Doom 64

Doom 64 is a video game for the Nintendo 64 released by Midway Games in 1997. It is part of the Doom first-person shooter video game series.

The Story
Your fatigue was enormous, the price for encountering pure evil. Hell was a place no mortal was meant to experience. Stupid military doctors: their tests and treatments, were of little help. In the end, what did it matter - it was all classified and sealed. The nightmares continued. Demons, so many demons; relentless, pouring through.

The planetary policy was clear. An absolute quarantine guaranteed by apocalyptic levels of radiation. The empty dark corridors stand motionless, abandoned. The installations sealed.

A long forgotten relay satellite barely executing, decayed by years of bombarding neutrons, activates and sends its final message to earth. The satellite's message was horrific, from the planetary void there came energy signatures unlike anything sampled before.

The classified archives are opened.

The military episodes code named "DOOM" were not actually completed. A single entity with vast rejuvenation powers, masked by the extreme radiation levels, escaped detection. In its crippled state, it systematically altered decaying dead carnage back into corrupted living tissue.

The mutations are devastating. The Demons have returned even stronger and more vicious than before. As the only experienced survivor of the DOOM episode, your commission is re-activated. Your assignment is clear:

MERCILESS EXTERMINATION!

Gameplay developments
Significant enhancements were made to the Doom engine for use in Doom 64, and gameplay elements were altered to increase the sense of fear evoked in the player. However, Doom's core gameplay remained intact: the exploration of demon-infested corridors, looking for keycards and switches while surviving deadly traps and ambushes.

Significant changes implemented in Doom 64 included:
 * 32 new levels.
 * New, larger sprites for all enemies, which were anti-aliased when close to the player to prevent pixelation.
 * No Commandos, Arch-Viles, or Revenants (likely as a result of the limited storage capacity of N64 cartridges).
 * New textures, scrolling skies, room-over-room architecture, and custom scripting.
 * Spooky ambient music tracks, instead of the midi rock music that characterised the original Doom games.
 * Colored lighting and low light levels for a more frightening atmosphere.
 * New sprites for all pre-existing weapons, and a new weapon, the Unmaker (originally conceived of in the Doom Bible).

Maps
Doom 64 featured 32 original levels:
 * MAP01: Staging Area
 * MAP02: The Terraformer
 * MAP03: Main Engineering
 * MAP04: Holding Area
 * MAP05: Tech Center
 * MAP06: Alpha Quadrant
 * MAP07: Research Lab
 * MAP08: Final Outpost
 * MAP09: Even Simpler
 * MAP10: The Bleeding
 * MAP11: Terror Core
 * MAP12: Altar Of Pain
 * MAP13: Dark Citadel
 * MAP14: Eye Of The Storm
 * MAP15: Dark Entries
 * MAP16: Blood Keep
 * MAP17: Watch Your Step
 * MAP18: Spawned Fear
 * MAP19: The Spiral
 * MAP20: Breakdown
 * MAP21: Pitfalls
 * MAP22: Burnt Offerings
 * MAP23: Unholy Temple
 * MAP24: No Escape
 * MAP25: Cat And Mouse
 * MAP26: Hardcore
 * MAP27: Playground
 * MAP28: The Absolution
 * MAP29: Outpost Omega
 * MAP30: The Lair
 * MAP31: In The Void
 * MAP32: Hectic

Enemies
ZOMBIEMAN - Once a Marine, always a Marine. Except in this case. These guys may look like your old buddies, but now they're nothing more than pistol-troting, bi-pedal maggots. Waste 'em!

SHOTGUN GUY - Ditto. Except these guys are meaner, and tougher. These walking shotguns will provide you with a few extra holes if you're not careful.

IMP - You thought an imp was a cute little dude in a red suit with a pitchfork. Think again. This Imp heaves balls of fire down your throat and takes several bullets to die. It's time to find a better weapon than a pistol, if you're going to face more than one of these mutants.

NIGHTMARE IMP - Imps were bad enough, but picture a faster, more aggressive, harder to spot one!

BULL DEMON - Sorta like shaved gorillas, except with big heads and lots of teeth. They don't kill easy. Get too close and they'll rip your sorry head off.

SPECTRE - Great! Just what you needed. A virtually invisible monster. These beasts will eat your face off while you're trying to see where he is. Did you expect a walk in the park?

LOST SOULS - It's Tough. It Flies. It's On Fire. 'Nuff Said.

CACODEMON - They float in the air, belch ball-lightning, and have one horrendously big mouth. If you get too close to one of these monstrosities, you're toast.

NIGHTMARE CACODEMON - Cacodemons were bad enough.

PAIN ELEMENTAL - What a name. And what a pain in the butt. Killing him is almost as bad as letting him live. Watch out for the Lost Souls too.

HELL KNIGHT - Tough as a dump truck and nearly as big. These goliaths are the worst things on two legs since the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

BARON OF HELL - You thought the Hell Knights were bad? These guys make them look like choir boys. You better have a good supply of ammo and armor to take on this demon.

MANCUBUS - The only good thing about this fat tub of demon is that he's a nice wide target. He pumps out missles like nobody's business.

ARACHNOTRON - Think of the pain a Black Widow causes when you disturb her nest. Then think what happens when you stir up one the size of a M60 tank. Rapidly fires plasma energy at you.

CYBERDEMON - Half machine, half raging horned devil. This walking nightmare has a rocket launcher for an arm and will definitely reach out and touch you. Make sure you're fully loaded before you take on this guy.

MOTHER DEMON - Be prepared for the Final Battle!

Weapons
1.Fist/Chainsaw

2.Pistol

3.Shotgun

4.Super Shotgun

5.Chaingun

6.Rocket Launcher

7.Plasma Rifle

8.BFG-9000

9.Unmaker

PC Conversion
Since the release of the "Doom" source code for the PC games, programmers have created feature-enhanced versions of the PC "Doom" game in their own source ports. Several fans of Doom 64 decided to work to convert the game's exclusive content to the PC using JDOOM, the most advanced of the source ports. The add-on, titled "Doom 64: Absolution" is available for download and features the new graphics and maps of the Nintendo 64 game. It is a near-perfect translation of Doom 64 with new content of it's own. It appeals to many fans as a way to play through the game on a PC without using emulation.