E2M8: Tower of Babel (Doom)

E2M8: Tower of Babel is the final map of The Shores of Hell in Doom. It features a boss battle with the Cyberdemon. This level was named after a tower to the heavens that God destroyed in the Bible. It was designed by Sandy Petersen and it uses the music track "Nobody Told Me About Id".

Walkthrough
You start the level in a small octagonal room containing combat armor with a pillar of switches in front of you. Press one or more of the switches to raise stairs up to the crucified Barons, the wall will raise as you approach allowing you access to the outside of the building.

Walk around the building until you find the Cyberdemon -- or he finds you.

For tactics about how to defeat this foe, see its page.

Secrets
There are no official secrets in this level.

Records
The Compet-N records for the map are:

Trivia
In the Playstation/Saturn port of Doom, several Mancubi also populate the main courtyard where the player does battle with the Cyberdemon.
 * On the Episode 2 intermission screen, the tower can be seen being built as the player progresses through the episode.
 * The "Tower of Babel" is an ironic Biblical reference (Genesis 11:1-9), told in the Bible as a physical pathway to the Heavens. In Doom, the level is the pathway to Hell, as explained in Episode 2's ending text. See Tower of Babel.
 * Some console ports (except the SNES, PlayStation, Saturn, Xbox and Xbox 360 ports) use a different map that does not include the cyberdemon.
 * This is the first level in Doom to not include any imps; while E1M8 includes imps, they are only behind the teleporter.
 * This is also the only level in the episode to not have a plasma gun available.