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Article #88859Re: FOUND IT! looking for a D2 level
From: Mike Patterson
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:11
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:11
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On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 01:27:12 -0500, Mike Patterson <mikespost@spamtrapthe-patterson-family.com> wrote: >I used to play a solo level that was HUGE... as I recall, the txt file >with it said that the developer was experiemnting to see just how big >he could make a D2 level. > >IIRC, his experiment actually had 4 or 5 large levels, but they >weren't linked, that is, completing one did not automatically take you >to the next (I think). > >One of them in particular had you teleport into the mine in a small >room where you had to shoot a switch and load up on shields and >energy, then you'd go out into an enormously long and wide tunnel,. >This tunnel was covered at the "top" end (where you entered it) by a >force field, and at the bottom was lava. > >At the end of this tunnel there were 3 large "boss" robots which were >made from fan graphics. > >Each of the "boss" robots would leave one or two earthshakers when >blown up, and they fired homers or megas, I think. Maybe it was >shakers... > >After you beat them you would go through a huge lattice work door to >get to another part of the level, where there were several more of the >same "boss" robots scattered around in various places. > >The level ended with the standard "blow the reactor and run for the >exit". > >Man, I can picture that level so well in my mind, but it seems kind of >lame writing it down... > >Anyway, if anyone has any memory of this level, I'd appreciate a >reply. I've downloaded tons of levels and have been laboriously >checking them one by one. At the current rate I figure my grandkids >will finally find it for me when they've put me in a geriatric home. >(I currently have no grandkids.) > >TIA It was part of a set called "Abalyon". Thanks for the tips from everyone. Mike Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. The question isn't "are there weapons of mass destruction?", the question is "who has them now?" http://www.strategypage.com/iraqwar/testimony/default.asp http://www.strategypage.com/iraqwar/iraqweaponsgap.asp
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!internal1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!nntp4!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!cyclone.austin.rr.com!news-west.rr.com!news.rr.com!news-out.superfeed.net!propagator2-maxim!news-in-maxim.spamkiller.net!not-for-mail From: Mike Patterson <mikespost@spamtrapthe-patterson-family.com> Newsgroups: alt.games.descent Subject: Re: FOUND IT! looking for a D2 level Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:11:00 -0500 Organization: A-Plus Technologies Lines: 56 Message-ID: <9l4atvsm17skscfd5mbhq97uerqalp9ml8@4ax.com> References: <v1h5tv0aopgbgc7rihde3kmgfph9465b1r@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nat-server.newnanutilities.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: news.a-plus.net 1070928750 2433 216.130.152.51 (9 Dec 2003 00:12:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@a-plus.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 00:12:30 +0000 (UTC) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1p968GVklAym2u75i6hHpy6cM0M= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 X-NFilter: 1.2.1-b1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit