DOOM
1990s Era Game
Class of 2019 Inductee
DOOM is a 1993 first-person shooter game developed and published by id Software for MS-DOS. It is the first installment in the Doom franchise. The player assumes the role of a space marine, later unofficially referred to as Doomguy, fighting through hordes of undead humans and invading demons. The game begins on the moons of Mars and finishes in hell, with the player traversing each level to find its exit or defeat its final boss. It is an early example of 3D graphics in video games, and has enemies and objects as 2D images, a technique sometimes referred to as 2.5D graphics.
Id published Doom as a set of three episodes under the shareware model, marketing the full game by releasing the first episode free. A retail version with an additional episode was published in 1995 by GT Interactive as The Ultimate Doom.
Doom was a critical and commercial success, earning a reputation as one of the best and most influential video games of all time.
It sold an estimated 3.5 million copies by 1999, and up to 20 million people are estimated to have played it within two years of launch.
It has been termed the “father” of first-person shooters and is regarded as one of the most important games in the genre.
It has been cited by video game historians as shifting the direction and public perception of the medium as a whole, as well as sparking the rise of online games and communities.
It led to an array of imitators and clones, as well as a robust modding scene and the birth of speedrunning as a community.
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Primary Credits:
Publisher: id Software
Designers: John Romero, Tom Hall, Sandy Petersen
Programmers: John Carmack, John Romero, Dave Taylor
Artists: Adrian Carmack, Kevin Cloud
Composer: Bobby Prince
John Romero: IVGHOF 2019 “1990’s Era Game” – DOOM Induction Speech:
