The Temple of Vipers

Map layout

The Temple of Vipers is the fifth level (slot four) of Catacomb Armageddon (1992). Following from their appearance in the previous level, this one is set within a temple complex devoted to the gorgon vipers.

Walkthrough

Catacomb Armageddon

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Level Warp Codes

• 0: The Towne of Morbidity
• 1: The Dark Forest
• 2: The Garden of Forgotten Souls
• 3: The Lost City of the Damned
• 4: The Temple of Vipers
• 5: The Torture Chambers
• 6: The Demon Hold
• 7: The Ant Colony
• 8: The Hall of the Wretched Pox
• 9: The Lair of the Succubus
• 10: The Chamber of the Evil Eye
• 11: The Flaming Inferno
• 12: The Subterranean River
• 13: The Crystal Maze
• 14: The Ramparts of Nemesis
• 15: The Fortress of Nemesis
• 16: The Passage to the Surface

^{"Just like the name suggests, this level is a viper / medusa temple. The player meets medusas and mages while he explores unholy altar rooms and ventures through portals connecting those."
--kraileth}

Messages

• Entrance into the Temple of Vipers
• Long Hall of Truth
• Hidden Chamber of the Acolytes
• First Astral Projection Room
• Second Astral Projection Room
• Third Astral Projection Room
• The Altar of Eternal Damnation
• Room of Sacred Light
• Hall of Imminent Dread
• The Deadly Approach
• Chamber of Unspeakable Terrors
• Passage of Retribution
• Hall of Reprieves
• Altar Room of Northern Light
• Altar Room of Southern Light
• Access to the Torture Chamber

Enemies Present

• Vipers
• Mages

Items Present

• Xterminators

Trivia

• While descriptions of Gorgons vary across Greek mythology and occur in the earliest examples of Greek literature, the term commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair made of living, venomous snakes, as well as a horrifying visage that turned those who beheld her to stone. Traditionally, while two of the Gorgons were immortal, Stheno and Euryale, their sister Medusa was not and she was slain by the demigod and hero Perseus.
• Astral projection (or astral travel) is a term used in esotericism to describe a willful out-of-body experience (OBE) that assumes the existence of a soul or consciousness called an "astral body" that is separate from the physical body and capable of travelling outside it throughout the universe. Here it is used to refer to rooms featuring teleportation.