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Important               : SPACE23.ZIP replaces SPACE22.ZIP !!
Title                   : Space23.WAD
Author                  : Martin P.W. Rudolph
Email Address           : rudolph@ei.jrc.it
Misc. Author Info       : DooMaholic. This is _not_ my first level,
                          but I have discarded previous levels for 
                          estethic reasons.
Description             : This is level 1 of a 4 level episode. It's 
                          supposed to take place in a Space Station. 
                          I have spent plenty of time aligning and 
                          drawing new textures to get some good effects.
                          Hope, you enjoy it !
                          Unfortunately the previous version SPACE22.WAD 
                          tended to lock up with DooM][ V. 1.9 (maybe 
                          because it was tested only with the DooM][ 
                          V.1.666-german). This should be fixed now.
                          Any comments and suggestions welcome.
Additional Credits to   : my wife, for having so much patience.
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* Play Information *

Episode and Level #     : MAP01
Single Player           : Yes
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Not really, but you can try.
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : You may try.
Difficulty Settings     : Yes, UV and HMP, but designed for UV.
New Sounds              : no
New Graphics            : Oh, yes
New Music               : Yes, the music is by Chopin, the funeral march
Demos replaced          : no

* Construction *

Base                    : New level from scratch
Build Time              : hours, days, months ...... ages.
Editor(s) used          : DEUGcc (really good), Deutex (dito), 
                          Wacker, BSP, RMB ...
Known Bugs              : Some textures are not properly aligned, some 
                          flickering effects in the large cargo hall 
                          (Too many 2-sided linedefs, I guess)

* The story so far *

Solar system, 2144: Innumerous objects are orbiting earth, some of them are 
small as a pea, others are bigger than todays aircraft carriers. Some of them 
are still functional satellites or inhabitated stations, but most of these 
objects represent the cosmic scrapmetal of the new milennium. 
Doc Martin, a former chemist, who has been made redundant by a computer (it
was a positron aleph model with a spasmium bioprocessor) 20 years ago is 
seeking his fortune by searching the bigger metal chunks like satellites and 
abandoned space stations for silicon computing relicts of the 20th and 21st 
century, which are very valuable for collectors.
Today it's friday (do I have to say, that it is the 13th ?), and it was a lame
day so far, the metal detectors only found one object of interesting size, 
which proved to be a cobalt-enriched planetoid. But only 10 minutes ago, the
detectors showed a huge artefakt, resembling an orbit station as they were 
build between 2012 and 2024. Oh, dear - a huge station full of antiques, just waiting
to be collected by him - he simply can't believe it. This will be the last day
he has to work ! Oh, this is going to be easy: He switches on the tractor 
beam, takes a pistol(you never know !) and an antigravity box (for the 
goodies !) and enters the trans-matter ...........
- He doesn't know yet - but the next days he'll never forget in his life. 
  The evils he will encounter will follow him even in his worst nightmares.


* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors may NOT use this level as a base to build additional
levels. If you like some of the textures, you may extract them with  
DEUTEX or any other suitable program.
You MAY distribute this WAD, provided you include this file, with
no modifications.  You may distribute this file in any electronic
format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file 
intact.


