The Approach

The Approach is the first level (slot one) of Catacomb 3D (1991). It is set in the mossy brick pathways leading to a portal to Nemesis' keep.

Walkthrough
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The secret portal on this map can skip you all the way to level nine Access Floor, the main hub of the later stage of the game.

Messages

 * Path to Keep
 * Hidden Treasure Room
 * Buried Healing Potions
 * Keep Entrance

Enemies Present

 * Orcs

Items Present

 * Scroll
 * Cure Potions
 * Treasure Chests

Trivia

 * This is the first taste id Software fans got of the endless texture mapped brick mazes that would become famous to players of Wolfenstein 3D (1992).
 * This level, as well as The Fens of Insanity and The Labyrinth, set up the naming convention used in the Catacomb Adventure Series of starting levels with "The ".
 * Rather than having a level like this to set the scene, the Catacomb Adventure Series all instead feature a denouement Passage to the Surface level.