The Castle

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The Castle
Title screen
Author Brent Hedden
Port Vanilla Doom
IWAD Doom II
Year 1995
Link Doomworld/idgames
This level occupies the map slot MAP01. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP01.
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The Castle is a single-level PWAD for Doom II, designed by Brent Hedden and released in July 1995. It includes new graphics and sounds done with humorous intent, as well as original music.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of The Castle
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]

Other points of interest[edit]

Secrets[edit]

  1. Open the first door and go through the northwest wall to find a BFG9000 and a teleporter to the outside moat. (sector 23)

Bugs[edit]

Demo files[edit]

This WAD features a single built-in demo, DEMO1, by the author. It requires Doom II v1.9 to be viewed and runs for 2:20.29 (4910 tics), showing off the level on Hurt Me Plenty.

Areas / screenshots[edit]

Speedrunning[edit]

Routes and tricks[edit]

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 May 16, 2022.

Deathmatch[edit]

Player spawns[edit]

This level contains eight spawn points:

  1. facing south. (thing 14)
  2. facing north. (thing 15)
  3. facing south. (thing 16)
  4. facing north-west. (thing 17)
  5. facing north. (thing 18)
  6. facing south. (thing 19)
  7. facing south. (thing 20)
  8. facing west. (thing 21)

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 374
Vertices 1315*
Linedefs 1212
Sidedefs 1533
Sectors 123
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1083.

Things[edit]

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

Technical information[edit]

Inspiration and development[edit]

Trivia[edit]

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