Doom II: Hell on Earth
Developer(s)	id Software
Publisher(s)	GT Interactive (Windows), Virgin Interactive Entertainment Ltd. (Playstation, Linux), Activision Publishing, Inc. (Game Boy Advance), Tapwave, Inc. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual that creates Video games A developer may specialize in a certain video id Software (ɪd officially is an American computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. GT Interactive Software Corporation ( Good Times In 2003 Infogrames Inc Virgin Interactive was a successful and influential British Video game publisher. Activision Inc is an American Video game developer and publisher. (Zodiac) Activision Blizzard/Valve Corporation (Steam)
Engine	The Doom engine
Version	1. Activision Blizzard Inc ( is a Franco - American Video game developer and publisher, partially owned by Conglomerate Vivendi Valve Corporation is an American video game development company based in Bellevue Washington, USA that was founded in 1996, and made famous A game engine is a software system designed for the creation and development of computer and video games Doom Engine, also called id Tech 1, is the Game engine that powers the Id Software games Doom and Doom II 9
Platform(s)	PC (DOS, Windows 95, Mac OS), GBA, Tapwave Zodiac, Playstation
Release date	October 10, 1994 October 23, 2002 (GBA)
Genre(s)	Survival Horror First-person shooter Scientific Fiction
Mode(s)	Single player Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ELSPA: 18+ ESRB: M ESRB: T (GBA) BBFC: 15 OFLC: MA15+
Media	3½" floppy disk, CD-ROM

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Story

Immediately following the events in Doom, the player once again takes the role of the nameless space marine who has proven too tough for the forces of Hell to contain. The Doomguy, also known as Doom or The Marine, is the protagonist of the Doom series of computer and video games created by Id Software Hell, according to many Religious beliefs, is a location in the Afterlife, which may be described as a place of suffering After being teleported from Phobos, and subsequently fighting on Deimos which is hanging on top of Hell itself, the Marine is back home on Earth, only to find that it too has fallen victim to the hellish invasion. TemplateInfobox Planet.--> Deimos (ˈdaɪməs; also /ˈdiːməs/

The player progresses through 30 levels (32 including two secretly accessed levels), and on the way he learns that the remaining survivors of Earth's population are being held on Earth and the only means of escape is the space port with massive ships that can carry the remains of Earth's population into space. However the demons know this and have placed a fire force field over the space port, so that ships cannot land or leave. The marine must battle his way through the infested space port and deactivate that fire force field. Once humanity is finally evacuated from the ravaged, infested planet, the Marine is the only human left on Earth. He sits and waits for death, content in the knowledge that he has saved his species, giving them a chance to continue on elsewhere. Only minutes pass before the Marine receives an off-planet transmission - humans in orbit have managed to find out where the armies of Hell are spilling from. If the Marine can reach this gateway, he can thwart the invasion once and for all.

The Marine wearily pulls himself to his feet and moves off to the portal, cutting a swathe through the demons in his path before finally arriving at the gateway. He sees no way to close it on this side, and so dives through to find a solution on the other side. In the game's own words, "what do you care if you have to go through Hell to get to it?"

After brutal battles with legions of Hell, the Marine finally reaches the home of the "largest demon (he has) ever seen. " Once the player fires enough rockets into the exposed brain of the demon, dodging constant attacks from lesser demons the larger one summons, the demon (known as the 'Icon of Sin') explodes, devastating Hell in its death throes. When the chaos finally ceases, Hell is in ruins, the invasion permanently halted. The Marine wipes his brow and begins the long journey home, looking forward to helping to rebuild Earth.

Gameplay developments

Doom II was not a dramatically different game from its predecessor. There were no major technological developments, no major graphical improvements, and no real changes in fundamental gameplay. The game still consisted of the player negotiating non-linear levels, picking up keys to unlock new areas, and of course shooting down hundreds upon hundreds of monsters. However, due to there being larger and more complicated maps, with larger groups of monsters, the game required higher system specs than the original.

The main additions to the game were the additional monsters available for the player to fight. The new enemies are as follows:

• The Hell Knight.
• The Former Commando (a. k. a. Heavy Weapon Dude).
• The Mancubus.
• The Revenant.
• The Arachnotron.
• The Pain Elemental.
• The Arch-Vile.
• The end boss, called the Icon of Sin.

In this screenshot from Doom II: Hell on Earth, the player has just fired the double-barrelled shotgun, killing a chaingun-equipped zombie.

The SS trooper from Wolfenstein 3D appears in the two secret levels, which are throwbacks in design (and music) to the Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny games. Also, a hanged Commander Keen figure makes a cameo in the second secret level.

The only new weapon addition was the double-barreled shotgun, which could fire out 20 pellets instead of the regular shotgun's seven, making it very useful in dispatching Demons, Cacodemons, and any form of medium-sized monster. A shotgun (also known as a scattergun) is a Firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number

There was also one new item created: the Megasphere, a tan sphere that could give the player 200% armor and health.

A small change in gameplay was instituted. Instead of the player playing through three related episodes, gameplay takes place over one giant episode, albeit there are interludes for when the story develops. Instead of watching the player's progress on a map (as in the original episodes of Doom), the screens between each level simply show a background. It also meant that the player would not have to start over with a pistol every eight or nine levels (as was the case in Doom, since each episode consisted of nine levels, including bonus levels).

The level design, much like in Doom, was supposed to mimic the areas the player was going into. Now that the game was taking place on Earth, a real-world look was attempted, with some levels taking place in certain kinds of military installations, and others taking place in residential areas. Eventually level designs no longer attempt to appear realistic, but by then the player has left the normal non-warped Earth. (After level 21, the skies are crimson red with mountains, unlike previous levels which had apartment buildings. )

In general, Doom II was well-received and went on to sell 2 million copies, making it the highest-selling id Software game to date.

Elements from the game would be used in Final Doom. Final Doom is a First-person shooter Computer game that uses the game engine items and characters from Doom II.

Levels

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MAP30: Icon of Sin

Level 30 is the game's final challenge along the normal sequence of levels. Carl Sanford Joslyn Petersen (born September 16, 1955) is a Game designer. Carl Sanford Joslyn Petersen (born September 16, 1955) is a Game designer. Shawn C Green is a Video game developer who is best known for his work in the Doom and Hexen series for Id Software and Alfonso John Romero (born October 28 1967 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a Game designer, programmer, and Carl Sanford Joslyn Petersen (born September 16, 1955) is a Game designer. Carl Sanford Joslyn Petersen (born September 16, 1955) is a Game designer. Alfonso John Romero (born October 28 1967 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a Game designer, programmer, and Carl Sanford Joslyn Petersen (born September 16, 1955) is a Game designer. Carl Sanford Joslyn Petersen (born September 16, 1955) is a Game designer. Carl Sanford Joslyn Petersen (born September 16, 1955) is a Game designer. The player must properly time firing rockets into the boss's exposed brain to win. Upon noticing the player, the final boss says the following phrase backwards: "To win the game you must kill me, John Romero. " Though only accessible via cheat codes, behind the exposed brain of the boss is an image of John Romero's head impaled on a stick. The level's song is made so that if played that backwards, it sounds very similar as it does forwards.

MAP31: Wolfenstein

Level 31 is the infamous secret level along with its follow-on MAP32: Grosse. This level was created by Sandy Petersen. Carl Sanford Joslyn Petersen (born September 16, 1955) is a Game designer. The Nazi enemies were borrowed from Wolfenstein 3D, a game by id Software and published by Apogee Software. id Software (ɪd officially is an American computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. 3D Realms (legal name Apogee Software Ltd) is the name of a video and computer game producer (not publisher and developer based in Garland Texas, a suburb of

This level was inspired by the first level on Wolfenstein 3D except that there are parts of the level with varied altitudes and/or varied light levels. This level can be accessed via MAP15: Industrial Zone. It is missing in all German releases of the game, as it features certain symbolism banned in Germany (swastikas etc. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The swastika (from Sanskrit: svástika sa स्वस्तिक Hindu IS CORRECT if 'ि' is positioned incorrectly see -->) is ).

MAP32: Grosse

Like Level 31, Grosse contains Wolfenstein tilesets and is not included in the German and Playstation releases; it may be accessed from Level 31 in other versions. Like MAP31, it is based on a Wolfenstein 3D level (Floor 09 of Episode 1), although it has extra secrets and varied altitudes. This map is based on the Wolfenstein 3D level containing the first boss, Hans Grosse (hence the name), although in Doom II he has been replaced by the Cyberdemon. Grosse is notable primarily for its inclusion of four hanging dolls of Commander Keen, which the player must shoot to exit the level. While both of the secret levels appear on the Game Boy Advance editions, the Nazi symbolism has been removed. The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed manufactured and marketed by Nintendo.

References

• Level credits: "Doom Credits" (last updated 7 January, 1998, retrieved 27 October, 2004) by John Romero, available as part of the archived copy of Lee Killough's Doom pages on Romero's website. Alfonso John Romero (born October 28 1967 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a Game designer, programmer, and Lee Killough may refer to Karen Lee Killough (born 1942 American writer uses "Lee Killough" Lee Killough (programmer

Occasionally the closing remark upon quitting will read “Though hast lost an eighth. ” This is a reference to the Origin game Ultima IV when a player displays the dishonor of fleeing a battle and loses the virtue of Valor.

External links

Official product websites

• Doom II at id Software's official website
• Doom at Activision's official website

Databases

• Doom II at the Internet Movie Database
• Doom II at MobyGames
• Doom II (PC) at GameFAQs

Fan sites

• ClassicDoom.com - Portal covering Doom games on many gaming platforms
• The Doom Wiki - Wiki-based Doom knowledge base
• Doomworld - A community-driven portal with news and resources
• NewDoom - Another portal
• OldDoom - General information, guides, and resources for Doom and Doom II. MobyGames is a Website devoted to cataloging computer and video games, both past and present GameFAQs is a Website that hosts FAQs and Walkthroughs for Video games It was created in November 1995 by Jeff "CJayC" Veasey and A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content using a simplified Markup language.
• Doomworld's web interface to the idgames FTP archive
• The Page of Doom - a website with information about the game and its history
• PlanetDOOM
• Doom 2