E4M8 (Heroes)

Heroes maps
Episode 1 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Episode 2 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Episode 3 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9
Episode 4 E4M1 E4M2 E4M3 E4M4 E4M5 E4M6 E4M7 E4M8 E4M9

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

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E4M8 is the eighth and final map of the fourth episode of Heroes. It was originally designed by Bruce A. Bacher as TGMO2.WAD (Training Ground of the Mad Overlord - 2), then modified by Albert Dewey for the compilation. It uses the music track Chris3.mid by Christopher Jon Wilkins.

Walkthrough

Map of E4M8

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

1. The north-eastern area with the hexagonal blood pool has a secret door in the south-east leading to a radiation shielding suit and a switch which raises bridges to and from the centre of the blood pool. (sector 11)
2. The lowering wall north of the hexagonal blood pool counts as a secret and is impossible to miss. (sector 15)
3. After #2, it is necessary to shoot a chain of exploding barrels then shoot a switch behind them. The door in front of the barrels counts as a secret, however it is too narrow to receive credit for. (sector 16)
4. The sector in front of the switch revealed by shooting the aforementioned switch counts as a secret - however, it is too narrow to receive credit for. (sector 142)
5. Immediately after the red door is a secret door to the east leading to a medikit, a chainsaw, two boxes of bullets, two boxes of shotgun shells, a health bonus, and an armor bonus. (sector 53)

Bugs

As two secrets cannot be obtained (see above), the maximum achievable secret percentage on this level is 60%.

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	8:35.34	Serge Marudov (Never_Again)	2003-11-10	heroes_na.zip
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on December 21, 2021.

Statistics

Map data

Things	383
Vertices	690*
Linedefs	741
Sidedefs	1133
Sectors	166

* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 568.

Things

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

Single-player
Monsters	1-2	3	4-5
Zombieman	23	0	28
Shotgun guy	8	26	26
Imp	14	15	23
Lost soul	26	26	42
Demon	4	4	5
Spectre	4	12	16
Cacodemon	3	6	6
Baron of Hell	2	3	4
Spiderdemon	5
Weapons	1-2	3	4-5
Chainsaw	1
Shotgun	3
Chaingun	1
Rocket launcher	2
Plasma gun	1
Ammunition	1-2	3	4-5
Box of bullets	10	10	11
Box of shotgun shells	10	10	11
Box of rockets	4
Energy cell pack	7	5	7
Health & Armor	1-2	3	4-5
Stimpack	4	4	3
Medikit	8	8	9
Armor	2
Megaarmor	1
Items	1-2	3	4-5
Armor bonus	1
Health bonus	1
Supercharge	1
Backpack	1
Partial invisibility	1
Radiation shielding suit	1
Keys	1-2	3	4-5
Blue keycard	1
Red keycard	1
Miscellaneous	1-2	3	4-5
Exploding barrel	69	69	48
Teleport landing	22
Voodoo doll	3

External links

• Heroes demos at the Doom Speed Demo Archive
• Training Ground of the Mad Overlord - 2 at Doomworld/idgames