Doom (1993) (VG)

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Release Date:

18 December 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A tough space marine (Imprisoned for disobeying orders and assaulting his commanding officer) along...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Phobos | Deimos | Pistol | Hell

Also Known As:

Ultimate Doom (USA) (new title)

Country:

USA

Language:

None

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:18 | South Korea:15 | USA:M | USA:T (Game Boy Advance version) | UK:15

Company:

id Software

Trivia:

The Sega 32X version contains only seventeen maps, taken from the "Knee Deep in the Dead" and "The Shores of Hell" episodes. No maps from the third episode, "Inferno", have been included. (Maps present on the 32X port: E1M1-E1M8 and E2M1-E2M7, as well as the two secret levels E1M9 and E2M9).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the game, enemies can hear fired shots, which attracts their attention. But there's a bug in the game so that enemies can hear any attack, including your character's (silent) punches. Also, the enemies cannot hear the idling chainsaw, but once you attack with it they will be alerted.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Naqoyqatsi (2002)

The Legend

Doom is the legend, the game that started the computer gaming genre. The game that made a generation. Doom single-handedly made the computer the most powerful gaming system on the planet. Doom not only set the standards for graphics and fps, it set the standards for Computer Games everywhere.

Although the game is old and cheesy now, upon its original arrival it was horrifying and well built. Doom 3 will be the next game to define a generation... of what... I don't know.