E2M5: Command Center (Doom)

E2M5: Command Center is the fifth map of The Shores of Hell in Doom. It was designed by Sandy Petersen and uses the music track "Demons on the Prey." The par time is 1:30.

This level contains a secret exit leading to E2M9: Fortress of Mystery.

Walkthrough

 * Letters in italics refer to marked spots on the map. Sector numbers in boldface are secrets which count toward the end-of-level tally.

Essentials

 * Normal exit:


 * Secret exit:

Secrets

 * 1) After going through the first door, head to the left side of the next room. Pick up or walk over the medikit here and a door will open, releasing some imps. A box of shells is inside.
 * 2) On the opposite end of the same room as secret 1, walk over the pool of blood and another room will open, also containing some imps and a box of shells.
 * 3) Go through the door behind the Baron-faced column in the first outdoor area. In the next room, go through the door to the left. To the left of the skull/candles decoration is a misaligned wall, open it to get a chainsaw.
 * 4) At the southern end of the map is a wooden spiral staircase. Upon reaching the top of this staircase, a room back at the bottom will open. It contains a radsuit you'll need to reach the next secret.
 * 5) From secret 4, re-ascend the staircase and take a right at the fork at the top. Follow the nukage tunnel - near its end, there is an ammo clip sitting in the slime in front of a misaligned wall. Pick up the clip, and the wall will open. At the end of the next tunnel there is a caged Baron of Hell. Beyond him is a fairly expansive secret area with lots of goodies.
 * 6) While still in secret 5 (the room with the caged Baron of Hell) drop down into the nukage pit. At the end of a narrow tunnel is an energy cell. Take the teleporter to get out of this area.
 * 7) At the west end of the map is a vaguely H-shaped green marble room. Take the left door on the northern wall of this room and hit the skull switch behind it. This raises a stairway into the fireplace in the northwest corner of the room. Walk through the fire - there is a hidden teleporter here.
 * 8) The area on the other side of the teleporter in secret 7 counts as a secret.
 * 9) Open the lion-faced wall in secret 8 for another hidden teleporter.
 * 10) (Secret Exit) On the other side of the teleport in secret 9 is the exit switch to the secret level (E2M9: Fortress of Mystery). This type of switch with the red on top and the green on the bottom makes its only appearance as an exit switch in this episode, although not as an exit switch in other levels.

Current records
The Compet-N records for the map are: