E3M9: Slept Too Long (Army of Darkness TC)

Army of Darkness TC maps
E3M1: Evil Dead E3M2: Arthur's Castle E3M3: The Pit E3M4: Good Ash vs Bad Ash E3M5: Necronomicon Ex Mortis E3M6: In The Deal E3M7: Let's Go E3M8: Shop S-Mart E3M9: Slept Too Long E2M1: Multiplayer Level

This level occupies the map slot E3M9. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E3M9.

This article about a map is a stub. Please help the Doom Wiki by adding to it.

E3M9: Slept Too Long is the ninth and secret map of Army of Darkness TC. It appears as MAP09 in the PWAD's Doom II conversion. It was designed by Lawton Roberts (DoubleBrrl) and uses the music track ? by Rick Sparks (Suture). It is accessed from E3M7, and warps back to it on completion.

Walkthrough

Map of Slept Too Long

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

1. Near the start is a health bonus. This marks a secret door leading to a Winchester. (sector 73)
2. After taking the teleporter to reach the switch that lowers the bars to the red key, jump east to a platform with a backpack. (sector 69)
3. From the lift leading up to the red key, it is possible to jump north to a crossbow. (sector 57)

Areas / screenshots

• 

  The baron near the red key

• 

  From secret #3

• 

  The trapped soulsphere

• 

  The exit zone

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on December 12, 2021.

Deathmatch

Player spawns

This level contains four spawn points:

1. facing west. (thing 95)
2. facing south. (thing 96)
3. facing west. (thing 102)
4. facing south. (thing 136)

Statistics

Map data

Things	177
Vertices	703*
Linedefs	614
Sidedefs	1089
Sectors	144

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 517.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Four-legged soldier	19	19	24
Skeleton	3	5	7
Invisible skeleton	3	5	5
Ghost	2	4	4
Floating torso	9	11	12
Skeleton captain	1	3	3
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	2
Winchester repeater	2
Flaming crossbow	1
Torch	1
Catapult	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	7
Box of shotgun shells	7	8	8
Arrow	7
Bag of arrows	4
Lot of gunpowder	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Medikit	11
Armor	1
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Health bonus	1
Supercharge	2	1	1
Backpack	1
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Red skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	15
Teleport landing	1

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Four-legged soldier	19	19	24
Skeleton	3	5	7
Invisible skeleton	3	5	5
Ghost	2	4	4
Floating torso	10	12	13
Skeleton captain	3	5	5
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	4
Shotgun	5
Winchester repeater	2
Flaming crossbow	1
Torch	1
Catapult	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	7
Box of shotgun shells	10	11	11
Arrow	7
Bag of arrows	4
Lot of gunpowder	2
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Medikit	11
Armor	1
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Health bonus	1
Supercharge	2	1	1
Backpack	1
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Red skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Deathmatch start	4
Exploding barrel	15
Teleport landing	1

Inspiration and development

The concept is based on the movie's original ending that the parent studio Universal Pictures deemed "too depressing" and ordered a reshoot for its theatrical release.

Andrew Stine (Linguica) suggested to the Army of Darkness TC team that its secret map should be set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland as found in the movie's alternate ending:

"We hadn't anything planned for the secret level. We had 8 levels planned now, in which one, the troublesome dungeon, didn't really fit the storyline. I believe [Stephen Angell (Shonen)] mentioned different movie endings to me before, but I never really thought about the idea of turning it into a secret level. Andy thought of it, and so we did it. Actually, Lawton Roberts did it. He is by far the fastest level builder in the team."

― Stefan Maes

External links

• Army of Darkness TC demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive