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DOOM

DOOM is a first-person shooter computer game released by id Software on December 10 1993. It featured huge advances in gameplay and graphics compared to its predecessors, one of which was Wolfenstein 3D. At the time, it was a quantum leap for video-game technology. DOOM was a controversial video-game in its time, due to its high levels of violence, gore and spattering of satanic imagery. Its popularity involved the development of a broad community of competition and modification with editor tools.

Table of contents

1 Overview
2 Sequels

2.1 Engine changes
2.2 Early history
2.3 Source Ports

3 Competitors
DOOM as a movie">4 DOOM as a movie
5 External links

5.4 DOOM
5.5 DOOM II
5.6 Final DOOM
5.7 DOOM�
5.8 Fun stuff
5.9 Levels / Add-ons
5.10 Ports

Overview

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DOOM consisted of three episodes with nine levels each; eight of these levels needed to be completed to finish an episode, while the ninth one was a secret level that could be accessed from within the first seven. The first episode, "Knee-Deep in the Dead", was released as shareware, while the second and third ("Shores of Hell" and "Inferno") were only available in the registered (commercial) version.

The game was released (with varying degrees of modification) for many systems and consoles, which included the following: MS-DOS, MS Windows, QNX, Irix, NEXTSTEP, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Super NES, Sega 32X, Sony PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Inform and 3DO. An arcade version using a "virtual reality headset" (an LCD screen an inch from the player's face) also existed.

Sequels

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A sequel to DOOM, titled DOOM II: Hell on Earth, was released on October 10 1994. DOOM II consisted of thirty regular levels, plus two "secret" levels, which nearly duplicated episode 1 level 1 and episode 1 level 9 of Wolfenstein 3D; the engine and gameplay were the same as DOOM, with some additional weapons and monsters added. The two secret levels were missing from the version marketed in Germany because they depicted Nazi symbols, illegal under German law (see the article on Wolfenstein 3D for more information).

Due to its heavy graphic violence, DOOM II, like the original DOOM, received an ESRB rating of "M", with the exception of the Game Boy Advance port, which was rated "T". The game also marked id's departure from the shareware marketing strategy, releasing this game through Activision.

In 1995, a new version of DOOM was published; titled The Ultimate DOOM, this release included the three original episodes as well as a new, fourth one, named "Thy Flesh Consumed". Another year later, in 1996, two new 32-level episodes for DOOM II were released: "The Plutonia Experiment" and "TNT: Evilution", collectively known as Final DOOM, both developed for id Software by TeamTNT. None of these were available as shareware; like DOOM II, they were only sold as commercial versions.

DOOM³ is scheduled to be released in 2004 ("when it's done"); set in 2145 in a Union Aerospace Corporation research center on Mars, is a complete retelling of the original DOOM, with a completely new graphics and game engine. DOOM� currently is available for pre-ordering; an official website with a trailer has been launched at http://www.doom3.com.

However, despite being technologically obsoleted by later games, classic DOOM retains a loyal following up to the present day, and along with Wolfenstein 3D is credited with making the first-person shooter a computer game genre in its own right.

Engine changes

The DOOM engine continued to be developed even after the initial release of the game; there were a total of 11 versions, from the original 1.0 that was released on December 10 1993 to the final 1.9 release. Version 1.1 of the engine, released only 6 days later, on December 16, mostly included fixes for bugs and compatibility problems (although it also introduced new ones); it also featured the ability to run DOOM on three computers at once in single player mode, adding left and right screens for the player, but this feature was removed again in later versions.

Version 1.2 followed two months later on February 17 1994, adding support for modem play, better network play and the Nightmare! difficulty to the game.Versions 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 were beta releases made available only on the Internet, leading to the release of 1.666 in September 1994, which, among other things, further improved modem and serial play and also introduced a refined Deathmatch version, dubbed "Deathmatch 2.0".