{"id":278636,"date":"2024-04-18T07:31:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T14:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=330514"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:41:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:41:30","slug":"they-break-a-record-of-doom-2-that-had-remained-intact-since-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/they-break-a-record-of-doom-2-that-had-remained-intact-since-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"They break a record of &#8216;Doom 2&#8217; that had remained intact since 1998."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s a classic, a masterpiece of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-steam-fps-fest-arrives-discounts-on-far-cry-6-fallout-and-much-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FPS<\/a>, a game without which the vast majority of today&#8217;s games would not be understood: &#8216;Doom 2&#8217; is a marvel created by John Carmack and John Romero that, without being very different from its first part, <strong>has managed to make its way into the history of video games<\/strong>. And now, exactly thirty years after its release, someone has achieved a record that until now was considered impossible.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Doom II\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3df17b37-355a-4bdc-938c-fe03ecee9f30\/3367430922\/doom-2-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Doom II<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/doom-2.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/doom-2.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By a hair<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>This is, of course, a record set by speedrunners. You know, those people who go crazy trying to find an extra trick, a way to skip a level without being noticed, to complete <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/do-you-want-to-play-with-zelda-instead-of-link-nintendo-says-it-might-happen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&#8216;Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom&#8217;<\/a> without touching a single shrine. And it&#8217;s not something new or an internet invention. Back in 1998, <strong>Thomas Pilger achieved a milestone that had remained unmatched until now<\/strong>: he completed the first level of &#8216;Doom 2&#8217; in 5.97 seconds. And it doesn&#8217;t matter how many thousands of people have tried to surpass him, because it was considered unbeatable. Until now.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>And it&#8217;s that a player named 4shockblast became obsessed with that level, reasonably short (anyone can finish it in a minute). He played it over and over again, trying to find the easiest routes, <strong>the hiding spots, trying to defeat Pilger 26 years later<\/strong>. And in the end, he succeeded with a technique as complex as it is successful (when mastered).<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Doom 2 Map 01 Pacifist in 0:04.97\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qm9aT2p7KxI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s about bouncing off one of the enemies at the beginning and using it to propel yourself a little faster around the corner. It&#8217;s a complicated move that doesn&#8217;t always work, but on April 6th, using all the strategies seen a thousand times in other <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/a-speedrunner-earns-a-fortune-by-finding-the-rarest-item-in-diablo-2-a-one-in-three-million-chance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">speedrunners<\/a> videos, <strong>he managed to complete this first level in 4.97 seconds<\/strong>, one second less than Pilger.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Maybe you&#8217;re thinking that your new goal in life is to achieve it in 3 seconds, but maybe you should reconsider: <strong>our hero only achieved his feat after 100,000 attempts<\/strong>. So yes, we could be facing an unbeatable record, but in the era of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/peanut-butter-is-the-first-dog-to-speedrun-a-video-game-like-what-you-read\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Internet<\/a> you never know. The glory of the champion is always fleeting!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Doom II\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3df17b37-355a-4bdc-938c-fe03ecee9f30\/3367430922\/doom-2-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Doom II<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/doom-2.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/doom-2.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And now, exactly thirty years after its launch, someone has achieved a record that until now was considered impossible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":278637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[6495,6496,4474],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-278636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiondoom-2","tag-doom-2","tag-fps"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313718,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278636\/revisions\/313718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278636"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=278636"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=278636"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=278636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}