I finally did it. I've been playing this game for a while, and won in the last version, but that one was MUCH easier. I finally managed to take down the cyberdemon in this version, and so I had to join the boards and post a YAVP. It took a ridiculous number of attempts, as the character dump shows, but it was a particularly satisfying victory...
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DoomRL (v.0.9.8 (WIN-NS)) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Tarma Roving, level 7 soldier, defeated the Cyberdemon
on level 20 of the Phobos base.
He survived 110360 turns and scored 41968 points.
He killed 431 out of 431 hellspawn. (100%)
This ass-kicking marine killed all of them!
He found the Phobos Arena.
He stormed the Chained Court.
He ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
He fought on Hell's Arena.
He faced The Wall.
-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 23/60 Experience 35761/7
ToHit +3 ToDmg Ranged +2 ToDmg Melee +2
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Ironman (Level 1)
Tough as nails (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 2)
Eagle Eye (Level 1)
Cateye (Level 1)
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [2/4] (34%)
[ Weapon ] BFG 9000 (8d8) [40/100]
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [4/4] (88%)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (72%)
red armor [4/4] (100%)
[c] chainsaw (4d6)
[d] double shotgun (6d3)x2 [2/2]
[e] advanced rocket launcher (4d5) [1/1]
[f] chaingun (1d6)x5 [10/50]
[g] plasma rifle (1d8)x8 [22/40]
[h] 10mm ammo (x50)
shotgun shell (x4)
[j] rocket (x4)
[k] phase device
[l] phase device
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
59 former humans
72 former human sergeants
30 former human captains
50 imps
46 demons
32 lost souls
46 cacodemons
21 barons of hell
1 Cyberdemon
24 hell knights
17 arachnotrons
7 former human commanders
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the suface of Phobos.
On level 2 he battled through a maze of rooms.
Afterwards he fought on Hell's Arena.
On level 3 he battled through a maze of rooms.
He then stormed the Chained Court.
On level 4 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 5 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 6 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 7 he found hellish caves.
Afterwards he witnessed the Wall.
On level 8 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 9 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 10 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 11 he found a hellish city.
On level 12 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 13 he found hellish caves.
He then ventured into the Halls of Carnage.
On level 14 he found hellish caves.
On level 15 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 16 he found a hellish city.
On level 17 he found hellish caves.
On level 18 he battled through a maze of rooms.
On level 19 he battled through a maze of rooms.
Then at last he found the Phobos Arena.
There finally he defeated the Cyberdemon.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
Before him 89 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
84 of those were killed.
And 5 couldn't handle the stress and commited a stupid suicide.
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Yay, 100%! I think the reason it took as many tries as it did is because I was trying to get that right from the start. This was kind of a weird game, all around. I never saw red armor until very late, when suddenly a bunch of it started appearing, and even blue armor was rare. Med kits were fairly common, and with the poor state of my armor I went through lots of them. I think the main reason I won this game was that I got lucky with the power ups- there were quite a lot of Supercharge globes generated, and more than one level with Berserk Packs or Invulnerability Globes right near the stairs. That made a huge difference. I don't think I could have won without them...
Caves of arachnotrons SUCK, by the way. I wasn't sure I was going to survive that particular level, though I managed it somehow. This is why I decided to skip the Spider Lair... One trick I've noticed for arachnotrons, though, is that they're not nearly as dangerous in melee and won't fire the plasma cannon up close. I ended up using the chainsaw on them whenever I got the chance.
The Cyberdemon himself was pretty straightforward. I saved the BFG for him, and went through one set of red armor and all my remaining med kits in fighting him, but in the end he met his demise. I'm now eagerly awaiting the next version...
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