/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4852865
then again pistol start was supposed to be a punishment for not saving your game, or for cheating, so obviously no consideration and fucks should be given for whether you can efficiently start a map with only the pistol.
They WERE usually kind to place weapon pickups in the map at least so that you could work your way up. Though you didnt always get back all the weapons you had acquired previously (eg, e2m4 has rocket pickups, but no RL).