E1M8: Darkside Lab (Doom the Way id Did: The Lost Episodes)

DtWiD: The Lost Episodes maps
Knee-Deep in the Dead E1M1: Security Outpost E1M2: Supply Station E1M3: Nukage Dump E1M4: Quarantine Zone E1M5: Kepler Dorsum E1M6: Pumping Station E1M7: Transfer Hub E1M8: Darkside Lab E1M9: Relay Station
The Shores of Hell M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Inferno M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Thy Flesh Consumed M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Base Instinct M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M0
The Final Gate M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9

This level occupies the map slot E1M8. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E1M8.

E1M8: Darkside Lab is the eighth and final map of the Knee-Deep in the Dead episode in Doom the Way id Did: The Lost Episodes. It was designed by Xaser.

Walkthrough

Map of Darkside Lab

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

Essentials

Take the shotgun in front of you then head south-west to a door - behind it is a rocket launcher guarded by two waiting shotgun guys. Go up the steps next to the door to reach a hallway and follow it until you pass through a bright archway, which will open the west wall to reveal imps and/or demons. Climb up the marble stairs at the north end of the hallway to a blue passage and follow it round to a door, go through then head down the red spiral steps until you reach the bottom. The center column will lower to reveal three barons of Hell, which must all be killed to lower the south wall and reveal a cliff. Drop down the cliff to see a star-shaped hole, then fall into it to land on a highly damaging floor that will automatically end the level.

Secrets

1. At the start, head to the north-west end of the room to find a button on the right side of the last terminal. This button lowers the center terminal with the supercharge. (sector 8)

Speedrunning

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed
NM speed
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The (absence of) data was last verified in its entirety on December 7, 2021.

Statistics

Map data

Things	117
Vertices	814*
Linedefs	876
Sidedefs	1281
Sectors	127

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 656.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	2
Imp	7	4	7
Spectre	0	7	7
Baron of Hell	3
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Chaingun	3
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	2
4 shotgun shells	3
Box of shotgun shells	1
Rocket	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	7
Medikit	1
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	6
Teleport landing	2

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun guy	2
Imp	7	4	7
Spectre	0	7	7
Baron of Hell	3
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	2
Chaingun	3
Rocket launcher	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	2
4 shotgun shells	3
Box of shotgun shells	1
Rocket	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	7
Medikit	1
Armor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Exploding barrel	6
Teleport landing	2

External links

• Doom the Way id Did: The Lost Episodes demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive