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Doom (PC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Shooter/First-Person Shooter

ESRB RATING

MATURE, Animated Blood & Gore, Animated Violence

DEVELOPER

id Software, Inc.

PUBLISHER

id Software, Inc.

ALSO AVAILABLE ON

Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis 32X, Mobile, 3DO, Atari Jaguar, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, WebTV Plus, Sega Saturn, Xbox 360, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/doom--collector--s-edition-ibm-pc-compatible, http://www.gamerdna.com/game/doom-game-boy-advance-1

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

demons 105
monsters 75
Zombies 44

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

A lone space marine must battle an onslaught of demonic creatures in id Software's sci-fi follow-up to Wolfenstein 3D. Featuring an enhanced graphics engine that incorporates such details as light sourcing, texture-mapped floors and ceilings, and areas with variable heights, Doom features relentless combat across 27 levels. Use your fists or equip one of seven weapons, from a pistol and shotgun to a chainsaw and rocket launcher, to battle groups of imps, zombies, and other hell spawn. Ride elevators, throw switches, and collect keycards to advance, all while avoiding traps such as crushing ceilings and acid pools. Like Wolfenstein 3D, the action takes place from a first-person perspective, with your character's head displayed along with his health, ammo, and armor on the bottom of the screen. Up to four players can compete over LAN, while two players are supported via modem or serial link. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

Doom (PC)

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FPS, space marine, hell
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Doom (PC) by: ViGotH

“The God-Father of all First Person Shooters. This is for me one of the most classic games I have ever played, and it just doesn't get old. Even today still, DOOM is one of my top favorite FPS games of all time, and every now and then I have...”

created 25/OCT/2011

Old level editors are Hellish. by: TantricNferno

“Seriously I can't figure the damn thing out. ”

created 23/MAY/2011

The DOOM Hierarchy

“One good thing about DOOM is that you always know where you are. At the bottom of the food chain.”

Added by: ahatkills
Date: 08/JUL/2010
Views: 140
Votes: 0

created 08/JUL/2010

Doom (PC) by: ahatkills

“The First game I ever played. It will always be a classic because it's the game that made the FPS genre popular.”

created 23/JUN/2010

Doom (PC) by: RedFalcon

“The first FPS I ever played, and one I still play sometimes. Good times, and a lot of fun.”

created 23/JUN/2010

iliasmach played Doom on 14/JUN/10

“Ergonomic chair Ergonomic chair”

created 14/JUN/2010

dowekeller played Doom on 04/FEB/10

“Just played a few levels here and there.”

created 04/FEB/2010

dowekeller played Doom on 31/JAN/10

“In keeping with my experiment of playing all my FPS games in order, played a level of Doom, besides floor and ceiling textures which are mainly cosmetic, the differing levels of rooms, with stairs...”

created 31/JAN/2010

Linked713 played Doom on 28/NOV/09

“Done with episode one”

created 29/NOV/2009

Linked713 played Doom on 26/NOV/09

“Almost done with episode one. Although this is an old game and on iPhone I still feel weird when playing this game. I think it may be caused by all of the memories of me playing it when I was...”

created 27/NOV/2009

Boxer a boon for Mac MS-DOS gamers by: dowekeller

“If your like me and you have a lot of old MS-DOS games around that you enjoy playing, and you own a Mac, you might want to check out Boxer It allows you to play DOS games with a click of a...”

created 23/NOV/2009

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Is it easier to use then Dosbox? Dosbox can be kinda hard to use if you never used DOS, took me quite a while to figure it out.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Yes, they even have some sample programs already set up, DOS demos and such like Ultima Underworld, Epic Pinball and X-Com. And they give you some pretty detailed instructions on how to set up your own games so they launch just like a Mac App.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Well I've never used Mac, does it launch like Windows?”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I think Mac and Windows launches applications the same way, but Boxer is a Mac OS-X app. There should be something similar on Windows however.”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I really wish that someone would make a version of DOSbox or whatever that is more user friendly.”

Ashbelthor was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“*laughs at MAC users*”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Ashbelthor Lol”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Fallout2Forever, here's the URL to a page that has a bunch of DOSBox front-ends, none seem to do EXACTLY what boxer does, but one might be what your looking for.

http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/DOSBoxFrontends
@Ashbelthor WTF?? ”

Ashbelthor was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@dowekeller I seriously don't understand the use for a Macintosh.
I've been using Win XP for the last 3 years and haven't encountered a single virus.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Lucky you, I've been administering my parents computer for about the same time and have regularly had to deal with viri, worms and other malware not just on their personal directory's, but spread across the whole system. If Microsoft had Microsoft at least warned customers that their security is a joke, and almost anything can gain root privileges and rape the system, I'd at least known to not use it on an internet connected machine. To pile insult onto injury, configuration is obscure, and documentation exists only for shallow problems that only the most computer illiterate users would encounter. I ended up having to wipe the drives and re-install the OS multiple times, not because this was strictly necessary (I don't know if it was or not), but because there was no intermediate to advanced system documentation on the box, anywhere.

At least with OS X, I have the man pages! I also have a real C compiler, Java compiler, perl, and a bourne compatible shell, not to mention GNU-emacs. I didn't have to buy them, I didn't even have to download them from the net, they come with the system.

BTW, I finally convinced my parents to let me install Ubuntu Linux on their system, they love it and there has been no more malware problems in approx. 6 months.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I however have nothing against other people running Microsoft Windows, I just don't have patience for it.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Yeah, I haven't had a virus is what? Over five years?

Yet the MAC ads still bring that up, god I hate those ads.

Anyone notice that the PC guy is a lovable goof, while the Mac guy is a Smug D-bag?”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I'll agree with that whole heartedly, the Mac adds are more off-putting than they should be, but Apple manages to sell boxes, so my complaining isn't going to matter.

I don't have any real Windows experience outside of a work environment, at least not since Windows 95 (A real dog, you couldn't even compile a program and play a game at the same time without it crashing). I know lots of people who have managed to use it for a long time with no failures. I do know that they have no decent documentation for computer literate users. All help files assume you have a PEBKAC error.”

Zedo-P-Mann was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I personally don't like the Mac hardware. You have to use what's in it, and in the case that anything breaks, you have to buy a new unit, instead of replacing the broken part. This also kills off upgrades a little bit. Instead of being able to put a new GPU or RAM in, you Mac users have to, I don't know, plug something into your Mac?

The fact that the Mac software ONLY runs on Mac hardware keeps me away from the Mac OS.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“There already are lots of good Unices for those boxes that are free to download, I like FreeBSD (which the designers of OS X liked to apparently since that's what it's built on). All in one boxes, like the iMac are a compromise you get a compact package without a mess of wires and such (which is what made me purchase my machine), but you do loose upgradability. I am not a big modder, by the time I'm ready to go to a new faster gpu, generally my cpu and motherboard are obsolete too, so I might as well replace the whole box (replacing memory in iMacs is actually quite easy). But if I was interested in hot-rodding my box, I probably would have bought a separate computer and screen. If your interested in upgrading to Unix though, there are several options that are freely downloadable, my favorites are Debian GNU/Linux, and Free BSD.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“How much of the home computer market does MAC have anyway? A few years back, I heard they only had 5-10%.

That's what makes me really hate the ads, if more people had Macs, there would be just as many viruses for it.

What it really comes down to it, I'm a gamer, and Macs are not for gamers.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“They have about 5-10%, which makes them like the largest manufacturer of PCs unless you group all the little no-name box makers, then they dwarf everybody. Computers are a commodity, no one company is going to dominate that market.

As for the viruses thing, yes and no. The fact is that when your talking hardware, all viruses will run on all Intel based PCs, that's to be expected. And someone could write a virus that would infect a PC running OS X. However, there is NO excuse for viri to be able to get root access. That's what I was angry about re Windows, and if OS X had a hole like that, I'd promptly wipe my drive and install FreeBSD.

Macs aren't for gamers simply because, historically speaking gamer's haven't bought Macs. If the demographic shifted, then more games would be ported to the Mac. I am also a gamer, but if you looked at the amount of time I spent gaming compared to the amount of time I spend doing other computer related tasks, gaming ends up being at best a large minority of my computing time. I'm not going to put up with sub-optimal crap for the majority of my day, for a slightly larger collection of games.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“As it stands now, I probably spend too much of my time gaming.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Aren't MAC much more expensive? What do you mean by Sub-optimal?”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Mac's are a bit more expensive compared to equivalent machines from other name brand manufacturers, but I'm not talking price or even hardware, but software. I find Windows to be inferior to every other PC OS. I don't want to have to build my own box, and a lot of PCs have (or at least at the time when I bought my Mac, had) peripherals that have no guts in them, the driver does all the work. The manufacturers only write drivers for Windows. So if I wanted a non-Mac machine, I would have had to carefully pick and choose only those peripherals that had drivers for BSD or Linux. The resulting box would cost the same or slightly more than the iMac, and it came with Unix and had a convenient form-factor for my small home as well. So for me it was a win-win situation.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Have you used Windows 7? It kicks ass.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“No, It may be great, that's super if it is. Microsoft could have won me over when I had a Windows 95 machine, I found that OS to be so unstable as to be useless. I started playing with a small Minix in a box app at about that time, found I really liked Unix's structure, and the fact that it did for programmers what Mac OS and Windows supposably did for users, made everything easier. A little while later, I stumbled onto Linux and rather quickly chose to wipe my drive and install Debian over the internet (using a 28.8 mbps modem no less). I loved Linux and used it for a couple years when I got a new box and shopped around and found the FreeBSD was more of a fit for me. Sometime after that, I experimented with a friends computer running XP and my initial opinion was that MS had pulled their collective head out of their ass and built a decent OS. I didn't switch, because I was comfortable with what I had.

The only real experience I've had with windows outside of that was at work (where if the stupid box crashed it was somebody else's problem), and with my parent's box of horrors.

I would never have bought and Apple iMac if it weren't for some bad experiences trying to find FreeBSD/Linux drivers for a laptop I owned previously. I was tired of working around other peoples stupidity.

I think the computer market is big enough for everyone to have a piece of the pie, in fact I look forward to more OSes and architectures, as the market becomes less of a monoculture, viruses will die out (because there won't be one big fat stupid target), and software developers will be pushed to write portable code that will recompile and run on a range of machines.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I think I may have used Windows 95 some when I was in grade school, and yeah, it was a piece of shit, haha.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Windows started as a graphical shell that ran on top of MS-DOS (in fact you can run Windows up to 3.11 inside DOSbox (I've done it)). When they made Windows 95, they added multi-tasking, but rather than rewrite an OS with full protected memory and preemptive multitasking, they stayed with the old Windows over MS-DOS code, and wrote a botch of a task switcher into it. They managed to sell this same box of $#!% all the way up to Windows ME. Everything after that is based off of Windows NT, and although they both are called Windows, NT has no connection to Win95/98/ME. It is in-fact a near clone of DEC's old VMS operating system. As for Win 7, I don't know, but If I had to guess I'd say it's a new version of the NT code-base, like its predecessors.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“No clue, you seem to know much more about how computers work then I do, I know how to put them together, but not really what makes them tick.”

Zedo-P-Mann was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minwin”

Zedo-P-Mann was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“That is the Windows Vista/7 Kernel.

Here is the architecture of Windows NT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_kernel”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Most gamers are hardware literate because of their need for higher frame-rates. I've been into programming since the early 1980's, and have gotten into IBM PCs relatively late, being mostly a Commodore Geek. I know a lot of computer history, partly because I'm old enough to have witnessed it, but also because I am both a computer geek and a history buff.”

Quarex was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Can we get back to talking about DOS games?!?

I tried to rally support on DOSGamers.com for people actually buying old DOS-based laptops/desktops for incredibly low prices rather than using emulation software, but oddly, the whole "free and incredibly easy in comparison" aspect of DOSBox and Boxer seems to be more appealing. Go figure.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Zedo-P-Mann, sounds like this Minwin is supposed to be a micro-kernel running NT on top of it. Micro-kernels are supposed to be better than monolithic, kernels, but I've not seen a difference from the user or programmer prospective, I've run systems with monolithic kernels, such as Linux and traditional FreeBSD, and I've run micro-kernels like OS X (which is based on Mach IIRC). Computer scientists like micro-kernels, but one of the big reasons the FSF had trouble completing the GNU system was that their fancy micro-kernel HURD was so hard to debug.”

dowekeller was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Quarex, emulation wins IMNSHO, unless the original hardware was just so unique. Nothing will replace the feel of an old Atari VCS console, and the tiny 9-inch screen, long travel keyboard and boxy mouse of the original Macintosh cannot be replicated in software (yet), but most old MS-DOS machines were indistinguishable from modern systems except for their innards, so emulation is a definite win. Except the keyboards, IBM won my heart with the original PC keyboard!”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Quarex Anyone here ever play the original Lands Of Lore: The Throne of Chaos? I think it still has one of the most unique battle systems I've ever seen in a game. Plus, the first party member to permanently join you was beyond awesomesauce, with 4 arms, letting him carry 2 weapons and 2 shields!

Too bad the sequels were massively dumbed down, and turned into action rpgs.”

Quarex was the last to comment - over 3 years ago... show previous hide previous

“DoweKeller: I see your point about emulation in this regard; there really was basically no difference between the DOS computers of yesteryear and the Windows computers of today, at least none that nostalgia has much to work with ... other than those keyboards. And, of course, true to form, I still only use those PS/2 keyboards, even going so far as to continue installing keyboard serial port cards in my new systems just to make sure I have no trouble with getting them to work.

Fallout2Forever: I picked up one of the two aforementioned dumbed-down sequels this summer at an auction for $3, but I still have never played the original. I did hear that it was the best of the series.”

Linked713 played Doom on 19/NOV/09

“up to level 6 in the first campaign. it keeps reminding me how scared I was when I first played it and then I feel unconfortable xD”

created 20/NOV/2009

Linked713 played Doom on 18/NOV/09

“Had some fun with it. Beaten the level 2 and onward to level 3 =)”

created 19/NOV/2009

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I was never a fan of the original Doom. Really love Doom 3. It's one of the few FPS's I enjoy.”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I love it. Doom3 was okay, I understand the whole darkish theme but it was a huge let down for me.. Not that I was scared but when I play the game i'd like to see some things too..”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Linked713 I think all the darkness was one of the things that made the game so great. The main selling point for the game however is that enemies quite literally appear out of nowhere.

You're never safe, not for a second!”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I think F.E.A.R was better in term of "no save spot" and... between you and I.... WTF do they put in their flashlight to last THAT long?”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Linked713 Still have yet to play F.E.A.R.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Linked713 What? There's tons and tons of safe spots in Fear.”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@EarthboundX Same thing with Doom 3, but you never know where it is.”

EarthboundX was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Fallout2Forever Well enemies don't just pop up behind you in Fear, you generally always know where they are.”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@EarthboundX as for doom, depends on which difficulty you play.”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Does anyone PvP in Doom anymore?”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@LordXenophon omg that was a long time ago”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@LordXenophon I do have doom with multiplayer on my PC if you want to play”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Unfortunately, I do not have it installed and can't find my disc. It may be in my storage locker. If I can find it and get it reinstalled, I will send you a challenge.”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I have it I can upload it and give you a link?”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I'm not interested in an illegal copy.”

Clone1138 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@LordXenophon If you own a copy it won't be illegal. Just convenient. ”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@Clone1138 that and good luck in finding doom1 in store?”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I'm sure I still have it. I just need to find it.”

Fallout2Forever was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@LordXenophon good luck!”

LordXenophon was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“*starts rummaging in boxes*”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“@LordXenophon haha have fun, whish I had my old snes... ”

KrazyKain was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“do you play vanilla doom using one of the ports? i play using the skulltag port :)”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“Actually, I do play the iPhone version made by ID Software itself.”

KrazyKain was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“aah, if i had an iphone i'd have got that for sure :D i heard its got online play too, how easy is it to get into a game?”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“mmh never succeed to get into an online game. So far I can say I am pretty sure it uses wifi for LAN plays and not ONLINE as it is faster than Bluetooth. As far as I know the multiplayer option is grayed out until your phone/pod is connected to an hotspot.”

KrazyKain was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“hmm fair enough.. well like i said if i ever get an iphone, this'd be one of the first apps hehe”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“yeah it is awesome. That and wolfeinstein 3D Platinium, Wolfenstein RPG and Doom Resurection (a Resident evil chronicles like, but in the doom universe)

They are also planning Doom RPG, cant wait.”

KrazyKain was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“I really want doom rpg to go to ds, orcs and elves did, and its on the same engine. if not... i might just have to get that iphone ”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“All the games I've mentioned are going to be on iPhone/Pod only.
They like to port classics on that device and with reasons.”

KrazyKain was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“well.. those particular ports are... doom's been ported to anything and everything, it'll be on our toasters next :P

”

Linked713 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago...

“well playing doom while waiting for my breakfast would be awesome.”

KrazyKain was the last to comment - over 3 years ago... show previous hide previous

“I have a homebrew port for the DS for that :P”

The history of my gamer DNA by: SnowWolf75

“Since I started gaming in the early 1980's, my first games aren't available, but I found a select few that were... and by playing with and exploring them made the gamer in me blossom at an early...”

created 09/OCT/2009

SnowWolf75 was the last to comment - over 3 years ago... show previous hide previous

“After a bit of research, it turns out you are correct. Still, Doom is a little more memorable/influential to me than Wolfenstein.”

My top 5 most influential games by: Drinara

“Here are my 5 most influential games in no particular order. As you can see most of them are pretty old games I played early in my gaming career. I chose them since I think these are the games that...”

created 08/OCT/2009