The Lost Magic
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| The Lost Magic | |
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| Author | Vortale |
| Port | Boom-compatible |
| IWAD | Doom II |
| Year | 2022 |
| Link | Doomworld/idgames |
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This mod received an honorable mention at the 2023 Cacowards on Doomworld! |
The Lost Magic is a 32-level megawad for Doom II designed for Boom-compatible source ports, created by Vortale as a part of the 2022 NaNoWADMo event. The first version was released on October 31, 2022. The final version was uploaded to the idgames archive on December 16, 2022.
The Lost Magic received an honorable mention at the 2023 Cacowards.
Contents
Content[edit]
The mod uses a DeHackEd patch to create custom monsters, weapons, items and decorations, as well as to change par times, level names, contents of text screens, and various in-game messages.
Custom monsters[edit]
- Assault sargeant
- Renamed heavy weapon dude who now uses an assault rifle instead of a chaingun.
- Crystal lock
- Looks like a floating blue crystal. Has only two hit points and replaces Commander Keen.
- Cultist
- Looks like a person in a hooded black robe with a red belt. Replaces the Wolfenstein SS.
- Mother crystal
- Looks like a large floating red crystal. Has 1000 hit points and replaces Romero's head.
- Sorcerer
- Uses recolored sprites of the heresiarch from Hexen. Has 1500 hit points and replaces the spiderdemon.
Custom weapons[edit]
- Assault rifle
- Replaces the chaingun.
- Emerald staff
- Uses recolored sprites of the Bloodscourge from Hexen. Replaces the BFG9000.
- Jade wand
- Uses recolored sprites of the sapphire wand from Hexen. Replaces the plasma gun.
Custom items[edit]
- Power emerald
- Looks like a large green crystal. Replaces the energy cell pack.
- Power jewel
- Looks like a small green crystal. Replaces the energy cell.
- Protectsphere
- Looks like a green orb with the biohazard symbol inside. Replaces the radiation shielding suit.
Levels[edit]The Escape:
The Next Dimension:
The Return Home:
The Trip To Hell:
The Final Spell:
Secret levels: |
Soundtrack[edit]
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Built-in demos[edit]
This WAD features three built-in demos. All require Doom II with a Boom-compatible v2.02 source port to view them. The demo levels are:
| Demo | Level | Skill | Tics | Length |
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| DEMO1 | MAP11: Jade Mines | 4 | 1805 | 0:51.57 |
| DEMO2 | MAP05: Blood Ritual | 4 | 2758 | 1:18.80 |
| DEMO3 | MAP26: Sapphire Fortalice | 4 | 1812 | 0:51.77 |
Speedrunning[edit]
Current records[edit]
The DSDA episode records for The Lost Magic are:
| Run | Time | Player | Date | File | Notes |
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| UV speed episode, MAP01-MAP10 | 03:57 | BFGandorf | 2022-12-27 | tlme1-357.zip | |
| UV speed episode, MAP11-MAP20 | 04:08 | BFGandorf | 2023-10-15 | tlme2-408.zip | |
| UV max episode, MAP01-MAP10 | 13:29 | BFGandorf | 2023-04-05 | tlme1-1329.zip | |
| UV max episode, MAP11-MAP20 | 16:03 | BFGandorf | 2023-01-01 | tlme2-1603.zip | |
| UV max episode, MAP21-MAP30 | 24:25 | BFGandorf | 2023-04-05 | tlme3-2425.zip | |
| UV max run | 2:03:49 | BFGandorf | 2023-05-04 | tlmall-20349.zip | |
| NM 100S episode, MAP01-MAP10 | 07:24 | BFGandorf | 2023-02-24 | tlme1s724.zip | |
| UV pacifist episode, MAP01-MAP10 | 04:47 | megasphere308 | 2023-04-07 | tlmep1p447.zip |
The data was last verified in its entirety on February 6, 2024.
