Plasma rifle on Doom II map 5, The Waste Tunnels (original) (raw)

To enter the northwest room and get the plasma rifle on level 5, The Waste Tunnels:

Background: On the west half of the level, along the north edge of the map, is a small rectangular room, where you can find a plasma rifle. Entering this room counts towards the player's Secret score.

You begin this level in a small room near the northwest corner of the map. You'll be facing south, towards a doorway. Step through this doorway into the wide rectangular room beyond. This room streches away east and west, and there are 4 windows in the south wall. Turn left (east) and walk a few paces, until you come to the last window on your right. Turn right to face south, and look out that window... You should see the curving wall of a balcony just outside the window and a bit to the left. This balcony sticks out into the east side of a courtyard, which is just outside and beneath the window. Step back a pace or two from the window to get a running start, then Run south, out through the window, to land upon the balcony. (Remember that "Run" in PC Doom/Doom II games is typically enabled by holding down the Shift key.) If you don't make the jump, or fall off the balcony, go to the middle of the courtyard and look north for an enclosure where you'll find an elevator. Use it to go back up to the window, and try the jump again. Once you're on the balcony, turn left (east) and step into a small room. (Beware of ambush here: As you leave the balcony behind you, the wall ahead of you to the east will open, releasing one or more monsters.) Turn left to face the north wall of this room. This wall can be Activated like a switch. (When activated, it opens up momentarily; and, simultaneously, a floor panel will drop down to the north...) Activate that wall to open it, and Run north, to the next wall straight ahead of you. (While running, stay away from the wall on your right, or you may step into a floor trap.) Look for an opening in the floor, right along the bottom edge of that wall ahead of you to the north. Step down into that opening, and continue moving north before the floor panel rises back into position. If you didn't make it in time, turn around and look for the window from where you can jump back to the balcony. Once you've made it down through the floor opening, you'll be in the secret room where the plasma rifle is. There's a switch on the south wall of this room. Activate it to drop the floor panel/elevator again, and ride it up to exit this area.

Done!

Note that once you have the red key, you can gain access to the rectangular room that's just southeast of the balcony. On the north wall of this room you'll find a narrow window, and a torch just to the right of it. This torch can be Activated like a switch. When Activated, it opens that same wall to the east of the balcony, and opens the same floor panel that allows access to the secret room... If you move fast enough, you can Activate the torch, and Run north through the narrow window, past the open wall, and get down into the secret room before the floor panel rises again.

To read about or download a demo of this level, showing the two ways to access the plasma rifle, click here.

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