NEW LEVELS FOR DOOM This is an entirely new episode for Doom, made up of 8 levels created by people who love to play Doom but were getting a little tired of the levels included with the game. These are not necessarily the best new levels out there (and there are a LOT of very good ones available right now, with an average of 2 or 3 good ones being released every day), but a few of the ones I enjoy playing. I'll try to release a new episode about every month if time allows, so I hope that you won't get bored with Doom and stop playing it.... there's a LOT of new adventures on the way. These are the names of the new levels, and the author's name, if I could find it: Level Level Author Number Name (if available) -------------------------------------- 1 TN-Cross2 Tom Neff 2 The Keep Norman Scott 3 Zone 13 Wayne Conner 4 Outpost 21 Scott Amspoker 5 Octagon *Unknown (but a GREAT level!) 6 Lewis21F Lewis Beard 7 Courtyard Michael Kelsey 8 Megalab Casey Miller Loading Instructions: To play this episode, just run the batch file NEWLEV.BAT. This will load the new data into Doom and start the game. When the notice comes up that says something like "ATTENTION: This version of DOOM has been modified. If you would like to get a copy of the original game blah blah blah press enter to continue," just hit Enter. Choose New Game and then select Episode 1 - Knee Deep in the Dead. The new episode will temporarily replace the data of the standard episode 1. **NOTE: This will NOT replace episode 1 permanently! The next time you load Doom the normal way (DOOM.EXE), everything will be exactly as it was before. To play this new episode, you must run the batch file NEWLEV.BAT or type in DOOM -FILE NEWLEV.WAD to load the new data. You can save games while playing these new levels, but you will have to load the new episode whenever you want to resume them, they will not work correctly with the standard Doom levels. Hints: Most of these levels were created by advanced players, for advanced players. This means that on the harder skill levels (Hurt Me Plenty and Ultraviolence) they will be difficult. And there will be quite a few secrets in these levels. Look for things that are out of the ordinary, such as parts of a wall that are different colors than the rest, listen for sounds, like opening doors or lifts going up or down; many times these secrets will not be obvious, so try everything you can think of. And if all else fails, don't be afraid to use the cheat codes. It's having fun you're worried about, not whether or not you could finish a level without cheating. Now go get 'em! Gary Smith (5-12-94) Files included in NEWLEV.ZIP: README.1ST - This file CREDITS.TXT - Authors' original release textfiles for the levels that make up this episode. NEWLEV.BAT - Batch file used to play this new episode. NEWLEV.WAD - The new episode data.