Zort 9

Zort 9
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Author	Mike Watson
Port	ZDoom
IWAD	Doom II
Year	2003
Link	Doomworld/idgames

This level occupies the map slot MAP01. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:MAP01.

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Zort 9 is a single-level PWAD for Doom II and the ZDoom source port that came out in January 2003. It was designed by Mike Watson (Cyb) as the ninth and final entry in his Zort series, and uses a custom music track by Julian Aubourg. The par time defined in MAPINFO is 10:37.

Walkthrough

Map of Zort 9

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.

Secrets

1. In the room with the arch-vile, jump south through the banner to get a blur artifact. (sector 426)
2. In the lava cave at the west end, get to the south ledge and jump west to the plasma gun and energy cell packs. (sector 649)
3. In the hall east of the red key, go north and press on the gargoyle switch that is not lit to teleport to a megasphere. (linedef 571 via script 15 and thing 302, ZDoom's "secret trigger" actor)

Speedrunning

Current records

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 December 13, 2021.

Statistics

Map data

Things	488
Vertices	5417*
Linedefs	4628
Sidedefs	7973
Sectors	663

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 4059.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	2	3	3
Imp	37
Stealth imp	4
Lost soul	6
Stealth demon	7
Revenant	2
Cacodemon	8	12	14
Stealth cacodemon	1
Stealth baron	1
Mancubus	1
Arch-vile	2
Spiderdemon	2
Cyberdemon	3
Monster spawner	1
Spawn spot	6
Scripted marine	8
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	4
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	33
Box of bullets	1
4 shotgun shells	44
Box of shotgun shells	4
Rocket	8
Box of rockets	10
Energy cell	1
Energy cell pack	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	11
Medikit	6
Armor	3
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	10
Health bonus	16
Supercharge	2
Megasphere	1
Backpack	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	4

Cooperative
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	2	3	3
Imp	37
Stealth imp	4
Lost soul	6
Stealth demon	7
Revenant	2
Cacodemon	8	12	14
Stealth cacodemon	1
Stealth baron	1
Mancubus	1
Arch-vile	2
Spiderdemon	2
Cyberdemon	3
Monster spawner	1
Spawn spot	6
Scripted marine	8
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Super shotgun	1
Chaingun	4
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Clip	33
Box of bullets	1
4 shotgun shells	44
Box of shotgun shells	4
Rocket	8
Box of rockets	10
Energy cell	1
Energy cell pack	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	11
Medikit	6
Armor	3
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	10
Health bonus	16
Supercharge	2
Megasphere	1
Backpack	1
Partial invisibility	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	2
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	4

Trivia

• Chris Hansen included this WAD in his 2003 list of "Great Doom Releases".

External links

• Zort 9 at Doomworld/idgames
• Zort 9 at the ZDoom wiki