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A Look at Doom: The First 30 Years

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"At the beginning of Doom, we said, 'We need to make the greatest game that we could ever play.' Whatever we could imagine that would be the best thing we could play, we wanted to make that game. [...] We didn't care what other people thought, because we felt like our prior successes told us that if we made whatever we felt was really cool, there would probably be a lot of people that would like what we thought was cool. We weren't worried about anything else. We weren't worried about offensive stuff, because that would stop us from making what we were trying to make. As artists, we're trying to be true to our vision.

Because, in the game, you were killing demons, and demons are really a religious thing—everyone in the company was an atheist. We didn't believe in hell or heaven or any of that stuff. Putting demons in there was just, 'This is what people believe in.' We thought that the juxtaposition of future science—a space marine on a moon of Mars with all these experiments happening, it's very scientific and futuristic-and then all of a sudden this religious thing happens, demons coming through a portal, versus aliens—"

—John Romero, 2013

Doom in depth:

Doom walkthrough:

Level Title Creator Objective Items Secrets † Par
Episode 1: Knee-Deep in the Dead
E1M1 Hangar John Romero [Exit] 37-38 3 0:30
E1M2 Nuclear Plant John Romero [Red key] → [Red door] → [Exit] 42 6 1:15
E1M3 Toxin Refinery John Romero [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Exit] OR [Secret Exit] 87-95 7 2:00
* E1M9 Military Base John Romero [Yellow key] → [Yellow door] → [Red key] → [Red door] → [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Exit] 43 2 2:45
E1M4 Command Control Tom Hall [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Yellow key] → [Yellow door] → [Exit] 45 3 1:30
E1M5 Phobos Lab John Romero [Yellow key] → [Yellow door] → [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Exit] 29 9 2:45
E1M6 Central Processing John Romero [Red key] → [Red door] → [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Yellow key] → [Yellow door] → [Exit] 99-113 4 3:00
E1M7 Computer Station John Romero [Yellow key] → [Yellow door] → [Red key] → [Red door] → [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Exit] 84 4 3:00
E1M8 Phobos Anomaly Tom Hall [Baron of Hell] [Baron of Hell] → [Exit] 3 1
Episode 2: The Shores of Hell
E2M1 Deimos Anomaly Tom Hall [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Exit] 16 4 1:30
E2M2 Containment Area Tom Hall [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Blue door] → [Red key] → [Red door] → [Exit] 48 12 1:30
E2M3 Refinery Tom Hall [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Exit] 30-31 6 1:30
E2M4 Deimos Lab Tom Hall [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Yellow key] → [Yellow door] → [Exit] 46 10 2:00
E2M5 Command Center Sandy Petersen [Exit] OR [Secret Exit] 40-41 10 1:30
* E2M9 Fortress of Mystery Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Red key] → [Red door] → [Yellow key] → [Yellow door] → [Exit] 2 1 2:50
E2M6 Halls of the Damned Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Red key] → [Yellow key] → [Blue door] [Red door] [Yellow door] → [Exit] 31 3 6:00
E2M7 Spawning Vats Tom Hall [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Yellow key] → [Yellow door] → [Red key] → [Red door] → [Exit] 27 6 4:00
E2M8 Tower of Babel Sandy Petersen [Cyberdemon] 2 0
Episode 3: Inferno
E3M1 Hell Keep Sandy Petersen [Exit] 6 1 1:30
E3M2 Slough of Despair Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Exit] 15 3 0:45
E3M3 Pandemonium Tom Hall [Blue key] → [Blue door2] → [Exit] 7 6 1:30
E3M4 House of Pain Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Blue door2] → [Yellow key] → [Yellow door2] → [Red key] → [Red door2] → [Exit] 48 4 2:30
E3M5 Unholy Cathedral Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Blue door2] → [Exit] 35 10 1:30
E3M6 Mt. Erebus Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Blue door2] → [Exit] OR [Secret Exit] 24 4 1:30
* E3M9 Warrens Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Blue door2] → [Red key] → [Red door2] → [Exit] 12 1 2:15
E3M7 Limbo Tom Hall [Blue key] → [Blue door2] → [Red key] → [Red door2] → [Yellow key] → [Yellow door2] → [Yellow door2] → [Exit] 8 4 2:45
E3M8 Dis Sandy Petersen [Spiderdemon] 0 0
Episode 4: Thy Flesh Consumed **
E4M1 Hell Beneath American McGee [Red key] → [Red door2] → [Blue key] → [Blue door2] → [Exit] 21 2
E4M2 Perfect Hatred John Romero [Yellow key] → [Yellow door2] → [Blue key] → [Blue door2] → [Exit] OR [Secret Exit] 22 3
* E4M9 Fear Tim Willits [Yellow key] → [Yellow door2] → [Exit] 14 2
E4M3 Sever the Wicked Shawn Green [Red key] → [Red door2] → [Blue key] → [Red door2] → [Blue door2] → [Exit] 5 20/22
E4M4 Unruly Evil American McGee [Red key] → [Red door2] → [Exit] 23 2
E4M5 They Will Repent Theresa Chasar & Tim Willits [Red key] → [Red door2] → [Blue key] → [Blue door2] → [Yellow key] → [Yellow door2] → [Exit] 29 2
E4M6 Against Thee Wickedly John Romero [Blue key] → [Blue door2] → [Yellow key] → [Yellow door2] → [Red key] → [Red door2] → [Cyberdemon] → [Exit] 4-5 3
E4M7 And Hell Followed John Anderson [Red key] → [Red door] → [Red door] → [Exit] 13-18 2/4
E4M8 Unto the Cruel Shawn Green [Red key] → [Red door2] → [Yellow key] → [Yellow door2] → [Spiderdemon] → [Exit] 6 1
Doom II
MAP01 Entryway Sandy Petersen [Exit] 9 5 0:30
MAP02 Underhalls American McGee [Red key] → [red door] → [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Blue door] → [Exit] 20 1 1:30
MAP03 The Gantlet American McGee [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Blue door] → [Red key] → [red door] → [Exit] 9 1 2:00
MAP04 The Focus American McGee [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Red key] → [red door] → [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [Exit] 34 3 2:00
MAP05 The Waste Tunnels American McGee [Red key] → [red door] → [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [Exit] 2-3 3 1:30
MAP06 The Crusher American McGee [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Red key] → [red door] → [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [Exit] 17 3 2:30
MAP07 Dead Simple American McGee [Mancubus] → [Arachnotron] → [Exit] 6 1 2:00
MAP08 Tricks and Traps Sandy Petersen [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [red key] → [red door] → [Exit] 5-8 7 2:00
MAP09 The Pit Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [Exit] 33-47 6 4:30
MAP10 Refueling Base Tom Hall [yellow key] → [Blue key] → [yellow door] → [Blue door] → [Exit] 100 18 1:30
MAP11 Circle of Death, 'O' of Destruction! John Romero [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [red key] → [red door] → [Exit] 21 3 3:30
MAP12 The Factory Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [Exit] 5 4 2:30
MAP13 Downtown Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [red key] → [red door] → [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [Exit] 61 8 2:30
MAP14 The Inmost Dens American McGee [red key] → [red door] → [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Exit] 2-3 0 2:30
MAP15 Industrial Zone John Romero [red key] → [red door] → [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [blue key] → [yellow door] → [blue door] → [Exit] OR [Secret Exit] 8 10/11 3:30
* MAP31 Wolfenstein (Wolfenstein 3D) [Exit] OR [Secret Exit] 64 4 2:00
* MAP32 Grosse (Wolfenstein 3D) [Commander Keen] [Commander Keen] [Commander Keen] [Commander Keen] → [Exit] 3 6 0:30
MAP16 Suburbs Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [red key] → [red door] → [Exit] 5 4 2:30
MAP17 Tenements John Romero [red key] → [red door] → [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [Exit] 112 3 7:00
MAP18 The Courtyard Sandy Petersen [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Exit] 182 4 2:30
MAP19 The Citadel Sandy Petersen [yellow key] → [red key] → [yellow door] → [red door] → [Exit] 57-58 9 3:30
MAP20 Gotcha! John Romero [Exit] 45-51 7 2:30
MAP21 Nirvana Sandy Petersen [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [Blue key] → [red key] → [Blue door] → [red door] → [Exit] 18 0 4:00
MAP22 The Catacombs American McGee [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [red key] → [red door] → [Exit] 6-7 3 2:30
MAP23 Barrels o' Fun Sandy Petersen [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [Exit] 20-22 2 3:00
MAP24 The Chasm Sandy Petersen [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [red key] → [red door] → [Exit] 48 4 2:30
MAP25 Bloodfalls Shawn Green [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [Exit] 2 2 2:30
MAP26 The Abandoned Mines John Romero [red key] → [red door] → [Blue key] → [Blue door] → [yellow key] → [yellow door] → [Exit] 58 4 5:00
MAP27 Monster Condo Sandy Petersen [yellow key] → [yellow door2] → [Blue key] → [Blue door2] → [red key] → [red door2] → [Exit] 87-93 7/8 5:30
MAP28 The Spirit World Sandy Petersen [yellow key] → [yellow door2] → [red key] → [red door2] → [Exit] 20-25 7 7:00
MAP29 The Living End John Romero [Exit] 25 0 5:00
MAP30 Icon of Sin Sandy Petersen [Icon of Sin] 6-10 0 3:00

* Secret level.
** Part of the "Ultimate Doom" expansion pack, released 1995.
† Officially-registered secret sectors on maps. When two numbers are given, it is because some sectors are inaccessible.

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