Doom spin-offs and homages

The popularity of the first-person shooter computer game "Doom" has resulted in a large number of spin-offs and homages.

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A set of four novels based on "Doom" were written with permission of id Software 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. Some in the Doom community started calling the unnamed marine in the games "Flynn Taggart", after the main character of the novels, at least for a time. The first two books featured recognizable locations and situations from the first two games.

Additionally, a comic book was issued in May 1996, produced by Tom Grindberg of Marvel Comics as a giveaway for a video game convention, and original art from that project was put up for auction on eBay in April of 2004. It was criticized for ridiculous dialogue and a poor story, as well as erroneous representations of some weapons from the game. In September of 2005, a member of the Doom community released an unofficial "dramatic rendition" of the lines from the comic, with music and sound effects, for comedic effect. Notable lines include "Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!", "Sweet Christmas! Big-mouthed floating thingies! It's always something!", and (pictured below) the infamous "Rip and tear your guts! You are huge! That means you have huge guts!".

On January 31 of 2005, a board game resembling the classic Space Hulk was released, entitled "". [http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/doomproducts.html]

There is also a movie based on "Doom".

Strategy guides released in printed editions include:
* Robert Waring: "Doom: Totally Unauthorized Tips & Secrets", Brady Publishing
* Jonathan Mao Mendoza: "The Official Doom Survival Guide", ISBN 0-7821-1546-2
* Rick Barba: "Doom Battlebook: Secrets of the Games series", Prima Publishing, ISBN 1-55958-651-6

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In games

*In "Jazz Jackrabbit 2", in the episode-selection screen, the player is allowed to try the shareware demo of the game. The episode screen is a parody of the "Doom II" box-art and even the text "Shareware Demo" is written using the "Doom" font. This is ironic since the game was released by Epic, the creator of "Unreal" and the biggest competitor of id's "Quake" franchise.

*"Duke Nukem 3D" contains a reference to "Doom": a slaughtered "Doom Guy" that causes Duke to say "Hmmmm, that's one Doomed space marine".

*"Quake 3" features the Doomguy as a playable character - he is referred to simply as "Doom". The same model, with a different skin, is used for the character "Phobos".

*The PC release of "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3" features the Doomguy as a secret skater.

*Numerous unofficial maps have been made by players of newer games that recreate maps from "Doom" and "Doom II".

*The PC game "Muppets Inside" features a "Doom" parody starring the Swedish Chef taking on giant killer vegetables with various kitchenware.

*In the Simpsons game "Virtual Springfield" there is a minigame with a parody of "Doom" in which Apu fights off squishee-throwing bullies in his shop with a broom, shotgun and a weapon similar the BFG, causing them to explode in a bloody mess (but, for some reason, ending the game and supposedly killing the in-game Apu).

In fiction

*"Doom", as well as "Labyrinth of Death" (Лабиринт Смерти), a fictional virtual reality multiplayer game inspired by "Doom" ideas and images, is extensively featured in the "Labyrinth of Reflections" trilogy by Russian author Sergey Lukyanenko.

*In a Simpsons Comic, the nerds from Springfield University become rich after a computer game resembling "Doom" (but with Homer as the marine) is accidentally uploaded onto the Internet by Bart. The nerds reveal that the game was unfinished, and that they were going to add fantasy creatures, character progression and a plot.

In television

*"Friends:" In an early episode, Chandler suggests playing Doom while using his laptop help Ross decide between Julie or Rachel.

*"The Simpsons:" In an episode, Homer is in a career consultant's office and the consultant is playing "Doom".

*The game was shown briefly during an episode of Family Guy (Season 4B, Episode 4, "PTV"). The opening credits for this show were done in the style of Police Squad!, with Stewie Griffin driving his with Big Wheel through various pop culture references. During this sequence, Stewie drives through the fifth level of "Doom" and rams an Imp, killing it.

*"Mystery Science Theatre 3000:" Mike explains that in his job all he did was play Doom. In a commercial for the episode "The Starfighters", Crow and Mike are playing Doom as Tom Servo introduces the next episode.

*Various movies & TV shows (mostly ones produced in the early 90's) use sound effects that were used in Doom. This is because some of Doom's sounds were acquired from a public commercial sound library.

*"ER:" In episode 7 of season 2, some characters are shown playing and discussing the second level of Doom 2. You can hear them mention the "red key," "rocket launcher," and the "BFG 9000."

In movies

*"Naqoyqatsi:" One hour and eleven minutes into the film, a video clip from the game is shown.
*"Wild Hogs:" When the police officer is describing how he acquired his badge over the internet, he says "for firearms training, they just told us to play Doom". After the large battle at the end of the film, he also says "wow, that was like, level twelve of Doom".
*"Grosse Point Blank:" A fictional Doom 2 arcade machine is featured in the film.
*"Congo:" A screensaver of Doom can be seen playing on a computer at the very beginning.

In music

* The Classic Doom Mod for Doom 3 [http://cdoom.d3files.com/] includes a remake of the soundtrack of the first episode of Doom 1. [http://files.filefront.com/Classic+DOOM+3+Original+Mod+Soundtrack/;4526906;/fileinfo.html] The remake, made by Sonic Clang and Thumpmonk, features live guitars and drums combined with synthesis.

*"The Dark Side of Phobos" is a collection of arrangements from the game's soundtrack.

*The Smashing Pumpkins credit id Software for the "Doom" rocket launcher sound effect which is used as a sample on the song "Where Boys Fear to Tread" off the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. This sound effect points to the relationship between "Doom" and The Smashing Pumpkins in the SPISPOPD joke.

*Finnish grindcore band Rotten Sound's album "Murderworks" has a song called "Doom", in which on the beginning it's possible to hear some Doom sound effects, like monsters yelling and weapons shooting.

* The song "Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen?" (English: "Do you want to see the bed in flames?") by Rammstein samples the Doomguy's dying scream and shotgun reloading sounds.

* Lemon Demon's song "Bad idea" features death sounds of zombies and demons in the song. Additionally, teleporting, rocket flying and super shotgun sounds are used.

* Hip-hop artist MF Doom under alias Metal Fingers sampled sound effects from Doom 64 gameplay on the song "Styrax Gum" off the album Special Herbs, Vol. 4. The song ends with the player's death.

External links

* [http://www.doomworld.com/10years/doomcomic/ Foreword with link to the full version of the "Doom" comic book]
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* [http://www.doomworld.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33865 The Doom Comic - A Dramatic Rendition] Forum thread with a link to a download of the "Dramatic rendition".