/vr/ - Retro Games

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thepits.zip (26 KB, 1994-05-12) - Alex Siegel
https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=121

you start in a hole, which you must climb out of. essentially a rectangular spiral staircase. finally up a slow lift reveals you to be in an open area with a few structures. next you must go back underground to find a blue key in a large but cramped maze. finding the key causes the maze to change shape. finally behind the blue door is a lava pit. fortunately a bridge raises as you enter, but then so do a number of monsters, from pits in the liquid.

this map isn't too bad; the initial climb is a decent use of height variation, the maze changing shape sets it apart from usual efforts, although ultimately it's still a maze. the most fun part is the lava bridge, but that is subverted slightly by both the bridge and the rising pits being surrounded by impassible linedefs, which reduces the threat considerably.

there were three secrets. i missed all of them, it seems you'd need to hump every wall in the map to find them.

probably only has appeal to mid nineties pwad lovers.