E6M8: Malebolge (Doom the Way id Did: The Lost Episodes)

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The Final Gate
This level occupies the map slot E6M8. For other maps which occupy this slot, see Category:E6M8.

E6M8: Malebolge is the eighth map of episode The Final Gate in Doom the Way id Did: The Lost Episodes. Contrarily to usual ExM8 levels, it is not the end of the episode, and completing it leads to E6M9: Hell's Mosh Pit. It was designed by Michael Fraize (Marcaek). The par time defined in MAPINFO is 30 seconds.

Walkthrough[edit]

Map of Malebolge
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[edit]

Grab the shotgun to your left then head east until you drop into a white pit - there are barons of Hell on the ledges on the west side of the pit, and the three marble blocks in the pit will lower to reveal a chaingun along with shotgun guys and lost souls. Enter the doorway on the south side of the pit to enter a fenced area, then press the skull switch in the south-west corner followed by a second switch behind it to enter an area with some large rocks. Head around the west side of the rocks to a lava pool, where you will be able to climb up the rocks to reach a rocket launcher and a skull switch. Press the switch to release a spiderdemon on the west side of the area, then kill it to end the level.

Other points of interest[edit]

Secrets[edit]

  1. Go through the false wall behind the starting point to get a plasma gun. (sector 45)
  2. In the central cage, open the bloody wall to the east to find ammo and a berserk pack. (sector 38)
  3. Open the east wall in the previous secret to go back to the starting ledge. (sector 53)
  4. Press the switch at the top of the rock in the final arena, then go to the north-west lava pit to find a new cave with a stimpack, armor bonuses, health bonuses, a box of bullets, and a teleporter back to the top of the rock. (sector 54)

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Current records[edit]

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

Run Time Player Date File Notes
UV speed 00:59 Andrea Rovenski (Cyberdemon531) 2014-10-04 l6e8-059.zip
NM speed
UV max
NM 100S
UV -fast
UV -respawn
UV Tyson
UV pacifist

The data was last verified in its entirety on December 7, 2021.

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Player spawns[edit]

This level contains eight spawn points:

  1. facing east. (thing 128)
  2. facing west. (thing 129)
  3. facing west. (thing 130)
  4. facing west. (thing 132)
  5. facing south-west. (thing 133)
  6. facing south-west. (thing 134)
  7. facing east. (thing 135)
  8. facing north. (thing 136)

Statistics[edit]

Map data[edit]

Things 216
Vertices 435*
Linedefs 478
Sidedefs 707
Sectors 87
* The vertex count without the effect of node building is 393.

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

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