Sakupen Hell
- This article is about the Extreme Demon by Noobas. For the Nine Circles level with the same song, see Sakupen Circles (Diamond) for the nerfed version or Sakupen circles (Nick24) for the unnerfed version.
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Sakupen Hell is a 1.9/2.0 Extreme Demon level by Noobas, which he hack-verified. It was created to challenge both Riot and Cyclic, who, at the time, were considered the best players in the game. Another player, TrusTa, later verified Sakupen Hell legitimately and published it on 14 August 2016.[1] The level's appearance is likely inspired by Cataclysm. It was once considered one of the hardest levels, rivalling and later surpassing Bloodbath. A buffed and extended remake, Kenos, was hosted by Bianox and released in Update 2.1.
History
Sakupen Hell was created after Noobas was exposed for hacking by TheMuteTroll.[2] Around that time, Cataclysm was beaten by several experienced players, namely Riot and Sandstorm (and famously hacked by Cyclic, believed to have beaten it legitimately at the time). Noobas was discontented that a hacked level had been rated, especially since everyone claimed he had hacked one of his levels, Theory of SkriLLex, though he had not.
Eventually, Noobas decided to create Sakupen Hell, a new Extreme Demon, in an attempt to take Cataclysm's and ICE Carbon Diablo X's spot as the hardest Demons (at the time). Noobas mentioned that he would openly hack-verify the level as he claimed that he had the 'rights' to do so since Cataclysm at the time was also verified with hacks,[3] calling it a 'challenge for Cyclic and Riot'. On 8 June 2015, Sakupen Hell was hack-verified as expected and released.[4] Later that same day, L Legend (rumoured to be Noobas himself) beat the level with speed hacks.[5]
When Update 2.0 was released, Noobas updated the level, adding a near-impossible wave dual segment to replace the final straight-fly mini-ship segment.[6] Afterwards, the level got deleted as Noobas attempted to turn over a new leaf to be a legitimate player. It was later revealed that RobTop deleted the level as he disliked the existence of the level.[3]
Initially, Riot tried the level but later stepped down, announcing his leave. TigerXero (then known as Furry Dash) also attempted it but made little progress. [rusTa was the first to make any significant progress and revived the level's popularity after finally verifying and publishing it on 14 August 2016, in 22,199 attempts, albeit with a slight nerf to the first mini-wave segment (making it slightly spacious).
Description
- 0-16%: Sakupen Hell begins with a moderately difficult double-speed cube section containing an alternate way where the player is not required to hit all three blue orbs in the beginning; they can hit only the first by timing it late and still proceed. Afterwards, the speed changes to triple, and the player must pass a one-second-long, difficult mini-wave segment, followed by a difficult mini-ball part.
- 16-29%: This part is a difficult wave part with critical timing and extremely tight spaces. The player needs extraordinary skill with the wave to navigate it successfully.
- 29-40%: After the wave segment, the speed slows down, and there is a simple mini-cube part with a couple of fake spikes. Then, the speed changes to triple again, and there is one of the most difficult mini-wave parts.
- 40-74%: Afterwards, there is a UFO section with tight spaces and gravity portals. Then, there is a normal-sized ship part with tight corridors. It leads into a mini-ship part as the song drops, accompanied by orbs, some of which are inside gravity portals.
- 74-89%: Then, there is an easy mini-UFO/mini-ball mixed dual segment at half-speed. The dual segment is the easiest part and only requires the player to spam in a controlled manner. After this, the speed increases to triple again, and the second difficult mini-wave part is almost identical to the first.
- 89-100%: Afterwards, there is a long upside-down mini-ship straight-fly sequence. Finally, the creators' and verifiers' names appear (Noobas and TrusTa), and the level ends.
Gameplay
Trivia
- Upon the creation of the modern Demonlist on Pointercrate on 4 January 2017, Sakupen Hell was placed at #2, above Bloodbath and below Artificial Ascent.
- Sakupen Hell is the first Top 1 Extreme Demon that is Medium-length.
- Also, both Sakupen Hell and Sakupen Circles are Medium-length Top 1s that use the same song.
- DashY is the first person to beat Sakupen Hell on mobile on 25 July 2021 in 4,000+ attempts.[7]
- Sakupen Hell received an honourable mention in GDToday's '100 Greatest Levels of All Time' list.
- The first mini-wave part was much tighter and near-frame-perfect for the wave to pass through in the first version of Sakupen Hell. The level was considered practically impossible from this point. However, that segment was nerfed in the rated version.
- The third and fourth wave parts are almost identical in gameplay and design.
- The final part was a mini-ship straight-fly segment in the first version of the level. However, when Noobas re-uploaded it, he changed it into a triple-speed mini-wave dual spam section, considered virtually impossible for its time. It was later reverted in the final version.
- The original level by Noobas was deleted from the servers during Update 2.0, meaning it was no longer available on online servers. TrusTa re-uploaded the first version, but it consists of a slightly wider tunnel in the first mini-wave segment.
- L Legend speed-hacked Sakupen Hell after Noobas hack-verified it and published the video to YouTube, gaining thousands of views, as it was one of the first views of the full level available at the time.[5] L Legend is widely thought of to be Noobas' alter ego.
- Sakupen Hell is considered significantly harder than Bloodbath due to its critical timing and insane wave parts. However, Riot refused to dethrone Bloodbath on the Official Extreme and Insane Demon Records List for a while, amid much controversy.
- Despite this, Sakupen Hell eventually became the level to dethrone Bloodbath and its year-long reign as #1.
- TrusTa said that Sakupen Hell is harder than Bloodbath. Surv, however, has the opposite opinion.
- TacoMacho claimed to have beaten Sakupen Hell legitimately, beating it successfully with 20,935 attempts, but he was later exposed for hacking.
- MaleVeronica initially claimed that he beat Sakupen Hell and some Insane Demons, but he later confessed that his level completions were hacked.
- Bianox has hosted a mega-collaboration remake of Sakupen Hell titled Kenos. It was verified by npesta on 14 December 2019.
- There is a Medium Demon remake of Sakupen Hell with a humorous name called Sakupen Egg.
- TrusTa's reaction verifying Sakupen Hell was in SiKky's extra reactions list on his Top 150 Verified Reactions Video.[8]
- Sakupen Hell was once the hardest Demon beat on a controller after Zylenox completed it on 12 December 2017.
- There is a blue remake version of Sakupen Hell called Cryothorn Hell, having near-identical gameplay with more prominent changes in the second half of the level, especially the final wave sequence.[9]
- Although npesta quickly put Sakupen Hell in F-Tier in his Extreme Demon levels Tier List video, he said nothing about this level.[10]
- There is a redecorated remake of the true unnerfed version of Sakupen Hell called 'Iron God', primarily taking the two prominent unnerfed sections of the two older versions—the tighter first mini-wave and the dual-mini-wave spam at the end, additionally removing a transition slope at the ball/UFO dual—into one level. Player 99 verified it on 17 May 2024 after 195,211 attempts.[11]
- Not to be confused with another level named 'Iron God', which is a redecorated version of the old Sakupen Circles created by Muffy.
- ywuChaos followed up by beating the original second unnerfed version on 12 July 2025.[12]
- Sakupen Hell is the 21st former Top 1 in the game's history.
- Sakupen Hell is also currently the shortest former Top 1 level in terms of level length, beating Sakupen Circles by one second.
- The placement of OPSM1 on 7 May 2021 pushed Sakupen Hell into the Legacy List of the Demonlist.
Video
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svyOjwLCErg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op_BdUabxlg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzAdJBAaQqY?t=2133
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrxlx-l55WY
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NevRKY1PM6I
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ1H_sJOTHg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dgCT6_baA4
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZMuQN8B3ik&t=817
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npTiGcfk0nk
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfBl7PZUy7s
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAyZDWjg1c8
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxs8rYJy-pY