shells	1
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	3
Medikit	6	4	4
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	4
Health bonus	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	4