Doom references in other games

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

Commercial games



 * 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.


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


 * 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 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.


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


 * Minecraft's randomized title screen phrases drawn over the Minecraft logo include several related to Doom. These include "idspispopd!", "MAP11 has two names!" and "Phobos anomaly".


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


 * Quake II was host to an Easter egg in which the Doom logo appeared in a room full of John Carmack-related paraphernalia. All the weapons available in the game are updated versions of all the weapons from Doom, including the BFG, named 'BFG 10K'.


 * 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.


 * 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).


 * In Tomb Raider III's Nevada Desert level, there are a bunch of workers in blue suits. All of them have the easily recognizeable image of a Lost Soul displayed on their backs.


 * The PC release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 features the Doomguy as a secret skater. Skating as him requires the player to type in IDKFA on the cheat screen.


 * 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.


 * In the RPG Dungeons of Dredmor theirs an green armor item with the description "Such armor may save you from inevitable doom" the game also contains a scifi dungeon with green sludge an a picture of the player in the hud that changes based on the players health. Additionally, The main menu image itself is a blatant DOOM referance


 * Rage, the latest game by Id Software, has a secret teleporter leading to the first room of E1M1: Hangar. There, the player can pick up a Doom Marine Bobblehead. There are also similar secret areas calling back to Wolfenstein 3D and Quake.


 * Unreal Tournament makes reference to Doom with its Chainsaw weapon - picking one up, rather than the usual "You found a " message, instead results in the message "It's been five years since I've used one of these" (UT was released in 1999, five years after Doom II)


 * Games released by Monolith Productions typically include a cheat titled either "mpkfa" or simply "kfa", in reference to Doom's "idkfa" cheat.


 * In the FPS SiN by Ritual Entertainment, it is possible to go into a DOS-like command prompt on one of the in-game computers and see that the workers have installed a copy of "GLOOM II: Heck On Earth v1.666", however it refuses to run due to lack of any connected mouse device.


 * In Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Episode 5, when Strong Bad enters Trogdor's caves, the point of view changes to a first-person perspective with a Doom-like status bar at the bottom of the screen. Strong Bad continues to make several jokes involving Doom, such as,"Oh, look, another hallway that looks exactly the same as all the others!"

Fan-made games

 * In the game Super Samash Bros Brawl (not yet released), a boss called Death Virus Retrodia is able to use a move that causes the game to change to a Doom-styled room, in which the player must defeat an onslaught of Imps in order to continue the boss fight. The player's weapon depends on their current character. The weapons include a sword that shoots thunderbolts; an iPod Touch that shoots apps; and, if the player uses a Noob Box, they will be given a BFG9000 to use.
 * 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.


 * 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.


 * 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 the forest world of Supertux, there is a level called "Kneep-deep in the depth", a reference to the first episode of Doom, "Knee-Deep in the Dead".
 * In Action Doom 2: Urban Brawl, after beating the first boss, outside the club, there is a wall with graffiti of the Doom logo.