Background[]
In the Doom 64: The Story (Remaster) for the Doom 64 (2020 remaster) Doom 64 backstory is reimagined as a prequel to Doom (2016)/Doom Eternal. There are a number details that are changed. For example the original version of the game was a direct sequel to Super Nintendo Doom (similar Doom Original, the three episode version minus Thy Flesh Consumed). There is no direct references to events of Doom II (no indication of a Earth invasion having taken place yet). There are several references to Phobos invasion in marketing related to the game (game's website/Nintendo Power, etc).
The remaster on the other hand places the game following Doom II (there are no direct references to other elements of the extended classic doom timeline such as Final Doom/No Rest for the Living though those are less important to the main backstory). They are generally listed as official episodes (along with the latest Legacy of Rust) in official compilation releases (including the latest Doom I + Doom II but for sake of simplification these are not listed on this version of timeline.
- DOOM 64 is an action first-person shooter and a direct sequel to the events of DOOM II. Years have passed since you stopped Hell's invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now. A signal from a degraded satellite suggests a single entity remains, and it has the power to resurrect the demons. As the only surviving marine who fought Hell’s forces, you are sent on a lone crusade to hunt down the Mother of Demons and stop a renewed demonic invasion. Fight against demons in your crusade to hunt down the Mother of Demons and stop Hell's invasion.
And it seemingly a reference to the UAC Mars Base invasion from the Doom II timeline (see Doom II manual) or the Doom 3 timeline (rather than the Phobos invasion (Nintendo timeline) or Jupiter moon invasion (Midway timeline)) ...or similar equivalents (see ID multiverse timeline (Doom 3 as prequel) or Doom RPG timeline). Hugo Martin has gone on the record to say every numbered game is indeed canon (including Doom 3). He later clarified that everything including Doom Reboot and Doom 3 links back through Doom 64.[1] It's unclear if this means its in a separate universe tied into the Doom multiverse (through Doom 64/Hell) or a prequel to Classic Doom and Doom 64 (though its possible that the Doom 64 Remaster backstory to Mars invasion could be a reference to Doom 3 events as anything else).
In addition there is a new mini-episode the Lost Levels that ties Doom 64 into Doom 2016/Doom Eternal's backstory. And Doom Eternal makes reference to the Daisy backstory from Thy Flesh Consumed.
There are no specific dates given in the remaster timeline content. However based on dates given in Doom 2016/Eternal it could be closer to the Doom Retcon timeline/Doom 3 timeline/Doom RPG timeline equivalents in the 22nd century (c. 2145).
Classic Doom[]
- 2145
- Doom 3 (?)[2]
- Doom I
- Doom Guy fights through Phobos, Deimos and Hell, returns to Earth, liberates a nearby city. Discovers Daisy is killed.
- Doom II
- Back at last. After days of hard fighting in space, you've returned home on well-earned leave. You're one of Earth's crack soldiers, hard-bitten, tough, and heavily-armed. When the alien invasion struck Mars, you were the first on the scene. By killing, killing, and killing, you won. You stopped the invasion, saved Mars base, and became a war hero. What they don't talk about so much is that you were the only survivor. But that's all behind you now. You've quit the military, and are heading home. Your drop pod lands with a crunch. You open 'er up and look out. Damn! The city ahead is on fire. What the devil is going on? You stagger forward, clutching at your sidearm. Packs of refugees are fleeing the flaming metropolis. A band of them shriek in terror. You squint. What's that? Someone is attacking the refugees. You rush up and blast away, killing the troublemaker. It looks like a human but something's wrong. His mouth is filled with half-chewed flesh, and he's all messed up, like a zombie from a bad horror movie. Hell, not again! You can feel it. It's all starting again, just like on Mars. First, people are taken over, turned into cannibal Things. Then the real horror starts, the deformed monstrosities from Outside. But now it's on Earth!
- Situation Analysis: After days of fighting in space, you've returned to Earth only to find the situation is no better than it was on Mars. In fact, it's worse. The hell-spawned hordes are everywhere. Billions are dead. The few remaining survivors have planned to travel into space and save what's left of the human race. Unfortunately, the Earth's only transport has been taken over by flesh-eating mutants. You have to go back in action. Otherwise, humanity is history.
- Doom 64
- DOOM 64 is an action first-person shooter and a direct sequel to the events of DOOM II. Years have passed since you stopped Hell's invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now. A signal from a degraded satellite suggests a single entity remains, and it has the power to resurrect the demons. As the only surviving marine who fought Hell’s forces, you are sent on a lone crusade to hunt down the Mother of Demons and stop a renewed demonic invasion. Fight against demons in your crusade to hunt down the Mother of Demons and stop Hell's invasion.
- Lost Levels
- The Marine had not expected to be torn from Hell so soon after his fateful decision. Getting back there was his only concern. The plans of the sister Resurrector to exterminate him had failed. A grim vision took hold of his mind as the demon carcasses steam in his wake. Stretched before him is was a path of perpetual torment... A path through DOOM...
Doom Reboot series[]
(future and/or parallel universe, Doom 64 leads into the 2016 reboot series per the Lost Levels ending...)
- 80,000 Years Ago
- Doom The Dark Age
- 2149
- Doom VR
- October
- Doom (2016) Begins
- 2163