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The Shores of Hell is the second episode in Doom. All maps in this episode are credited to Sandy Petersen, though many of them were first started by Tom Hall. The episode is set on Deimos, which is being overrun and infested by the demonic forces. To show this, its levels generally resemble UAC facilities that have been partially altered by the demonic invaders. The sky used for the background consists of mountains against red clouds.

Ultimate Doom episodes
Knee-Deep in the Dead The Shores of Hell Inferno Thy Flesh Consumed

Levels

E2M1: Deimos Anomaly
E2M2: Containment Area
E2M3: Refinery
E2M4: Deimos Lab
E2M5: Command Center (Exit to secret level)
E2M6: Halls of the Damned
E2M7: Spawning Vats
E2M8: Tower of Babel (Cyberdemon is boss)
E2M9: Fortress of Mystery (Secret level)

Speedrunning

Current records

The Compet-n records for the episode are:

Run	Time	Player	Date	File
UV Episode	04:22	Adam Hegyi	1999-06-25	ep2-0422.zip
NM Episode	04:52	Drew "stx-Vile" De-Vore	2004-05-18	e2nm0452.zip
UV Max Episode	29:11	Radek Pecka	2001-06-10	ep2-2911.zip
NS Episode	12:40	Drew "stx-Vile" De-Vore	2002-10-19	e2ns1240.zip
UV -fast Episode	36:55	Radek Pecka	2002-08-29	e2fa3655.zip

Trivia

The new owners of Deimos build their lord's tower as the marine approaches it.

The episode's intermission screen changes from level to level, showing how the Tower of Babel is gradually built by the forces of hell as the marine advances..

Many of the episode's levels feature UAC locales that have alterations or additions of hellish origin. For example, while most buildings still use human-made keycards for locked doors, some others use demonic skull keys. E2M3: Refinery includes keycards for the player to pick up, but also has some skull-marked door frames. Some switches found in the levels are UAC-style push buttons, while others appear to be of demonic nature. To a certain degree this is because the levels were originally designed to be plain UAC facilities, as seen in the alpha versions of the game, but were later moved to a more hellish environment. This move was made more believable by having Deimos teleported over hell's surface at the beginning of the game.

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-'''The Shores of Hell''' is the second episode in [[Doom]]/[[Ultimate Doom]]. All maps in this episode are credited to [[Sandy Petersen]], though many of them were first started by [[Tom Hall]]. The episode is set on [[Deimos]], which is being overrun and infested by the demonic forces. Levels with a mixed techbase/hell style are often called Shores of Hell style levels, in order to indicate that human technology is being gradually subverted by the powers of hell. The background consists of mountains against a red sky.
+'''The Shores of Hell''' is the second episode in [[Doom]]. All maps in this episode are credited to [[Sandy Petersen]], though many of them were first started by [[Tom Hall]]. The episode is set on [[Deimos]], which is being overrun and infested by the demonic forces. To show this, its levels generally resemble UAC facilities that have been partially altered by the demonic invaders. The [[sky]] used for the background consists of mountains against red clouds.
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 ==Speedrunning==
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-The [[Compet-N]] records for the episode are:
+The [[Compet-n]] records for the episode are:
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 == Trivia ==
-[[Image:Twrbuild.gif|thumb|right|256px|The demons build the Tower]]
+[[Image:Twrbuild.gif|thumb|right|256px|The new owners of [[Deimos]] build [[Cyberdemon|their lord]]'s tower as the [[Doom's protagonist|marine]] approaches it.]]
-The [[intermission screen]] changes from map to map, as long as the [[E2M8: Tower of Babel|Tower of Babel]] is built.
+* The episode's [[intermission screen]] changes from level to level, showing how the [[E2M8: Tower of Babel|Tower of Babel]] is gradually built by the forces of hell as the [[Doom's protagonist|marine]] advances..
-Six buildings on Deimos are of human/UAC origin (Levels 2 through 7), versus eight on the [[Knee-Deep in the Dead|Phobos base]] (all but Phobos Anomaly). Levels that feature locales of UAC origin have add-ons or repairs of hellish origin, giving the unique "Shores of Hell" style look. For example, while most buildings still use UAC [[keys|keycards]] for locked doors, some others use skull [[keys]]. [[E2M3: Refinery (Doom)|E2M3: Refinery]] has keycard pickups but also has skull doorframes. Some switches found in the Shores of Hell levels are UAC-style push buttons, while others are demonic heads.
+* Many of the episode's levels feature [[UAC]] locales that have alterations or additions of hellish origin. For example, while most buildings still use human-made keycards for locked doors, some others use demonic skull [[keys]]. [[E2M3: Refinery (Doom)|E2M3: Refinery]] includes keycards for the [[player]] to pick up, but also has some skull-marked door frames. Some switches found in the levels are UAC-style push buttons, while others appear to be of demonic nature. To a certain degree this is because the levels were originally designed to be plain UAC facilities, as seen in the [[alpha]] versions of the game, but were later moved to a more hellish environment. This move was made more believable by having Deimos teleported over hell's surface at the beginning of the game.
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