Simply Phobos

Simply Phobos
Starting view of the first featured map
Authors	Paul Corfiatis, Kristian Aro
Port	Vanilla Doom
IWAD	Doom
Year	2004
Link	Doomworld/idgames

Simply Phobos (pe1_phob.wad) is an episode 1 replacement for The Ultimate Doom by Paul Corfiatis (pcorf) in the style of Knee-Deep in the Dead, with a bonus secret level in the style of Inferno by Kristian Aro (Nebula). It also includes a custom soundtrack by Paul Corfiatis in a separate file, pe1_pmus.wad. All levels of episode 1 are vanilla compatible, although the use of a limit-removing source port is recommended, as certain areas in its levels may suffer from visplane overflows. The bonus level requires a Boom-compatible source port, despite being advertised as a limit-removing level.

It was originally released in 2004 and was updated in 2010 to fix certain bugs in the maps, perform certain cosmetic changes, and remove the secret releasable cyberdemon meant to infight with the barons of Hell (named baron swatter cyberdemon by Paul) of the last map, as it was useless, according to Paul. It also gives the choice of either listening to a selection of original Doom music or the new enhanced custom music. In 2019 it was included as the first episode of Death Tormention: The Complete Trilogy.

Content

Levels

• E1M1: Cargo Hanger
• E1M2: Security Checkpoint
• E1M3: Waste Refinery
• E1M4: Hi tech Lair
• E1M5: Carmen's Lab
• E1M6: Breeding Facility
• E1M7: Destruction on Phobos
• E1M8: Black Gate
• E1M9: Keswick (secret level)
• E2M9: Iron Fist (bonus level)

Soundtrack

All tracks are by Robert Prince and from Doom.

• E1M1: no replacement
• E1M2: "Dark Halls"
• E1M3: "Kitchen Ace (And Taking Names)"
• E1M4: "The Imp's Song"
• E1M5: no replacement
• E1M6: no replacement
• E1M7: no replacement
• E1M8: no replacement
• E1M9: no replacement
• E2M9: "Deep into the Code"

• Victory music: "Nobody Told Me About id"

Soundtrack with pe1_pmus.wad

All tracks are by Paul Corfiatis (pcorf).

• E1M1: "Fire on Sally"
• E1M2: "Sad Hell"
• E1M3: "No Mad Nomads"
• E1M4: "Shoot the Shotgun"
• E1M5: "The Lab That Carmen Roams"
• E1M6: "Runaway Imp"
• E1M7: "S_Pain"
• E1M8: "Spooky Pathway"
• E1M9: "Mini-Koopa"
• E2M9: "Just a Little Too Evil"

• Victory music: same as in the regular soundtrack

Built-in demos

This WAD features a single built-in demo. It requires Doom v1.9 to be viewed. The demo level is:

Demo	Level	Skill	Tics	Length
DEMO1	E1M4: Hi tech Lair	3	2810	1:20.29

Speedrunning

Current records

The DSDA episode records for Simply Phobos are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV max episode	34:21	DidierTranber	2011-02-12	pe1-dt.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on July 28, 2022.

External links

• Simply Phobos at Doomworld/idgames
• Simply Phobos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive (includes original version)
• Official page (archived 🏛)
• Original version of 2004 at Doomshack
• Pristine MIDIs of the original version of 2004 at Doomshack
• Pristine MIDIs of the revamped version of 2010 at Doomshack