MAP25: Cat And Mouse (Doom 64)

Doom 64 fun levels
MAP25: Cat And Mouse MAP26: Hardcore MAP27: Playground
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This level occupies the map slot MAP25. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP25.

MAP25: Cat And Mouse is the twenty-fifth map of Doom 64, designed by Randy Estrella. It is the first "fun level" that can not be accessed through normal play and must be accessed using the features menu acquired from beating MAP32: Hectic or with a specific password. It uses the music track "Warped Hive", also heard in MAP02: The Terraformer and MAP16: Blood Keep. In Doom 64 TC, it is accessed from MAP01: Staging Area.

Walkthrough

Map of Cat And Mouse

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

Essentials

A notably difficult map, Cat and Mouse consists of only a few winding hallways that bend at sharp, right angles. One cyberdemon stands in front of you, active as soon as you start, with nightmare imps throwing fireballs at you from cages located throughout the entire map. The player will find a rocket launcher, many rocket boxes, and one berserk pack throughout the stage. The only way to beat it is to kill the cyberdemon, which is easier said than done given the level's relative smallness and its ability to teleport to several different spots. The level ends when the cyberdemon is slain.

There is a trick to dealing with the cyberdemon at the start; if the player strafes to the right as fast as he can at the level's start, he can avoid being seen by the cyberdemon and can run around the various parts of the level as long as he does not attack (for example, shoot the nightmare imps); this will cause the cyberdemon to come after him.

Secrets

1. There is a hidden hallway filled with single rockets and health bonuses in the northwest. (sector 11)

Statistics

Map data

Things	78
Vertices	693*
Linedefs	763
Sidedefs	1253
Sectors	65

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 539.

Things

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

Monsters	1-2	3	4
Nightmare imp	8
Cyberdemon	1
Weapons	1-2	3	4
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4
Rocket	5
Box of rockets	12
Items	1-2	3	4
Health bonus	22
Berserk	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4
Teleport landing	4