Steffen Winterfeldt
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Steffen Winterfeldt was active as a Doom speedrunner during 1995-1996 and submitted 20 demos to Compet-n. In May 1996 he released 30nm6520, the first speedrun through all of Doom II on Nightmare! difficulty. It gained widespread attention but its authenticity was soon questioned by other speedrunners, and by late 1996 it was discredited as a cheated demo,[1] likely in collaboration with Uwe Girlich.[2][3] In other runs evidence of tool support was found as well[4][5][6] and while his demos are preserved for historical reasons, they are tagged as cheated or dubious on the Doom Speed Demo Archive. It was later observed that he could have been considered a pioneer in the TAS community if he had been open about not playing in real-time.[7]
Steffen was the first player to discover several shortcuts in Doom levels: bypassing the blue key and the maze to reach the yellow key in E1M4; activating the switch that raises the exit bridge from outside the room in E2M2; and the "Steffen Winterfeldt Jump" in E4M2.
He also contributed extensive reverse engineering assistance to Uwe Girlich for documenting several demo formats, and developed the Ultimate LinuxDOOM patch that enables playing the Ultimate Doom IWAD via id's v1.8 Linux executables.
External links[edit]
- Ultimate LinuxDOOM patch on Gamers.org
- Demos list at Compet-n
- Demos list at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
References[edit]
- ↑ Opulent (12 December 2003). "Epilogue - Cheating - 10 Years of Doom." Doomworld. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ↑ Johnsen, Andy (12 June 2015). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ Jonathan (15 May 2017). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ Hegyi, Adam (10 November 1998). "Steffen's lmps." rec.games.computer.doom.playing. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ Ryback (5 April 2004). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ Johnsen, Andy (5 May 2010). Doomworld forums post. Doomworld forums. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ heris runs (1 July 2021). "this run actually represents a very interesting moment in gaming history. (...) if steffen had been forward with the fact that he played in slow motion, he would have been remembered as a pioneer in the tas community." YouTube. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
