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Title                   : Alphabet Doom
Filename                : AlphabetDoom.WAD
Release data            : March 18, 2024
Format                  : Doom2 (limit-removing)
Primary purpose         : Single+Coop play
Authors                 : Various
Email Address           : [redacted]

Description             : Alphabet Doom is a 2023-2024 Doomworld community 
                        : project for Doom2 with an interesting constraint:
                        : each map must fit within the confines of a specific
                        : letter or symbol!
                        : 
                        : Otherwise it's a megawad full of short-to-medium
                        : maps for vanilla (limit-removing) Doom 2, a.k.a.
                        : complevel 2. DSDA-Doom is recommended.
                        : 
                        : Maps were tested for pistol starts.
                        :
                        : This is version 1.0.1, which has numerous small
                        : fixes and improvements over the original release,
                        : plus a UMAPINFO lump and new intermission texts.
                        
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* Information *

Game                    : DOOM2
Map #                   : Map01 - Map32
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Courtesy cooperative starts are included.
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Difficulty Settings     : Yes
New Sounds              : No
New Graphics            : No
New Music               : Yes
Dehacked Patch          : No
Demos Replaced          : None
Known Bugs              : Some items float in the air in DSDA-Doom and Nugget Doom.
                        : But this doesn't seem to make the maps unbeatable.


* Map List & Credits *
MAP01: "Arachnophobia" by aRottenKomquat. MIDI by Proxy-MIDI.
MAP02: "Baby Beelzebub's Bastion" by Death Bear. MIDI by Proxy-MIDI.
MAP03: "Cuckoo for Cacodemons" by aRottenKomquat. MIDI by Proxy-MIDI.
MAP04: "Destined to Die in the Distilling Plant of Doom" by spineapple tea. MIDI is MAP02 from Sunlust.
MAP05: "Emergency Explosive Entitlement" by Andrea Rovenski.
MAP06: "Fear Factory" by RED77. MIDI by Proxy-MIDI.
MAP07: "Bowl of Dead Simple Gruel" by Biz! Bee. MIDI is "Nocturne Op. 9, No 2" by Frederic Chopin.
MAP08: "Half & Half" by ChippiHeppu. MIDI is Guardhouse by Jimmy.
MAP09: "Ignited Irony" by Engired.
MAP10: "Juxtaposition" by D0M0
MAP11: "'Kay, Then" by BedrockCastle. MIDI is "John the Fisherman" by Primus.
MAP12: "Lowly Limbo" by Vladguy.
MAP13: "Military Complex" by RileyXY1.
MAP14: "Nothing Special" by Norb. MIDI is "Easel" by Jimmy Paddock.
MAP15: "Out of Order" by EagerBeaver. MIDI is "Crypteque" from Crypt of the Necrodancer, rendition by JereTheJuggler.
MAP16: "Powering Up" by Bochnik Chleba. MIDI is "Say Your Prayers" by Robert Prince, from Duke Nukem 3D.
MAP17: "Qaverns and Qorridors" by Lorcav. MIDI by Proxy-MIDI.
MAP18: "Rocket Frenzy" by RastaManGames. MIDI is "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins, covered by Doomkid.
MAP19: "Silent Castle" by RileyXY1. MIDI is "You Suck" from Rise of the Triad.
MAP20: "Trickier and Trappier" by Ar_e_en. MIDI is "Gary" by Jimmy Paddock.
MAP21: "U-Turn the Tables" by quakis. MIDI is "Darkness" by pcorf.
MAP22: "Violent Varicocelectomy" by LadyNims. MIDI by Proxy-MIDI.
MAP23: "Wit's Wicked Doom" by bunnytummy.
MAP24: "eXterminator" by Eon Toad.
MAP25: "Yesteryear" by DoctorNuriel.
MAP26: "Zerburk" by Andrea Rovenski.
MAP27: "El Ñoño Va y Viene" by Cacodemon187. MIDI is "Oye Como Va" by Santana.
MAP28: "The European Onion" by Origamyde.
MAP29: "Imps from the Deep" by aRottenKomquat. MIDI is "Shawn's Got The Shotgun" by Robert Prince.
MAP30: "Malapeta﻿k﻿a" by lokbustam257. MIDI is "Doom 2 Mashup" by stewboy.
MAP31: "Ohm a God" by Emperor S P O O N.
MAP32: "How Did You Get Here?" by PRO-RC. MIDI is "Peace of Mind" from Resident Evil, sequenced by James Flynn.


* Additional Credits *
aRottenKomquat: Project lead
Proxy-MIDI: Title screen MIDI, intermission screen MIDI, and lots of custom MIDIs for maps
Ar_e_en: Title pic and lots of extensive testing and feedback!
RED77: Custom CWILVs


* Copyright / Permissions *
Each contributor retains individual rights to their work, and may freely 
use/modify/redistribute their work.

Other authors may NOT use these levels as a base to build additional
levels without permission from the level's original author. 

You MAY distribute this WAD, provided you include this file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format as long as you include this file intact.


* Where to get this WAD *

Doomworld.com (https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/143967)
idgames (https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/levels/doom2/Ports/megawads/alphabetdoom)

