History Main / LiftOfDoom

Not to be confused with the ''{{MythBusters}}'' "Elevator Of Doom" episode, or the {{Hellevator}}.

* One of the last rooms of ''{{I Wanna Be the Guy}}'' is like this, and it's quite long. And in typical I Wanna Be the Guy style, it'll make you want to hurl your controller out the window.

* Variation at the beginning of ''HalfLife 2:Episode One''. Alyx and Gordon are on an elevator and debris is falling down. The goal isn't to dodge, as the debris will destroyed the elevator, and both will plummet to their deaths, but to grab the objects and throw them away from the elevator.

* The ''{{God of War}}'' games are fond of this, though there's no platforms to crush you. You just need to kill the enemies in time.

* In the level "Defend This!" of the original ''{{Marathon}}'', there is a trash compactor-style LiftOfDoom room, where the only way out is through an invisible door. Another one appears in "No Artificial Colors". Sometimes the player is required to traverse these to access optional items, such as the gauntlet of Lifts of Doom (not the lift puzzle) in "Colony Ship for Sale", and the "wave" in "Cool Fusion".

* A section of Boomer Kuwanger's stage from ''MegaManX'' featured a rising elevator with these properties.

** ''Game/MegaMan 3'': In Sparkman's stage, you have to jump between rising platforms over a BottomlessPit and under a SpikesOfDoom-lined ceiling.

** ''MegamanZXAdvent'': the final level also had one. Though it didn't feature crushing platfoms - only a lot of enemies and spike-lined walls.

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* One level in ''{{Castlevania}} IV'' has you running through a gauntlet of rising blocks of doom.

* In ''{{Castlevania}} Chronicles'', the elevator ''isn't'' intangible to the obstacles - each one breaks a piece off, giving you less room to move.

** And the [[EternalEngine Flying Battery Zone]] in ''SonicAndKnuckles'', after Robotnik destroys his ship with his own laser, part of the ship will start moving downwards. You can get crushed by the ceiling if this happens.
** And the [[ShiftingSandLand Sandopolis Zone]] in ''SonicAndKnuckles'', where there are rooms that fill with sand, possibly crushing Sonic against the ceiling.

* ''CaveStory'' features two rather short lifts in the Labyrinth. You have to exploit the game's unique JumpPhysics just to get on the first lift without getting crushed.

* Variation at the beginning of ''HalfLife 2:Episode One''. Alex and Gordon are on an elevator and debris is falling down. The goal isn't to dodge, as the debris will destroyed the elevator, and both will plummet to their deaths, but to grab the objects and throw them away from the elevator.

* Kirby64TheCrystalShards featured this with a room continually filling with sand until the exit at the top was reachable.

** I'm surprised no one has added the final act of chaos angel in [[SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance 3]].

** Also: the Power Plant in ''SonicHeroes''.

** However, you aren't actually [[GuideDangIt told that you're supposed to do this]]. [[{{OODavo}} This troper]] assumed the lift was supposed to be destroyed. Y'know, as a [[RuleOfDrama dramatic event]]. When it reloaded the same section, the troper was mightily confused.
*** This troper thought it was fairly clear, but hated that sequence it anyway - aiming accurately at something directly overhead is a ''lot'' harder than it looks.

* One or two stages from ''SuperMarioBros3'' had this sort of feature, but you didn't die from being caught between the lift and the platform (unless it was spiked). Instead, the ''lift'' died, leaving you to gravity's mercy.

** ''NewSuperMarioBros'' and ''NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' both have this kind of level with a rising elevator, deadly obstacles and platforms, and the addition of giant metal spiked balls rolling around and killing pretty much everything in their path.

* ''SuperMarioWorld'' contained a very unique instance of this trope: A late-game level required you to walk through an oscillating hallway formed by a LiftOfDoom and a corresponding ceiling. If at any point you ran to the wrong place, you would instantly get crushed by the maze-like cave structure this stage took place in.

** Played with and inverted in the original ''Game/SuperMarioBros''. If you go down the wrong pipe in world 5, you will be sent to an underwater section, complete with Sushi of DEATH. One lift goes up and can trap you there as time runs out (or the fish, which [[MookMaker are apparently infinite]], take your hit points). The other one goes ''down'', straight into the abyss. You know why the underwater soundtrack is all violins? Because the programmers pity poor Mario.

* ''Game/MegaMan 3'': In Sparkman's stage, you have to jump between rising platforms over a BottomlessPit and under a SpikesOfDoom-lined ceiling.

Not to be confused with the ''{{MythBusters}}'' "Elevator Of Doom" episode.

* A section of Boomer Kuwanger's stage from ''MegaMan X'' featured a rising elevator with these properties.
** In ''MegaManX 4'', the second area of Split Mushroom's stage includes another instance.

** And ''MegaManX 8'' has the SpaceElevator level that consists entirely of this.
** ''MegaMan 3'': In Sparkman's stage, you have to jump between rising platforms over a BottomlessPit and under a SpikesOfDoom-lined ceiling.
** ''MegaMan 5'': Gyroman's stage, and the 3rd stage of Protoman's fortress.
* ''[[SuperMarioBros Super Mario World]]'' contained a very unique instance of this trope: A late-game level required you to walk through an oscillating hallway formed by a LiftOfDoom and a corresponding ceiling. If at any point you ran to the wrong place, you would instantly get crushed by the maze-like cave structure this stage took place in.
* One or two stages from ''SuperMario Bros. 3'' had this sort of feature, but you didn't die from being caught between the lift and the platform (unless it was spiked). Instead, the ''lift'' died, leaving you to gravity's mercy.
** NewSuperMarioBros and NewSuperMarioBrosWii both have this kind of level with a rising elevator, deadly obstacles and platforms, and the addition of giant metal spiked balls rolling around and killing pretty much everything in their path.
** Played with and inverted in the original ''SuperMarioBros''. If you go down the wrong pipe in world 5, you will be sent to an underwater section, complete with Sushi of DEATH. One lift goes up and can trap you there as time runs out (or the fish, which [[MookMaker are apparently infinite]], take your hit points). The other one goes ''down'', straight into the abyss. You know why the underwater soundtrack is all violins? Because the programmers pity poor Mario.

*** Also: the Power Plant in ''SonicHeroes''.

** ''MegaMan 3'': Sparkman's stage, a ScrappyLevel where you have to jump between rising platforms under a SpikesOfDoom-lined ceiling.

** Another "room" has ''three'' elevators, whose shafts are partially blocked with SpikesOfDoom.