MAP12: MAP02 - Alleyway (Switcheroom 2)

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Switcheroom 2 maps 12-20

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Secret maps: 31 32

This level occupies the map slot MAP12. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP12.

MAP12: MAP02 - Alleyway is the twelfth map of Switcheroom 2. It was designed by Micah Petersen (Jaws in Space) and uses the music track "Saturn" by Dial-Up. It is based on the layout of MAP02: Underhalls.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of MAP02 - Alleyway
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.

Essentials[edit]

Take the chaingun then step on the lift to your left to go down to the titular alleyway, which contains arachnotrons on Ultra-Violence and Nightmare skill levels. Take the super shotgun opposite the lift then climb the stairs and open the door at the top to find a mancubus guarding a switch. Flip the switch to lower the bars in the alley, then go back there and head round to its north side to find another staircase leading up to a ledge with another mancubus. Activate the lift next to the mancubus to get inside the nearby building, then go into the next room to find the red keycard sitting on a windowsill. Approaching the key will release some demons on to the stairs, along with zombies and revenants on Hurt Me Plenty (HMP) or higher.

Go back down to the alley and approach the red door at its north-east corner, noting the chaingunners that are released just behind you, then grab the radiation shielding suit opposite the door before opening it and dropping down to a nukage tunnel. Go to the east side of the tunnel to see the blue keycard on a pedestal, kill the chaingunners protecting it then approach the key to release some demons (and barons of Hell on HMP or higher) behind you. Follow the tunnel south to a couple of revenants guarding a lift and ride it up to return to ground level, then open the blue door in front of you to reveal another lift, which goes up to a cacodemon guarding the exit switch.

Other points of interest[edit]

Use the lift on the west side of the alleyway to go up to a room with three BFG9000s. Taking them will release revenants and/or an arch-vile into the alley below, along with pain elementals.

Secrets[edit]

  1. At the red key, open the east wall with the lightning symbol to get a megaarmor. (sector 66)

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Current records[edit]

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 August 1, 2024.

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Map data[edit]

Things 195
Vertices 676*
Linedefs 751
Sidedefs 1005
Sectors 117
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 614.

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

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