Doom references in other games

The popularity of Doom has resulted in a large number of homages in other games.

Commercial games



 * In Jazz Jackrabbit 2, in the episode-selection screen, the player is allowed to try the shareware demo of the game. The episode screen is a parody of the Doom II box-art and even the text "Shareware Demo" is written using the Doom font. This is ironic since the game was released by Epic, the creator of Unreal and the biggest competitor of id's Quake franchise.


 * Duke Nukem 3D contains a slaughtered marine, who looks like the Doomguy, which causes Duke to say "Hmmmm, that's one doomed space marine".


 * Quake II, as well as featuring a BFG once again (the '10K'), was also host to an Easter egg in which the Doom logo appeared in a room full of John Carmack-related paraphernalia.


 * Quake III features the Doomguy as a playable character; he is referred to simply as "Doom". The same model, with a different skin, is used for the character "Phobos". A female character wearing a strikingly similar helmet, known as "Crash", is referred to as Doom's former mentor.


 * The Quake III and Quake Live level Dueling Keeps includes art that is strikingly similar to the Doom II final boss.


 * The PC release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 features the Doomguy as a secret skater.


 * The PC game Muppets Inside features a Doom parody starring the Swedish Chef taking on giant killer vegetables with various kitchenware.


 * In the Simpsons game Virtual Springfield there is a minigame called "Apoom" with a parody of Doom in which Apu fights off squishee-throwing bullies in his shop with a broom, shotgun and a weapon similar the BFG, causing them to explode in a bloody mess.


 * The turn-based strategy game Master of Magic contains an artifact called The Idspispopd.


 * In the adventure game The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble (known in Europe as Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth) there is a scene in which Woodruff plays a Doom-like virtual reality game and shoots down a monster looking like a Demon with a shotgun.


 * In the MS-DOS versions of Earthworm Jim and Earthworm Jim 2 (collectively titled The Whole Can O' Worms), typing in the Doom cheat codes IDDQD or IDKFA displays a humorous picture.


 * In Soldier of Fortune II the Doom title screen is shown on the personal computer of an enemy sailor on board the Seaward Star (mission 4).

Fan-made games

 * Cyberdemons are found in the Roguelike game ZAngband and many derivative games, such as Gumband, Hengband and ToME. There they have similar characteristics to Cyberdemons in the Doom series, although they have been given a tremendously strong close-combat attack (four strokes for 150 damage each) in addition to their traditional rockets. Also, the unique monster Oremorj the Cyberdemon Lord can be found in ZAngband and Hengband (Oremorj is Jromero, i.e. John Romero, read backwards).


 * In Super Columbine Massacre RPG!, one can collect the Doom box at the beginning of the game. Later in the game, the player will face several Doom enemies, including Imps and Demons. The Cyberdemon appears as the second to last boss. Upon defeating him, the player is rewarded with a BFG.


 * World 4 of Mushroom Kingdom Fusion will be themed around Castlevania, Ghosts 'n Goblins and Doom. The demo version so far includes World 4-2, "Tower of Babel", which incorporates graphics and music from Doom. The World 4 map is that of Doom Episode 3's intermission map. Tower of Babel incorporates coded Imps and Cacodemons , as well as a functioning Cyberdemon boss. Mario may pick up and fire Doom's rocket launcher in the boss battle . Further, it is confirmed that that Halls of the Damned and The Icon of Sin will be levels, and that the BFG will be a weapon in future releases.