This is a DHT5 exam file. Its place is in the dht-exams directory.
The DOOM Honorific Titles
Created by Frank Stajano on 1994 05 01
George Bell hereby conquers the title of Doom 1 Tyson!
Exam file name : d1t-gib.zip
Title conquered : Doom 1 Tyson
Author : George I. Bell (GIB)
Completion date : 1996 05 28
Game and version used : Ultimate Doom v. 1.9
Log entry:
CHAL: D1T GIB George I. Bell 32 23 34 LFL-RLL-LLL
: George Bell <
[email protected]>
Substitutions? : No
Additions to the base : E4M4 (Medium)
Free interpretation : E4M3 using rockets and fist only
System used : P166, 16MB RAM, SB 32, Diamond Stlth 64 Video Card
Controls used : Mouse+Keyboard
Mouse : Left button - fire
Right button - forward
Keyboard : Z - strafe left
X - backward
C - strafe right
Ctrl - speed mode
It was hard adjusting to the snail-like Tyson pace after playing
in Nightmare. I figured out punching with the berserk
pack after a while, but never got very good at it without it.
I figured with all the Episode 4 maps up for grabs, there had
to be an easy one, but there really isn't. Most of the
maps do not work well from the Tyson perspective. It will be
interesting to see if anyone can do any more of them.
E3M2: A lot of punching Cacodemons, other than that it's not too bad.
Here is where I discovered that you want a Caco in a tight
spot when punching. 14:37, dance at 2:50.
E2M3: Similar to E3M2 in difficulty, I'd say. Some good Baron-Caco
battles started in this one. 17:06, dance upon first reaching
the exit, 14:00.
E3M4: This is a large level, plus you have to kill the first few Demons
without the Berserk pack. You can see I do quite poorly at this,
and run for the thing ASAP! I had a lot of trouble recording this,
but not because I died. BEWARE!! Under some circumstances
(I don't understand why), the door past the two crushers
(initially opened by the right of three throw switches) can close
on you, and you can't get it back open. Twice this happened to me
when I went back to the starting area, and I had to abort the
recording because I could no longer reach the exit. There must
be a bug in the map that allows this door to close. I can send
anyone an lmp of this happening if you are interested.
Finally I got to the exit, but upon replay I realized in the fray
I had forgotten to do my dance. So I had to do it AGAIN, yes
another 30 minute recording. Ugh. My plan got screwed up in the
middle of this one, watch me panic under attack by 3 Cacos at once
(I was trying to get them in a battle with the Baron). Also, yet
another critical door closes at a very bad time at the end,
but at least you can re-open that one. 32:58, dance at 3:30.
E4M4: From a monster count this appears the best Episode 4 bet for
Tyson style, but actually it is not that easy. You have to
kill about 10 monsters w/o the Berserk pack. Then the attacks
are always in groups, and there is very little armor. The final
punch-out of 4 trapped Cacodemons is the easiest part but I still
almost die. This one I found quite tough but I rate it
"medium" because I am so lousy at punching non-Berserk. I
have now done this level GM Style, Incubus and Tyson. 16:50,
dance at the start.
FREE: I tried E4M3 Tyson, and it's not bad except I couldn't quite
figure out how to kill all 7 Barons. There are an absurd number of
rockets on this level, enticing me to do it with rocket launcher
only (and fist). This isn't that hard, but I wanted to do
it fast and suicidal, as most Tyson lmps are about as exciting
as watching grass grow. So there's a lot of action in this
one and some good punching. 100% kills in 9:48, dance at 1:30.
Notes: Thanks to Mike Pratt for giving me extensive boxing tips, but
clearly I still have a long way to go.
Author I now have all the advanced titles but Doom 2 Tyson. That one
Info: makes this title look trivial so I'm not sure if I will ever do it.
