Author: Alias Conrad Coldwood
Released: 30th June 2005
Rating: 90
Review by Kim Robinson on 2nd August 2007
A rather professionally designed hospital themed map with great attention to detail, some smashingly good new art and enough monsters to satiate any bloodlust you've got boiling away. It's a multi-levelled complex with a cafeteria, surgery rooms and a few doctor's offices (doctors? in a hospital?) - pretty much everything you'd expect to find in such a place. Gameplay is fairly fluid, it's your mission to find a few keys scattered about the place to eventually reach the helicopter on top of the building - it's pretty straightforward and seldom do you find yourself running about with no place to go next. Ammo/monster ratios are just right and there's enough health about to alleviate any cross-fire mishaps. Take a gander at this one!
Gameplay Type: SP
Requires:
Duke Nukem 3D v1.3d
Filesize: 1003.82 KB
Level includes: new ART, new CON code, new sounds, multiple difficulty settings
Download: Needle Time (aka St Duke Hospital) (573)
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My English is kinda bad sometimes, especially when I'm tired...
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Title : Needle Time (aka St Duke Hospital)
Date Finished : July 30th 2005
Author : Alias Conrad Coldwood
Website : http://maybe.hautetfort.com (french blog)
Email Address : coldwood[at]caramail.com
Story : You're Duke Nukem and you're running through halls
and corridors to find buttons to push to... err...
unlock things and stuff. So you can reach the exit.
Description : It's a simple Hospital-themed map. I tried to make
it detailed even if you're mainly running to halls
from stairs to lifts to halls and so on. This map
is kinda large so you may lose yourself (don't
worry, it's not that large anyway).
Levels by this Author : Wow... so many, I can't count them (and it's far
too so I don't remember). I also made maps for
Blood, Shadow Warrior, Quake, Half-Life, Quake3.
But I never released any.
Additional notes : I haven't build maps for years but I finally
decided to make this one because I discovered
that there was still a lot of Duke Nukem 3D fans
(no really, I thought I was the last fan standing
on this planet :) ). It's my first release because
I keep thinking I could change or add a few things,
then some other and so on… so I easily spend days
to adjust a texture… then I realize "ho man, I'd
never give my maps away, I would be disappointed
later"… gees.
Additional Credits to : 3D Realms, Ken Sileverman, JonoF, Monolith,
Id Software, Bloc Party and David Bowie (c'mon, you
can't spend hours without music, can you?)...
Thank you for ready.
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* Play Information *
Loading : There are a few files to copy in Duke directory:
_StDuke.Map -- Map file
Tiles0014.Art -- Textures and Sprites
Hbeat.Voc -- Hearth Beat sound
Game.Con -- Content Nurse code
Defs.Con -- Content Nurse reference
-- Content HBeat reference
User.Con -- Content HBeat code
** NOTICE **
The Con files are DUKE NUKEM 3D ATOMIC EDITION
formated so it will not run with DUKE NUKEM 3D
original. Do not install these files if you're
playing the original DUKE NUKEM 3D.
If you're not planning to kill the Nurse, then you
may not install the Con files. Nobody never notice
the hearth beat anyway...
If you want to run it with Duke3D or Duke Atomic,
launch "1-pieceofcake.bat" / "2-letsrock.bat" /
"3-comegetsome.bat" or "4-damnimgood.bat" from the
DOS Prompt or Windows to load the map in one of the
four difficulty setting.
If you want to use the JonoF port, then start it
as usual and pick up "new game" then "User map" and
then, just select "_stduke.map".
** NOTICE **
Load "fakedm.bat" to start the Fake Multiplayer mode
of Duke Nukem 3D Atomic (4 players -- 1 human, 3 bots
no monsters, DeathMatch mode)
Single Player : Yes
Cooperative : Yes
Deathmatch : Yes (It was fun with Duke Atomic Bots)
Difficulty Settings : Yes
New Sounds : Yes (Well, one sound : hbeat.voc #398)
New Music : No ('hope I'll do it one of these days)
New Graphics : Yes (Yes, 50 brand new tiles, no one has been
ripped from anywhere)
New Demos : No (But if you record a demo, then I would be
pleased to receive it)
PAR Time : 6:24 (Come Get Some)
Best Time : 3:45 (Damn I'm Good -- 50 kills)
* Construction *
Base : New level from scratch
Build Time : One week
Editor(s) used : Build (JonoF port)
Statistics : 1024/1024 Sectors
7155/8192 Walls
1061/4096 Sprites
Known Bugs : If you play with Duke Nukem 3D original, then the
mirror in Clooney's office may be a little buggy
(if you're watching the hall and the mirror) I could
have fixed that, but I reached the maximum of sectors.
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* Copyright / Permissions *
You may distribute this map, but please, do not distribute modified versions of
this level [it include map/arts/voc/txt/con]. You may use the new sprites and
textures but drop me a line please (if you need modifications of a few of these,
or even new textures, then maybe I could help if I'm not too busy, it may take
days before I answer).
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Have fun anyone ! (drop me a line if you have time to waste)
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