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Archive Maintainer      : N/A
Update to               : N/A
Advanced engine needed  : Anything, that supports MBF21 complevel, 
			UMAPINFO, DEHACKED and DECOHACK
Primary purpose         : Single+Coop play 
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Title                   : Mercurial
Filename                : VME1MERC_RC2.wad
Release date            : 19.03.2026
Author                  : VexedNemesis [leader], RastaManGames, Homunculus26, 
			Doom Wads, Krevetkosaur3027, Heich aka DynamiteKaitorn, 
			Robin's Aviary, Shiroi Akuma, Michael63, Winnkar, 
			SilverMiner, mandibular, FStalker, DeathWish, WANTUZ, 
			SashaAkinin_2008, StorkGreen, TrackFederal, Jenoclip, 
			DantosKing aka Dant3, Forgotten Cheese
Email Address           : [redacted]
Other Files By Author   : No Time 2 Freeze MAP13, Ichor Shrines, 
			Uforia MAP14, Sigil on Romero's Ass [EMC2025 14th place]
Misc. Author Info       : Sometimes i dream about cheese

Description             : Mercurial, or "VME1", which stands for Vexed's 
			Speedmapping Event #1 is a megawad, inspired by original 
			Doom IWAD "The Plutonia Experiment". All maps were built
			in a limit of 10 hours by various mappers, from 
			ambitious begginers to a sharks of DooM mapping. 
			Main gimmick of this mapset is that all levels were 
			balanced to a specific mechanic - fast monsters. Early
			maps may be quite simple, but starting 
			with the 10th map, everytihng becomes significantly
			more difficult, but still beatable.  
 
Additional Credits to: 
Map List:
Slot	MapName                          			Who?
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MAP01	Forced Agony                          	Doom Wads
MAP02	Flooded Mineshaft                          SashaAkinin_2008 + VexedNemesis
MAP03	Eczema                          		SilverMiner
MAP04	Sewers                          		mandibular
MAP05	Terraformation Crash                          DeathWish
MAP06	Humid Cave System                          Heich
MAP07	I Heard That!                          	Robin's Aviary
MAP08	Veczer                          		SilverMiner
MAP09	Toxicompass                          	WANTUZ
MAP10	Streets of Ghostly Lanterns					Michael63
MAP11	Hide'n'Seek                          	Robin's Aviary
MAP12	Hornet Sting                          	TrackFederal
MAP13	Underhalls                          	SilverMiner
MAP14	Hellknight's Castle                          FStalker
MAP15	Gotta Go Fast From It [secret exit]				Krevetkosaur3027
MAP16	Mincer                          		Homunculus26
MAP17	Rockets and Bones                          Dant3
MAP18	To Fort with Well                          ShiroiAkuma
MAP19	Poisoned by Plutonia                          VexedNemesis
MAP20	BUEPHA                          		RastaManGames
MAP21	Long-Forgotten Cisterns                          RastaManGames
MAP22	Wicked Repentance                          RastaManGames
MAP23	Three Decades of Plutonia					Jenoclip 
                          			(+ Homunculus26 balance edits)
MAP24	Sowsem ne Milo                          	Homunculus26
MAP25	Dolbil'nya                          	RastaManGames
MAP26	Poisoned by Mercury                          ForgotttenCheese
MAP27	Full-Metal Jacket                          Homunculus26
MAP28	WINNKTONIA                          	Winnkar
MAP29	Obsessed by Cruelty                          Homunculus26
MAP30	Master of Mercurial                          VexedNemesis
MAP31	Cybernetic Implants for my Blood Cells				StorkGreen
MAP32	Chiru No Mori                          	VexedNemesis

Music List:
Map		Name                          		Who/From
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MAP01	Savager                          		James Paddock
MAP02	Infinite                           	Tom Mustaine 
                          				[TNT Evilution OST]
MAP03	FIRELAND                           	Liquadator OST 
MAP04	Nirvana - Something in the Way					Midi rend. by Jim's Music Dungeon
MAP05	Jade Empire                          	Stewboy 
                          				[Plutonia Midi Pack]
MAP06	Diamondus                          	Jass Jackrabbit 2 OST
MAP07	Goin' Down the Fast Way 					Lee Jackson 
                          				[Rise of The Triad OST]
MAP08	26 uhalls_remix.mid                          NMN
MAP09	Plugged In                          	Bucket 
                          				[Plutonia Midi Pack]
MAP10	The Eternal Emptiness                          Myrgharok 
                          				[Ultimate Doom Midi Pack]
MAP11A	Adagio for Strings and Organ					Lee Jackson 
                          				[Rise of The Triad OST]
MAP11B	Run Like Smeg                          	Lee Jackson 
                          				[Rise of the Triad OST]
MAP12	The Donna Jackson Blues                          Wumbo 
                          				[from Doom 2: Amalgoom]
MAP13	Owl                          		Thyrbse
MAP14	Suspense                          	Robert Prince 
                          					[Ultimate Doom]
MAP15	Ah, Geez!                          	Lee Jackson
MAP16	Sepulchral                          	Hellish Godzilla 
                          					[Plutonia Midi Pack]
MAP17	Sign of Evil                          	Robert Prince 
                          					[Ultimate Doom OST]
MAP18	Thrill of The Hunt                          AD_79
MAP19	Claustrophobia                          	ClumsyDoomer 
                          					[Plutonia Midi Pack]
MAP20	Waiting For The Night                          Tracked Module by AMC
MAP21	StarShip                          	Tracker Module by CHROMAG/TALENT
MAP22	I Thought It Over                          Tracker Module by The Master/Silents	
MAP23A  Generated silent .ogg
MAP23B	D_MAP23                           	ZDaemon CTF Mappack
MAP23C	Path of Destructio                          Mark Klem 
                          					(D_THE_DA from Requiem)
MAP23D	Crystal Mountain                          Death 
                          					(D_THEDA3 from 32in24 7)
MAP23E	Blood Red Shadows                          Aubrey Hodges (Doom64 OST)
MAP23F	Perfect Hate                          	Aubrey Hodges (Doom64 OST)
MAP23G	D_FADED                           	from fatalpemisesctf_.wad
MAP23H	Ankoku no Madoushi                          Takanashi Yasuharu 
                          			[sequenced by Heavenwraith] 
                          					(D_KUCHI from Velocity CTF X)
MAP23I	Mayhem                          		IceLizard (UT 99)
MAP23J	D_RUNNIN.mid                           	from CTF Mania 
                          					(Sequenced by Darkholy Sephiro)	
MAP24	Seasons of Insanity					Jimmy Paddock [Plutonia Midi Pack]
MAP25	Caves of Mysteries 2					Tracker Module by Vermilion X
MAP26	-fast and -skill 4					Forgotten Cheese
MAP27	Denied (Machine says No)				Doomkid
MAP28	THIS IS THE WINNKTONIA					Winnkar
MAP29	Contemplate                          Hellish Godzilla 
                          					[Plutonia Midi Pack]
MAP30A	Victory Theme                          Robert Prince [Ultimate Doom]
MAP30B	Cataclysmic Impact					Jimmy Paddock [Plutonia 2]
MAP31	Plurry                          		Bucket			
MAP32	Nobody Told Me About Winnkar's Midi			Winnkar

SSNazi Replacer:
Original Sprites Author: WarHawk	
SFX: Midway Games
Sprites edited by RastaManGames

Plasmagun SFX:
From PSX Doom, credits to Williams Entertainment, i guess??

"Master of Plutonia" enemy boss:
Sprites: Recolored doomguy
SFX: "Phobos" character sfx from QuakeIII: Arena
Code: RastaManGames

MAP03, MAP08, MAP11 skies:
by SilverMiner

Map10 sky:
Floodland from the collection Kothic Skies by Kell, 
3d sky adapted to a classic doom by Michael63

Map12 sky:
From a Zoon-Tex texture pack, made by Jimmy Paddock

Map26 & Map30 sky:
Recolored SKINFACE texture, made by ForgottenCheese

TITLEPIC, M_DOOM and menu graphics by:
ShiroiAkuma

M_SKULL gfx by:
Robin's Aviary

BOSSBACK gfx:
edited, cropped and tinted green Mercury image from wikipedia.org

Textscreens backdrop:
Recolored SKINFACE texture, by VexedNemesis

Textscreens music:
Pendulum by Psyrus

ENDOOM gfx:
made by RastaManGames

MRCRLF03 (Metal Frame texture for MAP30):
By RastaManGames

Special thanks to playtesters:
Michael63 - for GZDoom playtesting
Robin's Aviary - for Nyan-Doom playtesting
secht - for DSDA playtesting
VexedNemesis - Nugget Doom / Woof! playtesting
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* What is included *

New levels              : 32
Sounds                  : Yes
Music                   : Yes
Graphics                : Yes
Dehacked/BEX Patch      : Yes
Demos                   : No
Other                   : No
Other files required    : No


* Play Information *

Game                    : The Plutonia Experiment
Map #                   : Map01-Map32
Single Player           : Designed for
Cooperative 2-4 Player  : Player starts only
Deathmatch 2-4 Player   : No
Other game styles       : No
Difficulty Settings     : For almost all maps


* Construction *

Base                    : New from scratch (except MAP30 "credits rooms",
                          which is basically re-textured and edited a bit 
                          pieces of MAP30 from Plutonia)
Build Time              : 8 weeks
Editor(s) used          : Ultimate Doom Builder, SLADE3, Doom Tools
Known Bugs              : nope
May Not Run With        : Any source-port, which is not compatible, 
                          or having trouble with DECOHACK, UMAPINFO 
                          and MBF21 format itself.
Tested With             : GZDoom 4.12.2, Nugget Doom 4.5.0, Nyan Doom, 
                          DSDA 0.29.4



* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors MAY not use the contents of this file as a base for
modification or reuse. Permissions have been obtained from original
authors for any of their resources modified or included in this file.
Ask original authors of maps, midis, sound and textures about reusing 
their content for modification.

You MAY distribute this file in any format.


* Where to get the file that this text file describes *

The Usual: ftp://archives.gamers.org/pub/idgames/ and mirrors
