Doom 64 (100%) Walkthrough (Map32: Hectic)

[@TheSinlessAssassin]

This level's cruelty feels pulled straight out of The Plutonia Experiment.

[@BigMacDavis]

It really does. And then some. This map is harder than most sections of Plutonia.

[@alanblasczyk1779]

Wow..outstanding BMD..good going. That looked tuff.

[@BigMacDavis]

It really was tough. It was quite possibly the hardest map in the entire game, and just for that Hell Knight section too.

[@jvblhc]

I remember you going through Hectic and getting killed and crushed several times. You've learned since then!

[@BigMacDavis]

Thanks!! After spending about an hour on this map learning in my spare time, I figured the map out where I didn't get killed. Ugh, what a map this is, lol.

[@SkyfallHD36]

You don't really see this kind of modular level design these days. Another joy about watching your videos. Keep it up biggest mac

[@BigMacDavis]

You really don't anymore, and honestly, it's a breath of fresh air. And thank you kindly, my good man. :)

[@irongamingro2011]

You were lucky to only have 4 attempts. It took me 76 attempts of agonizing, continous falling off the ledges and getting killed by the barons of hell

[@catlapandagirl]

Wow! What a ride! Love this secret level. Great alternate exit for the featured menu. And congratulations for making it through in only 4 tries! Very fun strategy using the white "L" shape too! Excellent!

[@härjaren]

turn off autorun, take one shot, move to the other side of room, take another shot. rince and repeat! Just pulled it off! Thanks man! :D

[@marrvynswillames4975]

the use of traps on 64 was always nice to me, a good break from just enemy spawn or crushers in the other classic dooms

[@BigMacDavis]

I definitely agree with that - although, with this map, there's no denying they went perhaps a bit too far.

[@primevaltimes]

@@BigMacDavis Since this level is somewhat of an Easter egg, it’s pretty much designed to be cruel.

[@martinh4982]

Imagine that map with a N64 controller... folks, I lived that experience. Those were dark, dark, days.

[@BigMacDavis]

You see this guy, folks? He lived the experience with a controller. This.... hero.... deserves all the praise. ;)

[@martinh4982]

@@BigMacDavis The nightmares never stop ;)

[@darkpawdingo5331]

That is truly hard for sure. Trying to beat the map the way the 'key' to the map suggests is stupid hard. I usually grab the blue key and then back up into the door jam and take my lumps as I kill the Knights. That room is by far the hardest in this map. The Arachnotrons can be in a word alignment when they stop to shoot at you though and that makes t that room a bit of a crap shoot. The dart room is easy, just wait like he did.

[@lorantpapp07]

that sounds like pure torture

[@Frolsa84]

It's not that bad I just finished it yesterday, took me about 2 hours (on the hardest difficulty too). Note that I don't have a lot of experience with the N64 controller, so I was pressing L + R together constantly when trying to strafe, which ruined a lot of the attempts. The stick on the controller I have is also kind of loose. I had a really good attempt early on when I killed all 4 Hell Knights but died to the last Hell Knight's projectile. And the yellow key room is a joke, did it with 2 hp. The worst thing is, you lose the damn Features menu when you turn off the console.

[@silverwolfgamer4100]

Map 32: Hectic, the closest thing to an impossible level to get 300% on. It’s difficult, it’s frustrating, but that Supercharge may come in handy if you can grab it. Especially after getting all three key cards. It’s unfair in its item traps, yes, but otherwise it’s a very good challenge, especially at the start of the game. Well done, BMD

[@BigMacDavis]

Thank you, man, and yeah.... this map.... you can say a lot about it. The difficulty spike, so early in the game, is kinda like a punch to the gut. But I don't know if it's in a good way or bad way, lol.

[@jgaj1983]

I can't remember how may times I fell in that pit where the blue key is, it was so frustrating. I can't wait to see you play the fun levels 😈

[@BigMacDavis]

Hahaha!! The fun levels will be.... fun?? Or not so fun??? Probably not so fun, lol. Although I can't wait to get to them. :)

[@unofficialadmin]

Not sure if has been posted. If the bridge section with the Hell Knights is to hard for anyone, you can glitch the script by grabbing the the sphere and rushing to the key while the roof script is going. You won't get the kills so isn't the proper BMD way. Thank you for more guides BMD!

[@härjaren]

3:45 "..clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am.." STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU :D

[@professorkaos7716]

I was stuck on that bridge for hours and I mean hours, almost gave up playing the game, glad you got though relatively unscathed lol

[@PetrBouda-un9qo]

The hell knight trap was nasty, I was shot down to the lava pit like five times, crushed by the ceiling above the blue skull once, killed by the knights projectiles once. Arachnotrons were a piece of cake in comparison, and the darts were easy.

[@BigMacDavis]

Yeah, exactly. The other traps are trivial compared to this. Crazy.

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

You sure explained the starting room well. You took a ton of damage from the room with the Hell Knights, but you survived. You got the Supercharge, how wonderful. You got the yellow skull key in the room of axes. 100% of everything as always. Excellent job BMD! I enjoyed this video. Keep up the fantastic work buddy!

[@BigMacDavis]

Hello there, Mobile Gaming Chronicles, thanks for watching and enjoying. This map was hard!! :)

[@Zdenda1990]

Those passwords are a leftover from the original N64 version. You don't really need them in this PC version, since you can normaly save the game or use the Features menu to skip to a specific level.

[@BigMacDavis]

That makes sense - always wondered why a password system was here on the PC version, but if it was just leftover from the original port, that makes much more sense. Thanks for clarifying, Zdenda. :)

[@h8GW]

The passwords are there so he can share his journey and suffering with his viewers.

[@bradinator343]

You get passwords on many old school games to resume because they didn't have an auto save feature or something like that. I'm not sure so don't quote me, but you get it on games like Mean Bean Machine on Sega Genesis and things like that as well. (Only one I can think of of the top of my head as of now)

[@bradinator343]

​@BigMacDavis it's on console as well.

[@SeroTyler]

You can use them to “cheat” slightly by rounding up all your health and ammo lol

[@jesseinfinite]

Absolutely incredible techinque for the soul sphere. However to those who are finding this level extremely hard, or just not finishable, there's an easier way to finish this level. First grab the yellow key with the dart traps. Now the key to this glitch is the soul sphere. Grab the soul sphere, then before the crushing ceiling animation ends, go and get the blue and red keys. If you do this successfully before the crushing ceiling animation ends, you'll neither have to face the arachnotrons, nor will you have to face the hell knights. Because in Doom 64 only one script can run at a time. Therefore the scripts that change both the blue and red key rooms do not activate before the crushing ceiling animation ends. You will not get all the kills with this method (because the rooms with the arachnos and hell knights will get locked), but you will get all three keys and exit the level easily. Without doing the hardest combat sections of this level.

[@BigMacDavis]

That's a very great alternate way to beat this level. Very nicely done, my friend. I may in fact do a special video documenting this, to show how people can beat the level without having to face any of the mean traps. Thanks so much. :)

[@jordanlea4675]

It's good to see your still doing doom. I remember watching your doom 2 walkthroughs.

[@AdamDestroy]

I saw your doom 1/2 walkthroughs like 5 years ago and thats what got me into doom The mic quality shift is insane, great video

[@BigMacDavis]

Thank you very much, my friend, I'm so glad you've enjoyed all my stuff for so long. I greatly appreciate that. :)))

[@Batgirl_fangirl]

Not going to lie, this one looks SO scary to me! 😨You played this intimidating map very well indeed BigMacDavis. Well done indeed! 🙂💛

[@BigMacDavis]

Thank you, Batgirl, this one DEFINITELY is quite possibly the toughest map in the game, and even Top 5 toughest maps in all of official Doom. It's just downright crazy.

[@MayfieldArchival]

You can certainly say the level lives up to its name. Can't wait for more Doom 64 videos!

[@BigMacDavis]

Oh certainly. It certainly, without a doubt, lives up to its name, lol. More Doom 64 videos coming soon! :D

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

Props to Midway for making the world’s first (official) troll map. Truly ahead of the time, Terry would be proud

[@BigMacDavis]

Hahaha!! ;D

[@DamascusTest]

Isn't "Go 2 It" from Plutonia ?

[@officialFredDurstfanclub]

@@DamascusTest that’s just hard as hell and full of monster closets, it doesn’t go out of its way to deliberately pull gotcha moments on you

[@ColtonGamingTV]

I know how frustrating this level can be as a year or two ago I did 100% walkthrough of this game, and it really was the hell night bridge that gave me the most difficulty so much so that I had to segment this level. Anyways, good to know that I am not the only one to struggle on this one and great video as always.

[@BigMacDavis]

Ohhh cool. Yeah, this map is no joke. It made me a bit salty and upset, lol.

[@avalonjustin]

The traps in this are like Indiana Jones plays Doom.

[@foxboi6309]

Very nice run there! One thing worth noting about the dart room, it's the only one that is unaffected by the Supercharge glitch, also the way to travel it with as little damage as possible is to go through the middle most of the time and wait until all the other tiles around you are fully up, so they serve as a shield. The darts are activated by action lines at each corner of each tile if I'm not mistaken. Once I got the hang of that room, I went fully through the middle, and yes I had to wait a lot until the tiles were positioned the way I wanted, but it was worth it!

[@MrSpenceSTAR]

It is possible to get the armor. You have to time it correctly when the crushing ceiling from the mega sphere is going. You must exit the map before the crushers finish otherwise you will die. Basically the script for the telefrag can't initiate until the ceiling script finishes.

[@BigMacDavis]

Yup, you're exactly right. The Doom Wiki was helpful in explaining that to me. I decided NOT to do that though - I decided not to break the scripts (because you can do that in several other levels too), because I think it's manipulating the game, I wanna play the way they intended it. I do briefly mention the scripts after I beat this map but not a whole lot.

[@daderowley4514]

Holy cow I never knew it was possible to get the armor that way! Thx man!

[@Alyks_the_Emerald_Sage]

BigMacDavis: (Plays Doom 64) Doom 64: (Boots Hectic) BigMacDavis: *HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER!!!* (said in marvel vs street fighter announcer voice)

[@BigMacDavis]

Oh man, that would be so cool! ;D

[@DimebagDan81]

Thank you for this! Playing along with you made it ridiculously easy!

[@BigMacDavis]

No problem. This one's a toughie even with a guide.

[@DimebagDan81]

​@@BigMacDavis that pit portion forced me to adjust my controller settings lol. Couldn't navigate that little bridge moving backwards!

[@Jackass_of_DOOM]

Another strat for the room with the dart traps is to carefully move forward until Doomguy's origin barely crosses the linedef between platforms, stop, and let the darts whiz past you. Doing this, you only need to worry about the darts in front of and behind you, which will both miss if you cross the linedef while the platforms are as low as possible. Anyway, great video, this level was always a pain in my side.

[@grantkruger3689]

Wow, rough map! Walkthrough goodness indeed 😄 The best walkthroughs, I think.

[@BigMacDavis]

Wow, thank you, Grant. Much appreciated! :)

[@whistler8177]

great video thanks for the help!

[@blai5e730]

Nice one BMD, I've never managed that last room without taking plenty of damage.

[@BigMacDavis]

The dart trap room? Yeah, it took me QUITE a long time to figure out even a remotely consistent strategy to that part. Even then, it's not a guarantee you won't take damage, just about maybe 10 hit points at most. Phew. Lol.

[@Joao-ur7ey]

The Last section with the arrows I honestly just run all of it, grab the key as fast as possible and get out. They don't do much damage anyway and my patience is very limited lol.

[@thegrapevine10]

"That's what she said" LOL never gets old 😂

[@BigMacDavis]

Hahaha! ;D

[@madsthomsen8106]

"Y'know, i expect the trololol man to all of a sudden show up right now." - BigMacDavis 2013

[@BigMacDavis]

Haha, yesssss, I remember saying that. Because that's EXACTLY how this map is too. Ugh, lol.

[@madsthomsen8106]

@@BigMacDavis Yeah, seriously. It's how i felt too watching this. Trolliest Doom map ever, in my opinion. On a positive note: the tip/strategy you showed on how to get the supercharge in the pit blew me away. Thank you so much! I'll try that next time i play Doom 64. 👍

[@BigMacDavis]

@@madsthomsen8106 No problem!! I spent a long time trying to figure that out. Normally, you're supposed to rock back and forth in the hopes of getting it. But that was too unsafe and unpredictable and unreliable.

[@tschrky303]

The difficulty spike is fairly defensible here - Hectic is a super secret map after all, even if some of its tricks and traps are pushing it a lil' too far :)

[@BigMacDavis]

I can see that, yeah. And I guess that's why the map is SO WELL HIDDEN in Map01, having to get all the barrels blown up and in somewhat the right order. There's a reason this map was not meant to be found, lol.

[@imadrunk3576]

I'm on this map right now. I need to watch this for advice because it's so hard with those hell knights

[@Supercatandrewman]

It's been a while since I've seen one of these.

[@BigMacDavis]

Heyyyy man, good to see you here. Come on in and enjoy. :D

[@RedZero179]

Good one BMD I must've failed hundreds of times dying to literally everything in this map before I just got lucky and beat it

[@BigMacDavis]

Hello there, Redx179, good to see you here! And yeah, that was literally me too my first times playing this map for the first time. I died so many times. I even have it on stream. It took so many practice runs and only four recordings, so I'm proud of that, lol.

[@RedZero179]

Gonna listen to your narration of knee deep in the dead tomorrow at work actually can't wait

[@BigMacDavis]

@@RedZero179 Awesome, my friend, I hope you enjoy. Two narrations per month coming your way. Stay tuned for November 16th for the next one. :D

[@lukebehrendsbro.]

Well I learned something new everyday, getting SoulSphere in a way I have not done before now I know how and oh boy concentration is what it is. 😲Honestly I prefer getting the Armor before exit since you still had that Mega Armor activated. I to, had to do few tries for this as well but I beat it eventually. Excellent job on showing me this. 🙂✊

[@BigMacDavis]

I also learn something new every day. That tactic took me a long time to figure out. Like probably over an hour. I didn't realize it was that simple, that you could grab the Supercharge and still remain on the lip of the ledge. I thought speed was the key.

[@DisciplinedGoog]

I remember hating this level because of the cheeky traps and the unforgiving dart room. Well, at least it’s not Mount Pain I could imagine how difficult this must have been with an N64 controller too

[@BigMacDavis]

I can't even IMAGINE playing with a controller. The fact you are LOCKED IN the room until you kill all four of the Hell Knights. If you can't beat it, you gotta start the game over. That's insidious and cruel.

[@fizixx]

Good job BMD. This is one of those maps you can't do unless you fail again and again and again. I'm not crazy about levels like that, but congrats getting it done. Looks tough!

[@BigMacDavis]

Oh man, this map.... yeah... it was very tough. Very tough indeed. But thank you, glad to be done with it.

[@fizixx]

@@BigMacDavis 👍

[@zacherybates427]

What. I did in the yellow key room is I just slowly creep forward, Slightly on the sides of the squares, not dead center that you'll be directly in front of the dart shooters. And back once the squares in the line to the door are down.

[@BigMacDavis]

Very nice strategy, I gotta be honest I never thought of that.

[@pannomic]

Amazing run !!

[@BigMacDavis]

Thank you!! This map was no joke!! Oh my gosh....

[@KameWeeb]

This map is SO freaking hard! It was an absolute pain in the ass for me when I was doing my 100% playthrough of the game. You handled this roughly the same way I did!

[@Blar408]

Funny thing about the death traps in this map; the original hardware couldn't run multiple scripts, so if you managed to snag the Soul Sphere without getting stuck, you could zoom through and grab the keys, rocket launcher, and armor and then rush to the blocked exit. You had to be quick, because the game would know if you took the armor and run that script and kill you if you take too long.

[@BigMacDavis]

Yup, you can surely manipulate the scripts while they are running. I choose not to do that because I wanna play the game the way it was intended. And I think the game wouldn't KILL you if you grabbed the MegaArmor while the other script was running. I think it would lock you in place instead.

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

You dont want to exit from the whole I immediately thought of That scene in the movie dont be menace Damn the late 90's was great time to be a kid

[@BigMacDavis]

Haha, it really was. Even if I was just a young kid.

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

@@BigMacDavis go watch dint be menace its a blacksplotation comedy made by black folks and its freakung hilarious

[@IceDiamondArmy]

Oh I remember this map. This map was pain for doing an no hit challenge. XD

[@yetanotherrandomviewer]

I didn't know there was a legit way to get the green armor, though that was only a Doom 64 for Doom II thing.

[@BigMacDavis]

Yeah, they designed it that way. They give you the hint with the computer panel above.

[@nemoiam]

Oye, this map. I'm playing right behind you BMD and it ain't pretty on my side. But glad to revisit Doom 64 again. Your walk-through for this one is extremely helpful, I finally made it through. I so wanted that blue armor but developers can be cruel.

[@BigMacDavis]

That MegaArmor sure was tempting but don't be fooled, haha. And yeah, glad to have you along with me, my friend, we'll be getting more Doom 64 here soon, so stay tuned. Thanks for the comment. :)

[@iguana9173]

I hated the area with the hell knights because I learned the hard way that the area with the blue key is a crusher the first time I played this level.

[@BigMacDavis]

Yyyyyup, so you can't just camp there and snipe the Hell Knights. You literally have to walk the tightrope and kill them. You can use the door as a brace but you're a sitting duck if you're not fast enough. Couple that with the recoil of the Rocket Launcher too - you can fall off the bridge so easily that way. It sucks.

[@jazonjalapeno1406]

Going from level 1 to 32 like it's nobody's business :D those traps tho, I remember falling for each and everyone of them.

[@BigMacDavis]

Oh my gosh, and how, yes. Those traps are evil but especially the Hell Knight one.

[@ThunderstruckGames]

Just an update for you, BMD. I went ahead and played through the first map with your instructions and goth through it with no issues.

[@BigMacDavis]

Awesome, Troy!! I'm glad the video was helpful for you. :)

[@ThunderstruckGames]

@@BigMacDavis Every one of the DOOM vids of yours has helped me with a lot of frustration.

[@BigMacDavis]

@@ThunderstruckGames Haha, awesome!! :)

[@ThunderstruckGames]

@@BigMacDavis I hope the next map doesn't give you as much trouble as this one. Gotta watch out for those Hell Knights.

[@deflyboyreturns]

I'm glad you're playing Doom 64. Nothing against the original Doom games but Doom 64 is my personal favorite

[@BigMacDavis]

Awesome!! I hope you enjoy this series then. :)

[@barbariangamer6209]

this game is one of my 5 top Doom games out there!

[@BigMacDavis]

Same here!! :D

[@barbariangamer6209]

@@BigMacDavis what's your top 5 BMD?

[@BigMacDavis]

@@barbariangamer6209 Ultimate Doom, Plutonia, Doom II, Doom 64, and TNT.

[@barbariangamer6209]

@@BigMacDavis for me it's : Doom 64, Back to saturne x, Doom 2016, Doom Eternal

[@DarkStormYT]

Glad you started this game BMD.

[@BigMacDavis]

Thanks!! Me too. :)

[@makhauser42]

Yeah, this level always felt so _hectic_. Barons of heck and a kickback of the rocket launcher are a cherry on a pie. Good you keep all the weapons, so can have an ultimate version of "one specific item on the batteries" in the end

[@BigMacDavis]

Makhauser, hello there! And yes, this map is.... hectic, and.... no joke, to say the least, lol. I'm actually surprised those Heck Knights didn't end my runs more often - it only took me four attempts - I was expecting somewhere between 10 and 20 attempts, lol.

[@makhauser42]

@@BigMacDavis, General BMD! You are the pro one! it was a really nice and solid run. Are you planning to release a separate outtakes video (like decino does for example)?

[@BigMacDavis]

@@makhauser42 I think so, yes. It will be cool to see all my goof-ups. Lol.

[@ImDemonAlchemist]

When the crusher trap is active, none of the other traps will activate (aside from the Yellow Key room), so you can easily snag the red and blue keys. You can also grab the Mega Armor, but as soon as the crushing trap activates, all of the others will (in turn, I think) and once the Armor trap activates, you're softlocked. You also can't activate the exit button while any of the traps are happening, so as far as I know, there is no way to get the Mega Armor and finish the level.

[@BigMacDavis]

Yeah, you can take advantage of all of the scripting that this level has, and grab all the items and speedrun it, in a specific order. I do believe you can exit though, but I'm not sure about that.

[@SangreEsRaro]

Holy moly! I've been playing Doom 64 and Hectic since I was 12, and wow! NEVER knew you could get the armor or supercharge

[@Chozo_Ghost]

I remember putting in the cheat code in the N64 version to watch the demo for Hectic back when I first found out about the map. I watched the demo thinking the whole time "how tf did this guy do that?" I then tried to emulate it, even in the Hell Knight part. Needless to say it did not go over well lmao

[@BigMacDavis]

Haha, yeah, definitely not easy to emulate, particularly because I think this runs on a slightly different engine. I could be wrong about that though.

[@noone2706]

This level had me so confused when I played it

[@BigMacDavis]

Same here. I was wondering why the heck I couldn't grab the MegaArmor. It wasn't until I had to look on the Doom Wiki that I figured it out. And for half of the other puzzles as well.

[@Gothicking88]

This game is on Xbox game pass and it's getting better when you are uploading more of doom 64

[@BigMacDavis]

Awesome!! More Doom 64 coming soon!! :D

[@nathancanavan3942]

I have no idea how anyone back in the 90s (when the Internet wasn't as mainstream as it is now) would have figured out how to get to this map. Even then, after a lot of quicksave/reloading, I remember getting to the end of Hectic and thinking "Was that it? Wow! That was NOT worth the effort!". Then a bit later I paused the game and noticed a new menu option that wasn't there before featuring cheats. "Ahhhh, that's what beating Hectic did! OK, I suppose it was perhaps a little bit worth it then!". Still, what a painful level! So you taught me 3 new things in this video. First, I didn't know you could pick up that armour. Second, I had no idea it was possible to get that soulsphere. And third, I didn't know there was a way to get through the arrow room while taking so little damage. I usually just end up quicksaving and running for it, hoping for the best. Keep on kicking ass, BMD. 😁

[@BigMacDavis]

Nathan, hello, my good friend, thanks for the comment. I'm glad you learned a few things about this map, I know I sure did, after a couple hours grinding it out. And yes, the only REAL reason for playing Hectic is not for the actual items themselves, but for the Features Menu - it also has additional levels in there, if I remember right. I think, back in the day in 1997, probably 99% of all gamers had no idea this secret level even existed, but even back then, the internet existed, and I'm sure the solution was posted to message boards and the like. But still, you're right, not many people would have known. Probably not until the 2000s.

[@KurtHectic97]

great stuff.

[@themusicholecole]

I'm The Music Hole here and I am watching a Map 32: Hectic video, played through KZbin on Google Chrome!

[@erenarslan3087]

Oh I remember how much you struggled with this level

[@BigMacDavis]

I really did, especially in my streams. This level is no joke at all.

[@erenarslan3087]

@@BigMacDavis you can say it is HECTIC

[@glenngriffon8032]

Aw, i was expecting to see some outtakes from the failed runs. This game is just so neat and spooky. I've said before that it's like a proto doom 3.the way the enemies look so different and more menacing than the regular doom demons. It's also strange that you don't see doomguys hands holding the shotgun or working the pump when you shoot it. It's such a different beast.

[@BigMacDavis]

Yeah, I think decino mentioned the fact you don't see Doomguy's hands there is because of the limited memory of the N64 machine, but I could be wrong. And yes, the outtakes of this game will all be in one video later. :)

[@bradinator343]

This has helped me so much. I had no clue what to do with anything. I had to give up on the soul orb, though, kept failing

[@zakster7826]

I didnt know you could get the supercharge here. It saves my life when i was going to do the yellow key room. Only took 1 hit in that room. Its easier then what it looks like.

[@jonbourgoin182]

"only the best will reap its rewards" *BMD is the best*

[@BigMacDavis]

Hey Jon, thanks for the compliment. This map really tested me. It is so tricky and so unfair at times, especially the bridge with the Hell Knights. My gosh....

[@jonbourgoin182]

@@BigMacDavis I actually thought this level contained one of the artifacts for the Unmaker but I misremembered.

[@BigMacDavis]

@@jonbourgoin182 Yeah, not this map. :)

[@charlesbowers8112]

I don't use the word insidious very much but i think it defines this map perfectly. 😲

[@BigMacDavis]

Not just insidious. Very, very, VERY insidious.

[@SirDoomShotgun]

Odd. The blue key trap didn't activate for me the second time i did it. Using orginal copy still

[@MrJuju54]

Actually, there is a way to earn the mega Armor using a glitch. In fact, when you are grabbing the Supercharge the "crush" script is run. During the execution of the script, the execution of other new scripts are suspeded until the end of the first. That means, tha tthe Telefrag script WON'T be executed until the end of the "Crushing" script. In a realistic approach, that means that you must grab the Supercharge when you already opened the 3 colored doors, to have time to grab the Mega armor and exit using the alternate exit... If you wait until the end of the "crushing" script, doomguy will be trapped again but not telefragged. However, I could not remember if you can actually flip the switch or not. Hope this message will reach you BMD. Take care and Happy New year.

[@BigMacDavis]

Yes, thanks to the Doom Wiki, I know about this scripting exploit. I didn't do it for the Walkthrough because you're not intended to even grab it in the first place. But thanks for the info. :)

[@spudermapiszon6360]

finally :D now waiting for next video

[@BigMacDavis]

Next video coming soon. :D

[@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034]

This map is the of the filthiest traps I have seen. Like shooting fish in a barrel. The Hellknight bridge was just obnoxious.

[@BigMacDavis]

It really is obnoxious. That's a really good word for it. The knock-back from the Rocket Launcher and Hell Knight projectiles make it SO TOUGH!!

[@rodylermglez]

This map is a huge kick in the teeth for it being only just the second map you ever play, specially the Blue Key room because of the rocket launcher recoil throwing you down to the inescapable pit. The Yellow Key room isn't so bad if you are patient.

[@BigMacDavis]

Exactly that reason, my friend, yup. It is SO HARD, but also, the Hell Knight projectiles can knock you back too, into the pit. With no way out. Ugh....

[@unchaynd7266]

Are you going to do walkthroughs for the previous 63 games? Edit: I see you've already covered 0 - 3. /jk

[@BigMacDavis]

Hahaha, nice one, Unchaynd. ;D

[@Patricio4Christ]

At 2:38, talk about a good tactical advantage of the enemy! I'm sure that the enemy is happy about this. However, good use of your legs for starters. At 4:10, good strategy! It's better than trying to "balance" yourself on the small platforms. At 6:40, your strategy is good when you don't want to be a colander.

[@xcyberdem0nx]

Never was aware of that trick to get supercharge awesome 😎👍

[@zacherybates427]

What's scary about it is you can't save when you enter HECTIC on the N64

[@BigMacDavis]

That is frightening, lol.

[@Sicilium87]

This map fully lives up to its name, it seems to me

[@Kapibar]

I need to replay this map to check whether or not I agree with your take that it becomes annoying after first time... But on my first playthrough - Hectic instantly made me love Doom 64. And later on it became my second favourite Classic Doom game (if we can call it that... we can, can't we?), just after Plutonia. I just love the atmosphere and the weirdness of it. And it's a rare case where I love the way it changed some designs, like Doom 64 Pinkies - they're great! It's just so unique, just like this map... Or so I remember. I really need to play it again.

[@BigMacDavis]

I guess what I mean by annoying and frustrating is this: the gimmick of being trapped on a tiny bridge, with nowhere to run, and the crusher guarding the Blue Key, and the projectiles can push you off the bridge and the knock-back from the Rocket Launcher can too, all of that.... overstays its welcome. Once I beat it the first time, it's a chore to do it again. But yes, there is NO DENYING how amazing tis game is. Absolutely agree there.

[@SuspenduAuGaffa]

Wow, four attempts is bloody amazing for this 84574rD of a level, BMD. Nice one!

[@BigMacDavis]

Thanks. Honestly and truthfully, I thought it would take me 10-20 attempts to beat this level, specifically only for the Hell Knight bridge. All three of my outtakes were on the bridge, btw.

[@Mike1064ab]

If you pick up the soul sphere first the traps in the blue and red key rooms will be temporarily DISABLED. So pick those keys up first. The traps will resume once the crushing ceiling event is done. The reason for this is only one event can occur at a time in a level. Unfortunately the traps in the yellow key room work differently so you will have to do that room normally. This trick will make the most annoying parts of the level MUCH easier!

[@ImDemonAlchemist]

I just did this map (for the second time I think) and I just strafed back and forth to fight the Hell Knights, definitely harder than the way you did it, but I didn't have as much health going into the level.

[@clarencegutsy7309]

The funniest part is how if you grab the Supercharge and fall in to the pit you naturally turn around to exit only to see the ceiling crusher progressively moving to you. Boy, they had fun being dicks on this one.

[@MYouTube-gt2ro]

Smooth sailing from here on out. It's going to be so chill from now on you should just turn the walkthroughs in ASMR video. Relax to the rhythmic shotguning of imps.

[@BigMacDavis]

Oooo. Not a bad idea, Kirby. I might do a video or two like that, lol.

[@fxrtun3305]

I died on the darts 😭

[@fxrtun3305]

I wish there was an achievement for it on Xbox

[@gabrielesquaratti5709]

the first time i discovered it as a child, playing doom 64 on my old ass crt, finding it by an accident. it is my most beloved gaming experience ever.

[@BigMacDavis]

Sure sounds like it. I wish I had the OG Doom 64 cartridge. Oh man.

[@gabrielesquaratti5709]

@@BigMacDavis i still have em all. the n64 the cart and the oldass crt!

[@BigMacDavis]

@@gabrielesquaratti5709 That's freaking awesome!!

[@gabrielesquaratti5709]

@@BigMacDavis nothing go to waste here. if it is good : it does stay. that's how i got all my sega saturn shmups (the complete collection. it took me 15 years)

[@gabrielesquaratti5709]

btw the aracnotrons room is quite easy,same as thr spike room. it's the hell knight's room the real pain cause the rocket launcher will make you fall with his recoil.

[@erickbirkin3622]

I dont rememeber well, but i think there is a password to see a walktrough of this level. You need to let the game run without pushing any key like 4 times in the introduction of the game. Thats a 64 version. I can be wrong tho

[@BigMacDavis]

I wouldn't doubt it. Someone previously in the comments mentioned something about a password to watch this map. So yeah.

[@erickbirkin3622]

@@BigMacDavis oh I see, so I wasnt so wrong after all hehe. Good work bmd. That hellknight catwalk is just dumb XD.

[@BigMacDavis]

@@erickbirkin3622 Soooo dumb, lol.

[@granpastreetz]

Watching BigMac Davis play this map is like listening to Miles Davis play trumpet.

[@Megawatt]

I finally played this map on my N64, and came to a nasty realization: there is no save option before you start this one. If you die, you lose your extra health and armour. And if you quit the game, you need to start from Staging Area again. Nasty!

[@keithwatson3953]

My issue with this is that I REPEATEDLY fall into the lava pits when I'm not strafing. It seems to happen almost every time even when I'm pretty sure I'm not getting hit. I think some of it is knockback from the Hell Knights but I'm not sure. I can't stand still and tank 4 of them so I don't know WTF to do. UPDATE: I've tried many many more times. I have no idea what the deal is. My guy just runs headfirst into the lava almost every time. I'm so pissed off but its kind of funny at the same time.

[@BigMacDavis]

This fight is the worst in all Doom 64. My only suggestion is to put your back to the locked door and hope for low damage rolls from the Hell Knights. Even then, it will be VERY tricky to do, but at least you won't fall into the pit anymore.

[@keithwatson3953]

@@BigMacDavis I pulled it off! I recently pulled off a full completion of Classic Doom so this is my next project. I at least have some skills lol! think I was subconsciously telling myself to forget about the lava and just fight those bastards the way I used to. I think I beat this when I was a kid (showing my age). I forgot about some of the differences. The weapons feel much more powerful than classic Doom. Maybe the secrets are harder to find? As always, I appreciate you. I think we interacted on another one of your videos for Doom 2. I'm sure we'll meet again.

[@BigMacDavis]

@@keithwatson3953 Thanks! Awesome!!!

[@Seb-Storm]

0:41 so decino goes for 100% items now and you mention which attempt it is... Did you guys swapped accounts? Lol

[@BigMacDavis]

Yes. Yes, we did. But only for a short time. ;D

[@buzzedwoody6143]

The traps in this map are pretty clever if not sadistic as hell.

[@BigMacDavis]

Haha, right??

[@amaruqlonewolf3350]

The worse part about the hell knight room is the rocket launcher's newly introduced knockback. If there was one "feature" I'd ever remove from Doom 64, it'll be the weapon knockback. Almost feels like Doomguy's wearing worn out shoes with no traction xD

[@demogorgonzola]

The bridge wouldn't be that bad if not for the recoil the RL produces in D64 and locking yourself in that "doorframe" is not a bad way to negate this ... even if it resulted in some heavy health loss, a death pit is still worse :)

[@BigMacDavis]

Oh yes. Ohhhh yes. In my previous three outtakes, I would run back and forth on the bridge and shooting, and that resulted in my death, so during this run, I said screw it and basically just used the door as a brace from the recoil, lol. I suffered heavy health loss but it was better than dying, lol.

[@miltiadiskoutsokeras9189]

This was impossible to do back in 1997 in N64.

[@BigMacDavis]

With a controller? Dear gosh. I can't even imagine.

[@miltiadiskoutsokeras9189]

@@BigMacDavis On PAL 50 Hz machine. Toughest thing was to stay on the thin ledge in Hell Knight room.

[@lincolnshirebuses]

this map is good but hard