E4M8: Gateway to Quake (Crusades)

Crusades maps
E4M1: The Awakening E4M2: Night-Watch E4M3: Berzerker E4M4: Haunted House E4M5: The Witching Hour E4M6: Trooper's Graveyard E4M7: Bloodbath E4M8: Gateway to Quake E4M9: Running Scared

This level occupies the map slot E4M8. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E4M8.

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E4M8: Gateway to Quake is the eighth and final map of Crusades. It was designed by Richard Wiles and uses the music track "The End of DOOM," composed by Robert Prince for Doom.

Walkthrough

Map of Gateway to Quake

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.

Secrets

There are no official secrets on this map.

Bugs

The lift activated by a gargoyle switch which lowers down to the balcony with the plasma gun is actually comprised of two sectors (111 and 112, tagged 8) of different brightness, however the linedefs that connect them (1003 and 1004) have no lower textures on either side. Thus if either the player or one of the several enemies in the area happen to prevent only one of the sectors from completing its lift action on its way up, a hall of mirrors effect will occur.

Speedrunning

As this level does not contain official secrets, the NM 100S category is redundant.

Current records

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

Run	Time	Player	Date	File	Notes
UV speed	3:12.60	paymentplan	2025-03-22	c4m8-312.zip
NM speed
UV max	4:30.83	Elmle	2021-03-10	cru8-430.zip
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist
NoMo	1:40.91	trashgarbage	2023-10-01	cr8n14091.zip

The data was last verified in its entirety on April 10, 2025.

Statistics

Map data

Things	325
Vertices	1513*
Linedefs	1584
Sidedefs	2247
Sectors	176

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 1309.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	29
Shotgun guy	21	24	26
Imp	34	43	51
Lost soul	11	13	15
Demon	2
Spectre	5
Cacodemon	5	10	15
Baron of Hell	6
Spiderdemon	1
Cyberdemon	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	5
Box of shotgun shells	5
Box of rockets	17
Energy cell pack	4	4	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	16	14	11
Medikit	7	5	2
Armor	1
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	3
Radiation shielding suit	3
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Teleport landing	2

Multiplayer
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	29
Shotgun guy	21	24	26
Imp	34	43	51
Lost soul	11	13	15
Demon	2
Spectre	5
Cacodemon	5	10	15
Baron of Hell	6
Spiderdemon	1
Cyberdemon	2
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Shotgun	1
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	1
Plasma gun	1
BFG9000	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	5
Box of shotgun shells	5
Box of rockets	17
Energy cell pack	4	4	3
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	16	14	11
Medikit	7	5	2
Armor	1
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Supercharge	3
Radiation shielding suit	3
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue skull key	1
Red skull key	1
Yellow skull key	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Cooperative start	4
Teleport landing	2

External links

• Crusades demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive