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Combining the late-90s sci-fi movie trend (seen in ''Film/IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/MenInBlack'') and FPS started by it's namesake, ''[=AmsterDoom=]'' is set in the aftermath of an AlienInvasion occurring in Amsterdam. Various alien forces have taken over most of the city, with five incoming alien ships attempting to land around Schiphol Airport. To contain the invasion, the United Nations installed an impenetrable force-field around the city while dispatching the player, a commando of the Dutch armed forces, to deal with the alien threat.
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Combining the late-90s sci-fi movie trend (seen in ''Film/IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/MenInBlack'') and FPS craze started by it's namesake, ''[=AmsterDoom=]'' is set in the aftermath of an AlienInvasion occurring in Amsterdam. Various alien forces have taken over most of the city, with five incoming alien ships attempting to land around Schiphol Airport. To contain the invasion, the United Nations installed an impenetrable force-field around the city while dispatching the player, a commando of the Dutch armed forces, to deal with the alien threat.
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* LIghterAndSofter: Comapred to it's inspiration, and also every other alien-themed FPS popular at the time (despite the fact that since you're killing aliens, there's no reasons to really hold back on gore or carnage). Then again the whole game's pretty comedic.
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* LIghterAndSofter: Comapred LighterAndSofter: Compared to it's inspiration, and also every other alien-themed FPS popular at the time (despite the fact that since you're killing aliens, there's no reasons to really hold back on gore or carnage). Then again the whole game's pretty comedic.
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* TheGroundIsLava: You have to deal with the Ground is Acid in several stages, and your only way across is walking on planks.
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''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', in Amsterdam.
''[=AmsterDoom=]'' (also known as ''Amsterdam Monster Madness'') is a 2000 sci-fi FirstPersonShooter made by Dutch company Davilex Games.
Combining the late-90s sci-fi movie trend (seen in ''Film/IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/MenInBlack'') and FPS started by it's namesake, ''[=AmsterDoom=]'' is set in the aftermath of an AlienInvasion occurring in Amsterdam. Various alien forces have taken over most of the city, with five incoming alien ships attempting to land around Schiphol Airport. To contain the invasion, the United Nations installed an impenetrable force-field around the city while dispatching the player, a commando of the Dutch armed forces, to deal with the alien threat.
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!! [=AmsterDoom=] contain examples of:
* AcidPool: Bafflingly, there's several in Naar de Perrons (bottom level of the Amsterdam subways) which can drain your life if you fell in, while the real-life Naar de Perrons (obviously) doesn't have any (or so we hope...). The aliens probably placed it there after taking over Amsterdam for no reason other than shits and giggles.
* AliensInCardiff: Why would the point zero of an AlienInvasion be Amsterdam (besides the fact that this game was made by a Dutch studio)?
* BloodlessCarnage: Despite the title, this game is entirely blood-free, unlike ''Doom'''s tendency to overflow onscreen deaths with extreme amounts of gore. Aliens killed just... dies. All of them.
* BookcasePassage: The painting version of the trope shows up in the Het Rijksmuseum, where it turns out Rembrandt's ''[[Art/TheNightWatch De Nachtwacht]]'' has a hidden corridor leading to an alien base behind it.
* CompanyCameo: You can find posters of Davilex Software in the Amsterdam Centraal Metro. Davilex is the game's producer and distributor.
* CrateExpectations: You destroy crates, cardboard boxes, shipping containers, and the like to obtain ammo and health. They're everywhere in the city.
* GunsAkimbo: The Alien Leader in the last stage, who expectedly packs way more firepower than his mooks. A minigun ArmCannon for his left hand and a ShoulderCannon that spams missiles near his right, both which attacks you in tandem.
* LiveActionCutscene: The game's cutscenes are depicted as a live-action newsreel detailing events leading to the invasion.
* MuseumLevel: One of the stages is set in the Het Rijksmuseum, where you're free to destroy the artworks and displays for fun after killing all the aliens. Like blowing up the ''De Melkmeid or Het Melkmeisje'' using a ''rocket launcher''.
* NobodyHereButUsStatues: One of the stages is set in Madame Tussauds Amsterdam, and some of the alien mooks will pose as statues before attacking you as you get close. For some inexplicable reason, the aliens ''[[TooDumbToLive never]]'' [[ImposterForgotOneDetail attempts any human disguises]] - more often than not you can simply shoot away at the poorly-disguised aliens and kill them on the spot.
* OneRiotOneRanger: The United Nations are completely helpless to do anything about the alien threat, and it's up to your lone soldier character to infiltrate Amsterdam and take out all the aliens.
* PunBasedTitle: Amster''doom'', because it's a ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' clone set in Amsterdam.
* RealPlaceBackground: The game's streets, backgrounds and various locations follows faithfully to how Amsterdam in the late 90s would look like. The Kalverstraat and Amsterdam Centraal in particular recreates several shopfronts and alleys, just like the ''real'' Amsterdam.
* RewardingVandalism: Because the entirety of Amsterdam has been evacuated and is devoid of human life, you get no penalties destroying windows, storefronts, flowerpots, payphones, wax statues in Madame Tussauds Amsterdam, and assorted public property. In contrast, destroying stuff yields you goodies and pickups.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Cover art for the foreign version.]]
''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'', in Amsterdam.
''[=AmsterDoom=]'' (also known as ''Amsterdam Monster Madness'') is a 2000 sci-fi FirstPersonShooter made by Dutch company Davilex Games.
Combining the late-90s sci-fi movie trend (seen in ''Film/IndependenceDay'' and ''Film/MenInBlack'') and FPS started by it's namesake, ''[=AmsterDoom=]'' is set in the aftermath of an AlienInvasion occurring in Amsterdam. Various alien forces have taken over most of the city, with five incoming alien ships attempting to land around Schiphol Airport. To contain the invasion, the United Nations installed an impenetrable force-field around the city while dispatching the player, a commando of the Dutch armed forces, to deal with the alien threat.
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!! [=AmsterDoom=] contain examples of:
* AcidPool: Bafflingly, there's several in Naar de Perrons (bottom level of the Amsterdam subways) which can drain your life if you fell in, while the real-life Naar de Perrons (obviously) doesn't have any (or so we hope...). The aliens probably placed it there after taking over Amsterdam for no reason other than shits and giggles.
* AliensInCardiff: Why would the point zero of an AlienInvasion be Amsterdam (besides the fact that this game was made by a Dutch studio)?
* BloodlessCarnage: Despite the title, this game is entirely blood-free, unlike ''Doom'''s tendency to overflow onscreen deaths with extreme amounts of gore. Aliens killed just... dies. All of them.
* BookcasePassage: The painting version of the trope shows up in the Het Rijksmuseum, where it turns out Rembrandt's ''[[Art/TheNightWatch De Nachtwacht]]'' has a hidden corridor leading to an alien base behind it.
* CompanyCameo: You can find posters of Davilex Software in the Amsterdam Centraal Metro. Davilex is the game's producer and distributor.
* CrateExpectations: You destroy crates, cardboard boxes, shipping containers, and the like to obtain ammo and health. They're everywhere in the city.
* GunsAkimbo: The Alien Leader in the last stage, who expectedly packs way more firepower than his mooks. A minigun ArmCannon for his left hand and a ShoulderCannon that spams missiles near his right, both which attacks you in tandem.
* LiveActionCutscene: The game's cutscenes are depicted as a live-action newsreel detailing events leading to the invasion.
* MuseumLevel: One of the stages is set in the Het Rijksmuseum, where you're free to destroy the artworks and displays for fun after killing all the aliens. Like blowing up the ''De Melkmeid or Het Melkmeisje'' using a ''rocket launcher''.
* NobodyHereButUsStatues: One of the stages is set in Madame Tussauds Amsterdam, and some of the alien mooks will pose as statues before attacking you as you get close. For some inexplicable reason, the aliens ''[[TooDumbToLive never]]'' [[ImposterForgotOneDetail attempts any human disguises]] - more often than not you can simply shoot away at the poorly-disguised aliens and kill them on the spot.
* OneRiotOneRanger: The United Nations are completely helpless to do anything about the alien threat, and it's up to your lone soldier character to infiltrate Amsterdam and take out all the aliens.
* PunBasedTitle: Amster''doom'', because it's a ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' clone set in Amsterdam.
* RealPlaceBackground: The game's streets, backgrounds and various locations follows faithfully to how Amsterdam in the late 90s would look like. The Kalverstraat and Amsterdam Centraal in particular recreates several shopfronts and alleys, just like the ''real'' Amsterdam.
* RewardingVandalism: Because the entirety of Amsterdam has been evacuated and is devoid of human life, you get no penalties destroying windows, storefronts, flowerpots, payphones, wax statues in Madame Tussauds Amsterdam, and assorted public property. In contrast, destroying stuff yields you goodies and pickups.
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