Inferno

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The intermission screen with a visual presentation of all the Inferno levels.

Inferno is the third episode in Doom and Ultimate Doom. All of the levels in this episode are credited to Sandy Petersen, though Tom Hall originally began two of them. This episode is set in Hell, possibly the inner region of Hell. The episode is apparently named after Inferno, part of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Inferno, taken from the classical Latin infernus for "the lower places," is used as the word for "hell" in several languages. Most of these levels have a main, center room that can be easily identified, usually circular or square in shape.

Story[edit]

Spoiler Warning: Plot details follow.

Having defeated the cyberdemon lord who ruled over the lost Deimos moon base, the Doom marine learns that the facility has somehow been teleported to Hell itself and used as the gateway enabling the demons' invasion of the Martian facilities. Determined to press on and learn the true source of the invasion, the marine must fight through the twisted reality of perdition itself. As on Deimos, the environment itself is deadly - volcanic plains, jagged rock, and barren scorching wastelands sprawl before him, punctuated only by looming, decrepit labyrinths dedicated to the worship of evil and the torment of the damned.

Eventually reaching the heart of Hell itself, its capital city of Dis, the marine confronts the mechanized abomination which masterminded the invasion plot, the spiderdemon. Using his newly discovered BFG9000, he leaves the creature nothing more than a charred wreck of tangled metal and splattered brain matter. A portal opens, revealing the green fields of Earth. Overjoyed, the marine steps through to return home, only to find that everything is not as it should be...

Spoilers end here.

Levels[edit]

Ultimate Doom episodes

Speedrunning[edit]

IWADs
PWADs

Current Compet-n records[edit]

The Compet-n records for this episode are:

Run Time Player Date File Notes
UV speed episode 03:48 Karim El-Sheikh (Kimo Xvirus) 2010-06-12 ep3-0348.zip
NM speed episode 04:10 Drew DeVore (stx-Vile) 2005-03-08 e3nm-410.zip
UV max episode 23:49 Radek Pecka 2001-06-13 ep3-2349.zip
NM100S episode 08:46 Drew DeVore (stx-Vile) 2005-03-11 e3ns0846.zip
UV -fast episode 28:15 Radek Pecka 2002-08-30 e3fa2815.zip
UV -respawn episode 1
UV Tyson episode 1
UV pacifist episode 1

The data was last verified in its entirety on November 22, 2020.

  1. No qualifying run verified and published, as of the most recent Compet-n database update.

Current DSDA records[edit]

The DSDA records for this episode are:

Run Time Player Date File Notes
UV speed episode 03:53 Zero-Master 2023-05-12 ep3-353.zip
NM speed episode 04:21 Zero-Master 2016-02-22 ep3n421.zip
UV max episode 16:48 Zero-Master 2024-01-20 ep3m1648.zip
NM 100S episode 07:51 Zero-Master 2023-01-22 ep3ns751.zip
UV -fast episode 29:11 Radek Pecka 2002-08-30 e3fa2815.zip
UV Tyson episode 42:00 Joca64 2015-07-20 ep3t4200.zip
UV pacifist episode 14:12 Pleymo 2020-08-24 ep3P-1412.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on January 27, 2024.

Gallery[edit]

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