
This is a collection of 32 lmps for the Doom2 Icarus wad.  My goal in
these recordings was to complete each level from scratch in Ultra Violence
with at least 100% kills and 100% secrets as quickly as possible.
I am not interested in getting 100% items because this generally
just slows you down.  The no monsters demos are much better at showing
you where the secrets and items are - here they often go by so fast
you will miss them.  But you can get a lot of strategy tips from these
lmps.

The attached table lists the final time for each level, and some 
subjective comments.  I give a difficulty rating (Easy, Medium, Hard),
a fun rating (1-3, 3 being the most fun), a rating of the look of
the level (1-3, 3 being the coolest to look at) and finally some
comments on the level.

Some of my favorite levels are:
 01 Quite hard for a first level, be sure to catch the mutating chapel.
 05 Upside down world!  Fun to try to blaze through.
 08 The yellow key is a real stumper here.  But once you know the
    tricks, this one can be done amazingly quickly.
 09 The start tends to be chaotic and unpredictable.  The dark rooms are
    unique and well done, and the final moat exit can be very difficult.
 11 This is a extremely detailed and complex level.  Fun to explore.
 12 Hard start.  Fantastic concept and wait until you turn the lights on.
 17 Short but really brutal.  Very easy to run out of ammo - I did.
 18 Very nasty, jumping around on cargo boxes.  A fun challenge!
 22 A fitting tribute to the Icarus authors.  Try tearing through this one.
 24 Purposefully created ghost monsters will kill you if you don't know
    how to get rid of them.  Highly detailed "target range" and "disco".
 28 This is probably the hardest level to get 100% kills in UV.  There is
    barely enough ammo to do this, for a long time I thought it impossible.
 32 Let everything out and try to survive!  Not much health on this one.

-George Bell (bell@advtech.uswest.com)
 7/23/96

These recordings were made using DOOM2 Version 1.9.

System   : P166, 16MB RAM, SB 32, Diamond Stlth 64 Video Card, Headphones
Controls : Mouse + Keyboard
Mouse    : Left button - fire
           Right button - forward
Keyboard : Z - strafe left
           X - backward
           C - strafe right
           Ctrl - speed mode (always)


Map Name                      Time  Diff  Fun  Look Comments
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 01 Shuttlecraft           |  6:51  Medium 3    3   Tricky!
 02 Shuttle Bay            |  4:58  Easy   2    1   Easy to get lost on
 03 Quarry                 |  4:56  Easy   2    2   Good barrel frags
 04 Engineering            |  3:19  Easy   2    2   A short one
 05 Flipside               |  6:33  Easy   3    3   Interesting concept
 06 P.E.T. Rescue          |  4:05  Easy   2    2   Watch the ammo here
 07 Sickbay                |  5:05  Easy   2    1   Use your fist
 08 Donnybrook             |  6:54  Medium 3    2   Complex yellow key hunt
 09 The Moat               |  8:10  Hard   2    3   Don't be afraid of the dark!
 10 Bridge                 |  4:31  Easy   2    2   Plasma gun slaughter
 11 Feeding Frenzy         | 26:32  Medium 2    3   249 monsters to munch on
 12 Hydroponics            | 16:53  Medium 3    3   Cool look
 13 Asylum                 |  8:44  Easy   2    2   Max Secrets 0%
 14 Fortress of Evil       | 15:13  Medium 2    3   Very symmetric level
 15 Waste Disposal         |  5:30  Easy   1    1   Max Secrets 75%
 16 Bootcamp               | 14:38  Medium 3    2   Many traps in this one
 17 Bloodbath              | 14:34  Hard   2    2   Spider killed with fist!
 18 Cargo Bay              | 17:18  Hard   3    2   This is a challenge
 19 Blessed are the Quick  | 10:09  Medium 2    2   Too many Demons 
 20 WarTemple              | 20:25  Medium 2    3   Very clever design
 21 Engine Core            | 12:48  Medium 3    2   Barely enough ammo here
 22 Nightfall              |  8:22  Medium 2    3   A fast, dangerous route
 23 Painful Discharge      | 16:04  Medium 3    2   Maybe hard, lots of fun
 24 The Haunting           | 16:29  Medium 3    3   Ghosts!  123% Kills
 25 Another Fine Mess      | 27:59  Hard   3    2   Wild Arch Vile stunt!
 26 Weapons Bay            |  5:41  Medium 2    2   A fast one 
 27 Starhenge              |  9:44  Medium 2    3   Depth used well here
 28 Excavations            | 18:15  Hard   2    2   Chronic ammo shortage
 29 Brutality              | 14:09  Medium 3    2   Easy Cyberdemon to kill
 30 Nuclear Core           |  0:43  Easy   1    1   Simple
 31 Great Balls of Fire    |  5:53  Easy   1    2   Not enough monsters
 32 Prestidigitation       |  5:36  Medium 3    3   Fun level

