The computer game Doom consists of 36 levels in four nine-level episodes: Knee-Deep in the Dead, The Shores of Hell, Inferno and Thy Flesh Consumed (Thy Flesh Consumed was added in the upgrade Ultimate Doom). Levels 1-7 in each episode are regular levels, while number 8 is a boss battle; the ninth is a secret level that can be accessed from within the first seven. The levels are referred to as ExMx (episode x, mission x), but also have individual titles. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Doom (or DOOM) is a 1993 computer game by id Software that is among the landmark titles in the first-person shooter genre. ... In computer and video games, a level (sometimes called a stage, course, episode, round, world, map, wave, board, phase, or landscape) is a separate area in a games virtual world, in modern games typically representing a specific location such as a building or a city. ... Flag Ship from the video game Gorf In video games, a boss (sometimes called a guardian) is a particularly large or difficult computer-controlled character that must be defeated at the end of a segment of a game, whether it be for a level, an episode, or the very end...

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Knee-Deep in the Dead

Trivia

These images show how the level designs evolved. The controversial swastika room is the second large room from the left at the top of the 1.0 version of the map. In version 1.4 its shape has changed.

The version of E1M4 in Doom 1.0 contained a structure that formed a swastika (visible in the upper-left center of the 1.0 map to the right), inserted as homage to Wolfenstein 3D (which was set in a Nazi base and had several swastika-shaped levels). The symbol was changed to a shape that only loosely resembles a swastika for version 1.4: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (947x757, 19 KB)This image shows how Dooms E1M4 level evolved between the early alpha versions of the game and the final release. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (947x757, 19 KB)This image shows how Dooms E1M4 level evolved between the early alpha versions of the game and the final release. ... A right-facing Swastika in decorative Hindu form For the town in Ontario, see Swastika, Ontario. ... Wolfenstein 3D (commonly abbreviated to Wolf 3D) is the computer game that started the first person shooter genre on the PC. It was created by id Software and published by Apogee Software on May 5, 1992. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ...

"Yes, [in Commander Keen 5] there is a swastika in one of the levels, one of my levels to be exact, but I removed it shortly after the game was released because people were upset that an evil symbol was in a cute kid's game (the changed version is in the screenshot). It was a premonition of things to come, namely, Wolfenstein 3D. I also put a swastika in Doom's E1M4 as a Wolf3D reference, but I changed it later for the exact same reason."

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One of the levels in the original three episodes that was changed for The Ultimate Doom is E1M1. The change consists of the addition of a hidden switch near the start of the level that opens a door to the courtyard. The revised E1M1 contains exactly 666 sidedefs. The other changed level in The Ultimate Doom is E1M8. The change consists of a hidden switch behind a wall in the right chamber of where the Barons of Hell come out. This switch allows you to return to earlier sections to get more ammo. 666 is the Number of the Beast in most versions of the Christian Bible, in the Book of Revelation. ... Doom Engine is a psychedelic doom metal band based in Oxfordshire. ...

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The Shores of Hell

Trivia

In E2M9, after 26 seconds playtime the song sounds almost exactly as Pantera's song "Mouth for War" from their album Vulgar Display of Power which was released in 1992. Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Dallas, Texas that formed in 1982. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...

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Inferno

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Thy Flesh Consumed

Trivia

• E4M1 contains a representation of the Nine Inch Nails logo.
• All the level names, and the episode title, are phrases taken directly from the Bible. The list was compiled by Kevin Cloud, and John Romero assigned names to the individual levels.
• E4M2 is the level of all those John Romero contributed to DOOM and DOOM II that took him the shortest time to finish; he started working on it at midnight and was done 6 AM.

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References

• Level credits: "Doom Credits" (last updated 7 January, 1998, retrieved 27 October, 2004) by John Romero, available as part of the archived copy of Lee Killough's Doom pages on Romero's website. This list is slightly different from the "Who designed which levels?" FAQ (last updated 22 August, 1997, retrieved 27 October, 2004) by Frans P. de Vries, maintainer of the rec.games.computer.doom newsgroup FAQ, based on a list from Sandy Petersen. The main difference is that Romero's list acknowledges Tom Hall as co-author of several maps.
• Trivia: 1998 interview with John Romero by Doomworld
• Doom I/II music from Doomworld