CyberDemon
Baron of Hell You
Cocodemon Cyberdemon again
Doom is one of the greatest games of all
time. The plot, as if we really care, sets you on Mars where you
are fighting off an invasion from Hell. You roam around corridors
and rooms searching for the exits and killing. Above are the
greatest foes you fight till the end of Episode 3. In order of hard
to hardest to kill they are: Cocodemon, Baron of Hell, and
Cyberdemon. The hardest of all is the Spider Mastermind (you'll
know it when you see it).
Bloody
Guard aka Former Human Hello, there.
Ready to die? Baron of Hell
That would be easy if wasn't for the fact that there
are all these demons and zombies trying to eat you. You could run
but wouldn't it feel much better to use a shotgun or a chainsaw to
send them back to Hell? That's what Doom is all about. The
producers haven't even attempted to put any subtlety in the game.
You kill things and they die in horrible fashion. There's blood,
gore and violence in practically unlimited amounts. I guess
Nintendo's bloodless policy has been cast aside for this
one.
The PC and SEGA32X versions are much alike, the SEGA32X is just alittle less detailed than a normal Multimedia PC (DX/33+). There is now a Gameboy Advance version of Doom so it can be played anywhere. It is much like the PC version but when killed creatures leave behind the ammo or other stuff they were carrying and disappear (made less bloody). Some objects and switches are also missing, but all the levels of Episodes 1 through 3 are there and all the rooms and stuff as before. Multiplayer DOOM can be played with the normal link cables.
There is The Ultimate DOOM CDROM from id/GT Software that has four games (Episodes 1 through 4) to be followed by doom2 and it's many levels (Only one big Episode) and the newest addtions FinalDOOM : TNT and Plutonia which also adds Doom95 to make it run under Win95+. The SEGA32X version falls down here, DOOM is one big Episode and misses Episode 4, though they may update it yet. I run it on the PC and have played and liked the SEGA32X version as well. The PC just as alot of advantages to me, modem play, network play, upgrades and other stuff from the net. I put in my ethernet network because of DOOM! I can currently run four player games inhouse. If you want to play modem talk me or drop me email at bcw@phobia.net, as far as I know I'm now setup for TCP/IP one of these days I'll test it. Should work under Windows95 (as does for Quake).
The SNES version will be more expensive than most games, although by the time all the stores have slashed their prices it should cost less than the normal retail price. It incorporates a fast new add on chip that helps to recreate those special graphics that made all the other versions so cool and sleek.
The 3D0 version is ?, well
the 3DO
seems to have come and gone. 3DOis now
one of the software/web only companies. Doom is now out for most
systems (including Linux) and is a good if overlooked game.
Quake & QuakeII have taken over the market, Unreal
is out there too. Like PacMan I still sometimes play
Doom and more often doom2. They aren't true 3D, but they
are fun and don't require a PentiumII to run (A 386 will run Doom).
For more on the older ID Games (doom2...)
check out GT's ID
Games.
NOTE: Sound Blaster AWE card notes. E1M2
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