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>I used to play a solo level that was HUGE... as I recall, the txt file
>with it said that the developer was experiemnting to see just how big
>he could make a D2 level.
>
>IIRC, his experiment actually had 4 or 5 large levels, but they
>weren't linked, that is, completing one did not automatically take you
>to the next (I think).
>
>One of them in particular had you teleport into the mine in a small
>room where you had to shoot a switch and load up on shields and
>energy, then you'd go out into an enormously long and wide tunnel,.
>This tunnel was covered at the "top" end (where you entered it) by a
>force field, and at the bottom was lava.
>
>At the end of this tunnel there were 3 large "boss" robots which were
>made from fan graphics.
>
>Each of the "boss" robots would leave one or two earthshakers when
>blown up, and they fired homers or megas, I think. Maybe it was
>shakers...
>
>After you beat them you would go through a huge lattice work door to
>get to another part of the level, where there were several more of the
>same "boss" robots scattered around in various places.
>
>The level ended with the standard "blow the reactor and run for the
>exit".
>
>Man, I can picture that level so well in my mind, but it seems kind of
>lame writing it down...
>
>Anyway, if anyone has any memory of this level, I'd appreciate a
>reply. I've downloaded tons of levels and have been laboriously
>checking them one by one. At the current rate I figure my grandkids
>will finally find it for me when they've put me in a geriatric home.
>(I currently have no grandkids.)
>
>TIA