Final Doom
Developer(s)	id Software
Publisher(s)	Activision Williams
Engine	Doom engine
Release date(s)	1996
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Mature (M)
Platform(s)	PC, PS, Mac

Final Doom is a first-person shooter computer game that uses the game engine, items and characters from Doom II. It consists of two 32-level megawads (level files), TNT: Evilution by brothers Dario and Milo Casali and TeamTNT, and The Plutonia Experiment by the Casali brothers. Final Doom was released in 1996 and distributed as an official id Software product. In addition to the PC and Macintosh versions, Final Doom was also released for the PlayStation; that version included a selection of Final Doom and Master Levels for Doom II levels combined into one game. Final Doom box cover. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... id Software is a computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Activision, Inc. ... Williams is a long-standing electronic gaming and amusement company based in Chicago, Illinois. ... A game engine is the core software component of a video game. ... Doom Engine is a psychedelic doom metal band based in Oxfordshire. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... Doom, one of the games that defined the first-person shooter genre. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... Putt Putt: Peps Birthday Surprise is rated EC (Early Childhood). ... This article is about computer and video games. ... Diagram of a typical modern PC. A personal computer or PC is usually a microcomputer whose price, size, and capabilities make it suitable for personal usage. ... The PlayStation is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh, or Mac, line of personal computers is designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... Doom, one of the games that defined the first-person shooter genre. ... 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 II: Hell on Earth is a first-person shooter video game created by id Software. ... Contrast: TNT Team, the makers of the Platoon TC for Duke Nukem 3D TeamTNT is a group of mappers that created the TNT: Evilution episode of Final Doom, as well as several free level packs for Doom II, including Icarus, Eternal Doom, and Daedalus. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... id Software is a computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh, or Mac, line of personal computers is designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... The PlayStation is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... The Master Levels for Doom II was released on 26 December 1995 by id Software as an expansion pack for the computer game Doom II. The CD contains twenty WAD files created by various authors under contract. ...

Development

Work on TNT: Evilution was started by TeamTNT, a group of WAD-making hobbyists who were active on the advanced Doom editing mailing list. The project was noted and snapped up by id Software, and finished in November of 1995. Contrast: TNT Team, the makers of the Platoon TC for Duke Nukem 3D TeamTNT is a group of mappers that created the TNT: Evilution episode of Final Doom, as well as several free level packs for Doom II, including Icarus, Eternal Doom, and Daedalus. ... Doom Construction Kit: Mastering and modifying Doom was one of many guide books for creating WADs. ... A mailing list is a collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material to multiple recipients. ... id Software is a computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Brothers Dario and Milo Casali, who had contributed four levels to TNT: Evilution, were assigned the task of creating what became Plutonia after having sent an 8-level WAD they had created to American McGee and managing to impress him along with the rest of the id Software crew. They created 16 levels each for Plutonia in four months time, and submitted them in January 1996. Unlike their contributions to TNT: Evilution, which were edited after submission (four were also rejected due to being too large to run on the computers of the day), these were the final revisions of the levels, and Dario Casali later commented about the fact that no changes were requested, "thank God because I was ready to throw my computer out the window at the time". Final Doom is TeamTNT's only commercial product. 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. ... Doom Construction Kit: Mastering and modifying Doom was one of many guide books for creating WADs. ... American McGee: Selected on November 2002 by PC Gamer as one of the future Game Gods. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Gameplay

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Still, Final Doom provides new design and a different experience.

TNT emphasizes interesting and very complicated level architecture, good use of as many colors as possible, and a sense that the action is really taking place in real buildings. TNT is, as a whole, a showcase of the possibilities of Doom in terms of impressive designs and visual imagery. TNT's landscape is dominated by metal, plastic, glass and minerals.

Plutonia is much different - its level style is dark, clean and austere, with stone and wood dominating the scene. The emphasis is put on difficulty - all levels have been designed for Doom veterans who would be able to survive through endless hordes of monsters and deadly traps. Plutonia is a challenge even on low difficulty settings and has proven to be a true test for experienced players.

Contrary to popular belief, Final Doom is a stand-alone game and does not require Doom II to run.

TNT: Evilution

Story

In TNT: Evilution the UAC once again are intent on developing and experimenting with dimensional gateway technology. They set up a base on Io, one of the moons of Jupiter, with a solid detachment of space marines for protection. The marines do their job well: when the first experimental gateway is opened they annihilate the forces of Hell. Research continues with more confidence and all security measures turned at the gateway. Union Aerospace Corporation Logo in Doom 3 UAC Logo in Doom 2 The Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) is a fictional military-industrial conglomerate, based in id Softwares Doom universe. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure trace Sulfur dioxide 90% Io (eye-oe, IPA: , Greek Ῑώ) is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 70 kPa Hydrogen ~86% Helium ~14% Methane 0. ... Space marines are fictional soldiers that operate in outer space. ... Medieval illustration of Hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180) Hell, according to many religious beliefs, is a place and/or a state of painful suffering. ...

A few months later, the yearly supply ship comes ahead of schedule, and looks strange and unusually big on the radar. The lax radar operators decide that there is nothing to worry about... The personnel of the base go out to behold the terrible truth: it is a spaceship from Hell, built of steel, stone, flesh, bone and corruption. The ship's enormous gates open to unleash a rain of demons on the base. Quickly, the whole base is overrun, and everyone is slain or zombified. St. ...

The main character, the nameless space marine, has been away on a walk at that time and thus escaped death or zombification. After being attacked by an imp, he rushes back to the base where he sees the demonic spaceship still hovering above it and realizes what has happened. Then he swears that he would avenge his slain troops and sets out on battle against evil, as he seeks revenge and the death of as many demons as possible. IMP may be a word: Imp, a fantasy creature. ...

Levels

The Plutonia Experiment

Story

After Hell's catastrophic invasion of Earth, the global governments decide to take measures against any possible future invasion, knowing that the powers of Hell still remained strong. The UAC corporation is refounded under completely new management (the old trustees and stockholders were all dead anyway) and aims at developing tools that would prevent demonic invasions. Medieval illustration of Hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180) Hell, according to many religious beliefs, is a place and/or a state of painful suffering. ... Earth is the third planet in the Solar system. ... Union Aerospace Corporation Logo in Doom 3 UAC Logo in Doom 2 The Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) is a fictional military-industrial conglomerate, based in id Softwares Doom universe. ...

The scientists start working on Quantum Accelerator devices that are intended to close invasion Gates and stop possible invasions. The experiments are carried out in a secret research complex, with a stationed detachment of marines. The work seems to be going well but... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...

The creatures from Outside have their dire attention drawn towards the new research. A Gate opens in the heart of the complex and unnatural horrors pour out. The Quantum Accelerator performs superbly: the Gate is quickly closed and the invasion is stopped. Research continues more boldly.

On the next day, a ring of 7 Gates opens and an even greater invasion begins. For 1 hour the Quantum Accelerators manage to close 6 of the Gates... but the Hellish army has become too numerous and too strong. The complex is overrun. Everyone is slain, or zombified. The last Gate of Hell remains open, manned and guarded by a Gatekeeper - a powerful, enormous and ancient demon that has the power to open Dimensional Gates and control or protect them.

The government, frantic that the Quantum Accelerator will be destroyed or used in some evil alien fashion against humanity, orders all marines to the site at once. The player, the nameless space marine, was close to the site and goes there first. There he discovers that there is much demonic activity (howling, chanting, machine sounds) within the complex - the Gatekeeper is obviously working on something, and his work would soon reach some awful climax. He also realizes that when the marines arrive, they would not be able to penetrate the heavily infested complex, and will all be slain.

The marine decides to enter the complex and stop the Gatekeeper alone.

Levels

References

• Interview with Dario Casali (1998) by Doomworld
• Final Doom at TeamTNT's official website
• Dario Casali's The Plutonia Experiment page
• id Software's official Final Doom page

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External links

• Doom Wad Station
• Final Doom at MobyGames