Perdition's Gate
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Perdition's Gate is a 32-level commercial megawad for Doom II designed by Wraith Corporation and published by WizardWorks in 1996. An 11-level demo version was distributed via the Internet and on the D!ZONE Gold compilation disc. Unlike its sister release, Hell To Pay, which is a partial conversion, Perdition's Gate only contains new graphics for various textures and new music besides its levels.
According to Tom Mustaine, Perdition's Gate was offered to id Software. He contacted Shawn Green, who "responded positively about another 32 level pack for Final Doom." Shortly afterwards, he was informed that the "Final Doom window of opportunity had closed," so Perdition's Gate was offered to the Wraith Corporation instead. He would later link to a free download of the full version from his website.[1]
In 2023, Perdition's Gate was included in Doomworld's Doot Eternal music feature for Doom's 30th anniversary.
Contents
Story[edit]
A war ensued between the savage race and the alien overseers. The overseers made attempts to make peace and understand the attacking race. Their attempts at understanding failed. The savages were a race of pure evil, no understanding of diplomacy or peace. In a desperate final attempt at suppressing the aggressors, the overseers closed down their most valuable technology, the interdimensional teleporters. Before all the gates were powered down, legions of the savage race made their way through teleporters, reeking [sic] havoc on under-developed, formerly protected worlds. One of those worlds was Earth; many thousands of years ago.
The sight of raging monstrous creatures to villagers and peasants in Earth's biblical times bred fear in the minds of all. Eventually, the small legion of monsters died or were destroyed, but the advent of these creatures rooted myths about demons from hell and perdition to those who don't believe in the powers that exit beyond the human existence. After the destruction of the initial Hellian invasion, myths and legends were all that remained regarding the existence of the creatures.Thousands of years of development followed. The people of Earth began to forget about myths and legends of the past as they lead themselves into a technological world. At the same time, the demons took over the former overseers' world, and began their understanding of the overseers' awesome technology. Masterminds were bred to help teach and integrate the demon technology with that of the overseers. Not until recently, did the demon race possess the power to tore-commission the inter-dimensional teleporters. Thanks to the efforts of human experimentation on the moon of Phobos, the teleporters on the overseers' world were given life once again. Soon after, the Hellian masterminds began to understand the workings of the overseer technology and started forming attack forces to once again begin their conquest of the universe.
Four years have passed since Earth marine forces won the war against the Hellian aggressors. You are a cadet marine who has been called upon to serve in the UAC strike force while they continue running controlled gateway experiments at their Earth headquarters. Arriving at the main gate on your first day of service, you notice that things don't seem to be running normally at the UAC headquarters. You pull out your service handgun, and enter the main gate suspecting the worst. Little do you know, but you are about to embark on a journey to the overseers' world, the dawn of a new battle on another plane of existence. Hopefully, you have what it takes to clean out the alien world, and find the portal leading to the plane of hell itself, hopefully, you can find and destroy PERDITION'S GATE."Notes[edit]
There is a discrepancy between the packing and the actual game. In the game files, the plot involves an alien invasion from outer space, while the package states that the invasion is due to an experiment gone awry. This is likely due to poor oversight on WizardWorks' part.
The story as written on the package:
You must find out what happened... and the only way to do that is to fight the monsters to the death.
The ultimate test of your skill, wit and personal character."
Content[edit]
Levels[edit]Map credits were provided by Kmxexii. Earth
World of the Ancients
Planet Hell
Secret maps
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Soundtrack[edit]
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The map names were taken from the output of PG-PLOT.COM (executable file on the disc).
The names mentioned on Tom Mustaine's website differ. These names are described below (maps not mentioned on Mustaine's website are not listed):
Earth:
- MAP01: UAC HQ
- MAP02: UAC Complex B
- MAP03: Recreational Yard
- MAP04: Storage Area
- MAP05: Sub-Basement
- MAP06: Delta Area
- MAP07: Toxin Refinery
- MAP08: Drainage Tunnels
- MAP09: UAC Experimentation Center
- MAP11: UAC Teleporter Labs
World of the Ancients:
- MAP12: Ancient Gate
- MAP13: Teleport Platform
- MAP15: Teleporter Center
- MAP16: Teleporter Power
- MAP17: Teleporter Junction
- MAP18: Computer Center
- MAP20: Hell Gate
Planet Hell:
- MAP29: Bomb Facility
- MAP30: Escape!
Credits[edit]
- Level Designer
- Jim Elson (credited as Lich)
- Mackey McCandlish
- Bob Mustaine
- Tom Mustaine
- Jimmy Sieben (credited as ArchDaemon)
- Graphic Artist
- Jim Elson
- Pavel Hodek
- Mackey McCandlish
- Tom Mustaine
- Jaroslaw Wolski
- Programmer
- Jimmy Sieben
- Production Manager, Sound Designer
- Jim Elson
- Composer
- L.A. Sieben (credited as Anavrin)
- Tom Mustaine
- Voice of computer in MAP30
- Kristin Weeks
- Head of Marketing
- Mark Gundy
- Production Assistant
- Tom Mustaine
Speedrunning[edit]
Current records[edit]
The DSDA episode records for Perdition's Gate are:
The data was last verified in its entirety on July 28, 2022.
Gallery[edit]
Front cover art
Back cover art
External links[edit]
- Perdition's Gate at MobyGames
- Demo version of Perdition's Gate at Filefront
- Perdition's Gate at the Doom Speed Demo Archive (includes download of the full version)
- Perdition's Gate at Tom Mustaine's website (archived 🏛), including download of the full version
- Review at ONEMANDOOM: WAD Reviews
- ZDoom patch for Perdition's Gate and Hell To Pay by BlueFirez88
References[edit]
- ↑ Mustaine, Tom (27 July 2009). "Perdition’s Gate." Mustaine.com (archived 🏛). Retrieved 23 August 2022.
