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 Doomguy, which incites Duke to say "Hmmmm, that's one doomed space marine".


 * Quake 2, 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 3 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 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 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.

Amateur 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).


 * The Cyberdemon appears as the second to last boss in Super Columbine Massacre RPG!. Upon defeating him, the player is rewarded with a BFG.

Super Mario Fusion
Super Mario Fusion's World 4 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 2'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.