E6M8: Malebolge (Doom the Way id Did: The Lost Episodes)

E6M8: Malebolge is the eighth map of episode The Final Gate in Doom the Way id Did: The Lost Episodes. Contrarily to usual ExM8 levels, it is not the end of the episode, and completing it leads to E6M9: Hell's Mosh Pit. It was designed by Michael Fraize (Marcaek). The par time defined in MAPINFO is 30 seconds.

Secrets

 * 1) Go through the wall behind the starting point to get a plasma gun. (sector 45)
 * 2) In the central cage, open the bloody wall to the east to find ammo and a berserk pack. (sector 38)
 * 3) Open the east wall in the previous secret to go back to the starting ledge. (sector 53)
 * 4) Press the switch at the top of the rock in the final arena, then go to the northwest lava pit to find a new cave with a stimpack, armor bonuses, health bonuses, a box of ammo, and a teleporter back to the top of the rock. (sector 54)

Current records
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

The data was last verified in its entirety on December 7, 2021.

Player spawns
This level contains eight spawn points:
 * 1) facing east. (thing 128)
 * 2) facing west. (thing 129)
 * 3) facing west. (thing 130)
 * 4) facing west. (thing 132)
 * 5) facing south-west. (thing 133)
 * 6) facing south-west. (thing 134)
 * 7) facing east. (thing 135)
 * 8) facing north. (thing 136)

Things
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level: