/vr/ - Retro Games

ATRIUM.WAD
atrium.zip (15 KB, 1994-05-12) - Steve Taylor
https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/?id=97

another extremely early wad, and a simple one. you first must traverse the one safe path through a room of nukage and trees. or just grab the provided radiation suit. then, a nasty barrel trap, which cannot be avoided. this may spoil the map for some players, even those who like the early nineties style.

assuming you passed it, beyond there is some sort of tech centre, across which lies the exit. clear this once to find a blue key, then loop around to reveal a switch in a console. this reveals the red key but turns all the lights off and four cacodemons come out of the walls.

there is a soulsphere on the exit which seems superfluous unless the author was intending to make a follow-on. also one secret - it turns out a certain item had more purpose than a crutch for those with poor movement skills.

a quite good level, not great, and shame about that barrel trap.