This is a DHT exam file. Its place is in the dht-exams directory.
The DOOM Honorific Titles
Created by Frank Stajano on 1994 05 01
Nicholas R. Spampata hereby conquers the title of Doom 1 Speedy Gonzales
Exam file name : D1SG-NRS.ZIP
Title conquered : DOOM 1 Speedy Gonzales
Author : nicholas r. spampata
Completion date : (1995 11 01)
Game and version used : DOOM I v. 1.9 Ultimate Doom (demos will play on regular v1.9)
Log entry : CHAL: D1SG NRS Nicholas R. Spampata 35 39 26 FLR-LRL-FFL
:
[email protected] (nicholas r. spampata)
Substitutions? :yes, for e3m5 (easy) I am subsituting e1m6 (hard), e3m4 (hard), e3m7
(hard)
System used :Pentium 100mhz, 16meg RAM, diamond 64-bit graphics accelerator
Controls used :keyboard + mouse, forward=s
back=d
left=w
right=e
strafe left=a
strafe right=f
run=g
fire=left mouse button
most directional control done with mouse (except dance)
Free interpretation : Free.lmp- episode 2 Lightning run. dance on e2m1 like peaceful start. I started
with episode 3 on lightning as my free, but I decided that e2 is harder so I did it instead.
Comments: this title should be under par on ultraviolence, it's far too easy on HMP. I substitute
for e3m5 to make this exam harder and more fun. After completing Incubus, hurt me plenty is like
"no monsters." The piggies actually give me time to blink.
lmp level time par
e1m6-hmp e1m6 2:58 3:00
e3m4-hmp e3m4 1:37 2:30
e2m6-hmp e2m6 3:13 6:00
e3m7-hmp e3m7 2:16 2:45
e3m9-hmp e3m9 2:10 2:15
free
e2m1 1:15 1:30
e2m2 1:21 1:30
e2m3 1:02 1:30
e2m4 1:22 2:00
e2m5 1:07 1:30
e2m9 1:07 2:50
e2m6 4:23 6:00
e2m7 2:48 4:00
e2m8 ----- ------
e3m9-hmp.lmp- first try. I do the dance. I finish with 200% health, 100% armor, and take no
damage.
e1m6-hmp.lmp- this is the only one which took me numerous tries to finish under par. the part that
slows me down the most is waiting for that damn door to open after I get the red key. as it is I make it
in just under 3:00. I recorded one demo where I hit it at exactly 3:00, but I knew could save 1 or 2
seconds somehow so I redid it. this is the hardest level in the hard set. I do the dance, even though this
is instant carnage.
e3m4-hmp.lmp- first try. why is this in the hard set? I do the dance, treating this as peaceful
start.
e3m7-hmp.lmp- first try. it really isn't that exciting. this is instant carnage so I skip the
dance (for once).
e2m6-hmp.lmp- I had never tried this under par until this exam. this one is definitely too easy for the
hard set. you get six minutes to finish it!
Author info: Doom 1 Master, Doom 1 Incubus.
comment on the level sets for Speedy Gonzales: IMHO, there should be no levels
designated as "hardest," especially for Hurt Me Plenty. Both E1M7 and E1M9 are just as hard as
E1M6 (in fact I think 16 is harder than these two, the above demo was my best performance on 16 in
about 10 tries. For 17 and 19 I can finish with 10- 15 seconds to spare), and therefore, really belong
in the hard set. E3M2 and E3M6 both belong in the easiest set (and maybe E3M5, too). E3M2 can
be done easily in 30 seconds on UV, on HMP it's a joke. E3M5 can be completed Tyson style in well
under a minute- way too easy. For E3M6 the invulnerabilities can carry you through to the secret exit
or the regular one. E3M4 and E3M9 should probably go in the easy set based on the "invulnerability
factor" as well. E2M6 and E2M7 both need to be bumped down to the medium set; the par times are
so long that completing them on HMP is much easier than E1M6. However, I would agree more with
the sets as they are now, if they had to be completed on UV. Personally, I think rather than redefining
the level sets, the upgrade to UV would really show who's a Speedy Gonzales.
