MAP09: The Palace (The Talosian Incident)

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This level occupies the map slot MAP09. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP09.

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MAP09: The Palace is the ninth map of The Talosian Incident. It was designed by John Bye (Gestalt666), who also composed the music track.

Walkthrough

Map of The Palace

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. North of the door leading to the blue key, there is a room in the northwest with two switches. Press both of these switches, then head east up the steps and open the next door. The two doors here will be open, leading to Secret #1 and Secret #2. Enter the western room for a partial invisibility. (sector 169)
2. Enter the eastern room for a berserk pack. (sector 170)
3. Press the switch directly south of the yellow key, then enter Secret #1 to find an open door. Inside is a rocket launcher, rockets, former humans, and a switch. This switch opens the room opposite of the blue key room. (sector 172)
4. South of the door leading to the blue key, there is a room in the southwest with two switches. Press both of these switches, then head east up the steps and open the next door. The two doors here will be open, leading to Secret #4 and Secret #5. Enter the western room for a green armor. (sector 209)
5. Enter the eastern room mentioned in Secret #4 to get a soul sphere. (sector 232)
6. Press the switch directly north of the yellow key, then enter Secret #4 to find an open door. Inside is a rocket launcher, rockets, former humans, and a switch. This switch opens a hall to the southeast where you can get a plasma rifle and a shortcut back to the starting point. (sector 211)
7. When you get the soul sphere in the previous secret, another secret room opens up with a revenant and some stimpacks. (sector 237)
8. Open the wall behind the red key to find a rocket launcher, armor bonuses, and rockets. (sector 305)
9. Monsters will appear in the side rooms where the red key is located once, you approach the red key. Both side rooms count as secrets, and both secrets have medikits inside. (sector 299)
10. See Secret #10. (sector 300)

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	3:52.77	Kristian Ronge	2007-03-13	talolmps.zip
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on April 4, 2022.

Statistics

Map data

Things	242
Vertices	1651*
Linedefs	1807
Sidedefs	2603
Sectors	410

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1356.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	14	24	26
Shotgun guy	33	53	60
Heavy weapon dude	5	13	20
Demon	4	7	8
Revenant	1
Baron of Hell	1
Mancubus	5
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Rocket launcher	3
Plasma gun	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Rocket	12
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	24
Medikit	15
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	2
Health bonus	4
Supercharge	1
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	16	26	28
Shotgun guy	37	61	70
Heavy weapon dude	6	18	25
Demon	4	7	8
Revenant	1
Baron of Hell	1
Mancubus	5
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Rocket launcher	3
Plasma gun	2
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Rocket	12
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	24
Medikit	15
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	2
Health bonus	4
Supercharge	1
Berserk	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4

External links

• The Talosian Incident demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive