DOOM, is a lightning-fast virtual reality adventure where you are the toughest space trooper ever to suck vacuum. Your mission is to shoot your way through a 22-level monster-infested holocaust. Living to tell the tale if possible.
The gameplay for DOOM is quite simple. This is not a cumbersome adventure game, but an action-oriented slugathon. Also, you don’t need super-human reflexes to win, using your wits is important. To escape DOOM, you need both brains and the killer instinct.
The Story So Far:
You’re a space marine, one of Earth’s toughest, hardened in combat and trained in action. Three years ago you assaulted a superior officer for ordering his soldiers to fire upon civilians. He and his body cast were shipped to Pearl Harbor, while you were transferred to Mars, home of the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC).
The UAC is a multi-planetary conglomerate with radioactive waste facilities on Mars and its two moons, Phobos and Deimos. With no action for fifty million miles, your day consisted of sucking’ dust and watching’ restricted flicks in the recording room.
For the last four years the military, UAC’s biggest supplier, has used the remote facilities on Phobos and Deimos to conduct various secret projects, including research on inter-dimensional space travel.
So far they have been able to open gateways between Phobos and Deimos, throwing a few gadgets into one and watching them come out the other. Recently, however, the gateways have grown dangerously unstable.
Military “volunteers” entering them have either disappeared or been stricken with a strange form of insanity – babbling vulgarities, bludgeoning anything that breathes, and finally suffering an untimely death of full-body explosion.
Matching heads with tarsos to send home to the folks became a full-time job. The latest military reports state that the research is suffering a small setback, but everything is under control.
A few hours ago, Mars received a garbled message from Phobos. “We require immediate military support. Something evil is coming out of the gateways. Computer systems have gone crazy. The rest was incoherent.
Soon afterward, Deimos simply vanished from the sky. Since then, attempts to establish contact with either moon have been unsuccessful.
You and your buddies, the only combat troop for 50 million miles were sent up pronto to Phobos. You were ordered to secure the perimeter of the base while the rest of the team went inside.
For several hours, your radio picked up the sounds of combat: guns firing, men yelling orders, screams, bones cracking, and then finally, silence. Seems your buddies are dead.
It’s Up To You:
Things aren’t looking too good. You’ll never navigate off the planet on your own. Plus, all the heavy weapons have been taken by the assault team leaving you with only a pistol. If only you could get your hands around a plasma rifle or even a shotgun you could take a few down on your way out.
Whatever killed your buddies deserves a couple of pellets in the forehead. Securing your helmet, you exit the landing pod. Hopefully, you can find more substantial firepower somewhere within the station.
As you walk through the main entrance of the base, you hear animal-like growls echoing throughout the distant corridors. They know you’re here. There’s no turning back now.
On-Screen Information:
Doom provides on-screen information that’s necessary to survive. At the bottom of your computer screen is a status brown bar. From left to right, the segments of this bar indicate:
1. Main Ammo: In a big fat number, you see the number of shots you have got left in the weapon you are currently using.
2. Health: You start out 100%, but you won’t stay there long. At 0% it’s time to start over. Try a little harder next time.
3. Key Cards: You can see the keys you possess right here. There are three key colors; Yellow, Red, and Blue.
4. Your Mug: This portrait isn’t just for looks. When you’re hit, your face looks in the direction from which the damage came, telling you which direction to return fire. Also, as you take damage you will begin to look like a raw hamburger – as shown to the left.
5. Arms: This list of numbers shows which weapons are available. If a number is highlighted, the weapon is accessible by cycling over to it.
6. Level: This indicates the current level you are blasting through.
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