Line #10 Franchise/Doom


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doom_eternal_logo_8.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350: Ripping and Tearing through [[StealthPun Hell]] and back since 1993.]]
3	->''"Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until ''Doom'', no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon..."''
4	-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett'''
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6	''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' started off as a first person shooter created by Creator/IdSoftware in 1993 as a followup to their earlier shooter ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D''. The premise was relatively simple: the Union Aerospace Corporation, a giant MegaCorp, has been conducting experiments on interdimensional teleportation between a nuclear waste facility on Phobos, a moon of Mars, and another base on Deimos, Mars's other moon when something goes horribly wrong, leading Deimos to entirely disappear and the teleporter to open a portal to Hell. As in actual, demon-infested Hell. The player takes the role of "Doomguy", the last survivor of a squad of marines sent to clean up the mess.
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8	It became a huge hit, codifying the FirstPersonShooter genre and setting in motion a expansive franchise. It got a sequel the next year and another in 1997, followed by several alternate ports and variations of the first two. A fourth game rebooted the series to take a more traditional horror tone (and take place on Mars itself), while a fifth game quasi-un-rebooted it (setting the first three games as canon in BroadStrokes), and a sixth game taking a step further and flat-out CanonWelding everything together.
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10	Adaptations in other media include a over-the-top comic book, a set of novels based on first game that diverged somewhat from the (admittedly limited) canon, another pair of novels based on the third game, a 2005 film starring [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] and Creator/KarlUrban, a virtual pinball table and even a board game.
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12	!!List of ''Doom'' media
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14	[[AC:Main Series Games]]
15	[[index]]
16	* ''{{VideoGame/Doom}}'' (1993) %%Since the main page is still where it is, direct there until new pages are created/reordered.
17	** ''The Ultimate Doom'' (1995, a special edition retail re-release that adds a fourth episode, "Thy Flesh Consumed")
18	* ''[[VideoGame/DoomII Doom II: Hell on Earth]]'' (1994)
19	** ''Master Levels for Doom II'' (1995 expansion, collection of ''Doom II'' maps by various creators contracted by id)
20	** ''No Rest for the Living'' (2010, a bonus episode for ''Doom II'' previously exclusive to the Xbox 360 port prior its inclusion in ''Doom 3: BFG Edition'')
21	* ''VideoGame/FinalDoom'' (1996, expansion pack that roughly continues ''Doom''[='s=] story with 2 megawads: The New Technology (TNT): Evilution and The Plutonia Experiment)
22	* ''VideoGame/Doom64'' (1997, sequel to ''I'' and ''II''. Nintendo 64 exclusive until 2020 when it was ported to the Nintendo Switch, [=PS4=], Xbox One and PC. Also has fan port to original PC Doom engine.)
23	* ''VideoGame/{{Doom 3}}'' (2004, ContinuityReboot)
24	** ''Resurrection of Evil'' (2005, an expansion pack sequel to ''Doom 3''[='=]s story)
25	** ''Doom 3: BFG Edition'' (2012, a remastered version of ''Doom 3''. Includes ''The Ultimate Doom'', ''Doom II'', ''Resurrection of Evil'', and an extra mini-campaign called ''The Lost Mission'', a midquel comprised of previously-cut content)
26	* ''VideoGame/{{Doom\|2016}}'' (2016, another Continuity Reboot / StealthSequel to ''Doom I'', ''II'' and ''64'')
27	* ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' (2020, direct sequel to ''Doom (2016)'')
28	** ''Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods'' (2020-2021, expansion pack sequel to ''Doom Eternal'' released as two DLC episodes)
29	[[/index]]
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31	[[AC:Other Games]]
32	* ''Maximum Doom'' (1995, bonus content for the ''Master Levels of Doom II'' which contains over 3,000 amateur custom .wads for ''Doom'', ''Doom II'' and ''VideoGame/{{Heretic}}'')
33	* ''Doom RPG'' (2005, turn-based MascotRPG for mobile phones utilizing ''Doom''/''Doom II'' art design and ''Doom 3'' story elements; official website states it's supposed to be compatible with both continuities)
34	* ''Doom II RPG'' (2009, also a sequel to ''Wolfenstein RPG'' and uses the same engine)
35	* ''Doom Resurrection'' (2009, UsefulNotes/{{iOS\|Games}} rail shooter taking place during ''Doom 3'')
36	* ''Doom Classic Complete'' (2012, a compilation of the original ''Doom'' games and their expansions for [=PlayStation=] 3 and Steam)
37	* ''VideoGame/DoomZenStudios'', a [[DigitalPinballTable virtual]] [[PinballSpinoff pinball adaptation]] of the 2016 game, available as part of Creator/ZenStudios' ''Bethesda Pinball'' pack for ''VideoGame/ZenPinball''
38	* ''Doom: VFR'' (2017, a VR spin-off of the 2016 ''Doom'' for Platform/HTCVive and [=PlayStation=] VR)
39	* ''Mighty Doom'' (2023, a [[TopDownView top-down shooter]] for iOS and Android loosely based on ''Doom'' (2016) and ''Eternal'')
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41	[[AC:ComicBooks]]
42	[[index]]
43	* ''ComicBook/{{Doom}}'' (1996)
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45	[[AC:Film]]
46	* ''Film/{{Doom}}'' (2005)
47	* ''Film/DoomAnnihilation'' (2019)
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49	[[AC: Literature]]
50	* Literature/{{Doom}} (1995)
51	** ''Knee-Deep in the Dead''
52	** ''Hell on Earth''
53	** ''Infernal Sky''
54	** ''Endgame''
55	* Two unofficial novels written by Hungarian author András Gáspár (1995)
56	** ''A pokol kapui''[[labelnote:Translation]]''The Gates of Hell''[[/labelnote]]
57	** ''Tisztítótűz''[[labelnote:Translation]]''Purgatory''[[/labelnote]]
58	* Two adaptations of Doom 3 were written by Matthew Costello
59	** ''Worlds on Fire'' (2008)
60	** ''Maelstorm'' (2009)
61	[[/index]]
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63	[[AC: TabletopGames]]
64	* ''Doom: The Boardgame'' (2004, with a rerelease in 2016)
65	* ''Doom Eternal: Assault on Armaros Station'' (2020)
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