Cyberdemon

Cyberdemons are enemy monsters found in the computer game Doom. The Cyberdemons resemble large, 10+ foot tall brown-skinned minotaurs, somewhat resembling the weaker Baron of Hell monster, with several unnatural cyborg enhancements, including a mostly metallic right leg, a prosthetic rocket launcher for a left forearm, wires lining down their midsections, and wires protruding from the right shoulder areas.

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Monsters - Computer game - Doom - Baron of Hell - Prosthetic

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They are one of the most popular boss creatures in the history of first-person shooter games, and one has even appeared on the box art and the title screen of Doom II. Cyberdemons attack the player by using their arm-mounted rocket launcher with UAC-style rockets, which are shot in threes, one at a time, per attack. The rockets also have splash damage, allowing them to damage players with missed, but close detonations. The Cyberdemon's attack is extremely powerful (even on the lower difficulty settings), and only one or two direct hits will kill even a well armored player.

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Boss - First-person shooter - Game - Doom II - Splash damage

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The Cyberdemon was originally designed as the end-of-chapter boss of the original Doom's Episode 2, in level 8: "Tower of Babel", where the cybernetic horror is awaiting the player in the courtyard section of the level, sometimes flanked by Lost Souls. It would only make one additional appearance in the original Doom in Episode 3's secret level, but several Cyberdemons would appear in the sequels, Doom II, Ultimate Doom, and Final Doom. The Final Doom secret level "Go 2 It" can contain more than a dozen cyberdemons (depending upon the skill level chosen).

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Doom - Doom II - Ultimate Doom - Final Doom

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The Doom manual lists them as "Half unfeeling machine, half raging horned devil. This walking nightmare has a rocket launcher for an arm and will definately reach out and touch you. Make sure you're loaded for bear before you get to this guy."

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The Doom II manual lists them as "A missile-launching skyscraper with goat legs. 'Nuff said."

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