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Doom
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Original workDoom (1993)
Owned byZeniMax Media
Print publications
Novel(s)List of novels
ComicsDoom (1996)
Films and television
Film(s)List of films
Games
TraditionalDoom: The Boardgame (2004)
Video game(s)List of video games

Doom (stylized as DooM, and later DOOM) is a video game series and media franchise created by John Carmack, John Romero, Adrian Carmack, Kevin Cloud, and Tom Hall.[1] The series focuses on the exploits of an unnamed space marine operating under the auspices of the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC), who fights hordes of demons and the undead.

Doom is considered one of the pioneering first-person shooter games, introducing to IBM-compatible computers features such as 3D graphics, third-dimension spatiality, networked multiplayer gameplay, and support for player-created modifications with the Doom WAD format. Since its debut in 1993, over 10 million copies of games in the Doom series have been sold; the series has spawned numerous sequels, novels, comic books, board games, and film adaptations.

Games[edit]

Main series[edit]

Title Details
Doom

Original release date:
  • NA: December 10, 1993
  • EU: 1993
 Release years by system:
1993 – MS-DOS
1994 – Sega 32X, Atari Jaguar
1995 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation
1996 – 3DO
1997 – Sega Saturn
1998 – Acorn Archimedes
2001 – Game Boy Advance
2006 – Xbox 360 (original Activision release)
2009 – iOS
2012 – Xbox 360 (Bethesda re-release)
2019 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android
Notes:
  • Originally developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive Software.
  • On April 30, 1995, an updated version of the game, The Ultimate Doom, was released; it included a new fourth episode, "Thy Flesh Consumed", in addition to the original three episodes.
  • On May 22, 2019, John Romero released an unofficial 5th episode to commemorate the game's 25th anniversary titled "Sigil."
  • Due to the release of the source code under the GNU General Public License Doom has been unofficially ported to a wide variety of systems ranging from game consoles and operating systems that never saw an official release to unusual devices such as Oscilloscopes and other embedded systems.


Doom II: Hell on Earth

Original release date:
  • WW: October 10, 1994
 Release years by system:
1994 – MS-DOS
1995 – Mac OS
2002 – Game Boy Advance
2010 – Xbox 360 (original Activision release)
2012 – Xbox 360 (Bethesda re-release)
2019 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android
Notes:
  • Originally developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive Software.
  • On December 26, 1995, an expansion pack, Master Levels for Doom II, was released; it included 21 additional levels.
  • On May 26, 2010, an expansion pack, Doom II: No Rest for the Living, was released for the Xbox 360 release of the game, developed by Nerve Software.


Final Doom

Original release date:
  • NA: June 17, 1996
  • EU: 1996
 Release years by system:
1996 – MS-DOS, PlayStation, Mac OS
Notes:
  • Developed by TeamTNT and published originally by id Software.
  • Final Doom is a compilation of two standalone Doom II modifications, TNT: Evilution and The Plutonia Experiment, which include full sets of new levels (both of them use the same level structure as Doom II with 30 regular levels and two secret levels), new graphics and textures, new music (for TNT: Evilution), and new text interlude screens in addition to most of the resources from Doom II and some from Doom.


Doom 64

Original release dates:
  • NA: March 31, 1997
  • PAL: December 2, 1997
 Release years by system:
1997 – Nintendo 64
2020 – Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox One (Bethesda re-release)
Notes:


Doom 3

Original release dates:
  • NA: August 3, 2004
  • EU: August 13, 2004
 Release years by system:
2004 – Microsoft Windows, Linux
2005 – OS X, Xbox
Notes:
  • Originally developed by id Software and published by Activision.
  • The Xbox version contains the full versions of The Ultimate Doom and Doom II, but they are only available in the limited collector's edition.


Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil

Original release dates:
  • NA: April 3, 2005
  • EU: April 8, 2005
 Release years by system:
2005 – Microsoft Windows, Linux, Xbox
Notes:
  • Developed by Nerve Software and published by Activision.
  • Expansion pack for Doom 3, which requires Doom 3 to play on Microsoft Windows.
  • The Xbox version does not require Doom 3 to play and also contains the full versions of The Ultimate Doom, Doom II, and Master Levels for Doom II.


Doom 3: BFG Edition

Original release dates:
  • NA: October 16, 2012
  • AU: October 18, 2012
  • EU: October 19, 2012
 Release years by system:
2012 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2015 – Nvidia Shield
2019 – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Notes:
  • Originally developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks.
  • HD remasters of Doom 3 and its expansion Resurrection of Evil. A new expansion pack is also included in the game titled The Lost Mission.
  • The game also includes the full versions of The Ultimate Doom and Doom II, as well as the No Rest for the Living expansion pack by Nerve Software.


Doom

Original release date:
  • WW: May 13, 2016
 Release years by system:
2016 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2017 – Nintendo Switch
Notes:
  • Developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks.
  • Multiplayer co-developed with Certain Affinity.
  • SnapMap co-developed with Escalation Studios.


Doom Eternal

Original release date:
  • WW: March 20, 2020
 Release years by system:
2020 – Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Stadia
Notes:
  • Developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks.
  • Sequel to the 2016 reboot.


Spin-offs[edit]

Title Details
Doom RPG

Original release date:
  • WW: September 13, 2005
 Release years by system:
2005 – Mobile
Notes:
  • Developed by Fountainhead Entertainment and published by JAMDAT Mobile.


Doom Resurrection

Original release date:
  • WW: June 26, 2009
 Release years by system:
2009 – iOS
Notes:
  • Developed by Escalation Studios and published by id Software.
  • Set in parallel to Doom 3.


Doom II RPG

Original release date:
  • WW: November 23, 2009
 Release years by system:
2009 – Java ME, BlackBerry OS
2010 – Windows Mobile, iOS
Notes:
  • Developed and published by id Software.


Doom VFR

Original release date:
  • WW: December 1, 2017
 Release years by system:
2017 – Windows Mixed Reality, HTC Vive, PS VR
Notes:
  • Developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks.
  • Virtual reality game set during the events of the 2016 reboot of Doom.


Common elements[edit]

The Doom video games consist of first-person shooters in which the player controls an unnamed space marine commonly referred to as Doomguy or Doomslayer by fans. The player has to battle the forces of Hell, consisting of demons and the undead. In the games, the player's character will often go back and forth through hell. Doom II: Hell on Earth follows after the events in Doom, the player once again assumes the role of the unnamed space marine. After returning from Hell, the player finds that Earth has also been invaded by the demons, who have killed billions of people.[2]

Development and history[edit]

Release timeline
Main series in bold
1993Doom
1994Doom II: Hell on Earth
1995Master Levels for Doom II
The Ultimate Doom
1996Final Doom
1997Doom 64
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004Doom 3
2005Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
Doom RPG
2006
2007
2008
2009Doom Resurrection
Doom II RPG
2010Doom II: No Rest for the Living
2011
2012Doom 3: BFG Edition
2013
2014
2015
2016Doom
2017Doom VFR
2018
2019
2020Doom Eternal

The development of the original Doom started in 1992, when John Carmack developed a new game engine, the Doom engine, while the rest of the id Software team finished the Wolfenstein 3D prequel, Spear of Destiny.

Doom II: Hell on Earth was released in 1994, followed by two other official releases based on its version of the Doom engine: Master Levels for Doom II in 1995, and Final Doom in 1996.

Doom 64 was released in 1997, developed by Midway Games and supervised by id Software.[3]

Doom 3 was announced in 2000. A reboot to the original Doom, it uses new graphics technology. Doom 3 was hyped to provide as large a leap in realism and interactivity as the original game and helped renew interest in the franchise when it was released in 2004. Doom 3 had its own expansion pack released in 2005, titled Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil.

After the Doom 4 project development was scrapped in 2013, id Software's Tim Willits said that the next game in the Doom series was still the team's focus, but it has not been confirmed to be titled Doom 4.[4] It was later renamed to simply Doom in 2014. The game became a second reboot of the series, rather than a continuation or origin story of earlier games and was released in 2016.[5]

A sequel to the 2016 reboot, Doom Eternal was released in 2020.

Other media[edit]

Novels[edit]

Main article: Doom (novel series)

A set of four novels based on Doom were written by Dafydd ab Hugh and Brad Linaweaver. The books, listed in order, are titled Knee Deep in the Dead, Hell on Earth, Infernal Sky and Endgame. All were published between June 1995 and January 1996 by Pocket Books. The unnamed Marine is called "Flynn Taggart" or "Fly" in the novels. The first two books feature recognizable locations and situations from the first two games.

In 2008, a new series of Doom novels by Matthew J. Costello, an author who had worked on the story and scripts for Doom 3 and Resurrection of Evil, were published. The series of books aim to novelize the story of Doom 3, with the first installment, Worlds on Fire, published on February 26, 2008.[6] The second book in the series, Maelstrom, was released in March 2009.[7]

Comic book[edit]

A one-shot comic book written by Steve Behling and Michael Stewart with art by Tom Grindberg was released in May 1996 by Marvel Comics as a giveaway for a video game convention.

Tabletop games[edit]

In 2004, a board game designed by Kevin Wilson and published by Fantasy Flight Games titled Doom: The Boardgame was released.[8]

In 2020, Critical Role published a fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons module entitled Doom Eternal: Assault on Amaros Station. The game was written by Christopher Lockey and Matthew Mercer, and received a digital release via the Critical Role store on December 16, 2020.[9][10]

Films[edit]

Doom (2005)[edit]

Main article: Doom (film)

In 2005, Universal Pictures released the first live-action film adaptation, titled Doom, which starred Dwayne Johnson.

Doom: Annihilation (2019)[edit]

Main article: Doom: Annihilation

In 2019, Universal released a second live-action film adaptation direct-to-video, titled Doom: Annihilation.

Reception[edit]

Aggregate review scores
As of January 21, 2021.
Game GameRankings Metacritic
Doom (1993) (PC) 86.67%[11]
(PS1) 84.00%[12]
(iOS) 82.86%[13]
(X360) 80.16%[14]
(32X) 80.00%[15]
(GBA) 79.87%[16]
(JAG) 78.75%[17]
(SNES) 54.05%[18]
(SAT) 47.00%[19] 		(iOS) 84[20]
(X360) 82[21]
(GBA) 81[22]
Doom II: Hell on Earth (PC) 95.00%[23]
(X360) 77.36%[24]
(GBA) 76.64%[25] 		(PC) 83[26]
(X360) 77[27]
(GBA) 77[28]
Final Doom (PS1) 80.71%[29]
(MAC) 60.00%[30]
(PC) 56.00%[31] 		—
Doom 64 (N64) 73.47%[32] (XONE) 77[33]
(PS4) 75[34]
(Switch) 77[35]
Doom 3 (Xbox) 87.63%[36]
(PC) 86.63%[37] 		(Xbox) 88[38]
(PC) 87[39]
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (PC) 79.52%[40]
(Xbox) 78.02%[41] 		(PC) 78[42]
(Xbox) 77[43]
Doom RPG (MOBI) 87.45%[44] —
Doom Resurrection (iOS) 86.43%[45] (iOS) 79[46]
Doom II RPG (MOBI) 80.00%[47]
(iOS) 79.00%[48] 		(iOS) 80[49]
Doom 3: BFG Edition (PS3) 68.00%[50]
(X360) 66.63%[51]
(PC) 51.67%[52] 		(PS3) 67[53]
(X360) 67[54]
(PC) 59[55]
Doom (2016) (XONE) 89.04%[56]
(PS4) 85.82%[57]
(PC) 85.38%[58] 		(XONE) 87[59]
(PS4) 85[60]
(PC) 85[61]
(Switch) 79[62]
Doom Eternal — (XONE) 88[63]
(PS4) 87[64]
(PC) 88[65]
(Switch) 81[66]

In 1996, Next Generation ranked the series as the 19th top game of all time, for how "despite the hundreds of copycat titles, no one has ever been able to equal id's original, pulsing classic."[67] In 1999, Next Generation listed the Doom series as number 25 on their "Top 50 Games of All Time," commenting that, "despite the graphic advances since Doom was released, the pixilated Barons of Hell and Cyber Demons still rank as some of the scariest things that can grace your screen."[68]

The series' unnamed protagonist, a marine, has had a mostly positive reception. In 2009, GameDaily included "the Marine" on its list of "ten game heroes who fail at the simple stuff" for his inability to look up and down in the original series.[69] UGO Networks ranked him fourth on its 2012 list of best silent protagonists in video games, noting his courage to continue in silence even when he faces Hell's army.[70] In 2013, Complex ranked Doomguy at number 16 on its list of the greatest soldiers in video games for being "the original video game space marine" and "one of the classic silent protagonists."[71] Both CraveOnline and VGRC ranked him the fifth most "badass" male character in the video game's history.[72][73]

Sales[edit]

The original Doom sold 2-3 million physical copies[74] and 1.15 million shareware copies[75] from its 1993 release up through 1999. Doom II sold 1.55 million copies of all types in the United States during the same period,[76] with about a quarter of that number also sold in Europe,[77] a total of some 5-6 million sales for the original duology. Doom 3 sold 3.5 million copies along with many copies of the expansion pack Resurrection of Evil from its 2004 release up through 2007, making it the most successful game in the series at that point.[78] The sales of Doom 64 were not disclosed.

The 2016 reboot sold over 2 million copies on the PC alone from its May 2016 release up to July 2017.[79]

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