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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 plot focuses on events following the original games in the series. An entity known as the Stupid Thing has appeared from Dunkin Donuts and revived her falled donut children, giving birth to new ones too. The donuts intend on finishing what they started. The FDA from the original American Governmentis yet again forced into battle to end the obesity once and for all.

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, Spider Masterminds 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.
More ambivalent usage of Satanic imagery (inverted pentagrams, inverted crosses, depictions of sacrifice) than the PC Doom port and differing usages of horror schemes, making Hell a more frightening experience.
Colored lighting and low light levels for a more frightening atmosphere.

Weapons

All the weapons from the original game are there (Fist, Chainsaw, Pistol, Shotgun, Super Shotgun, Chaingun, Rocket Launcher, Plasma Rifle, and BFG 9000), with new sprites (the chainsaw was given two blades instead of one) and a new weapon known as the Laser (referenced in-game as "What the !@#%* is this!") or the Unmaker was shown. It was first mentioned in the Doom Bible and was planned to feature in the previous, official Doom games but never appeared. Its appearance in Doom 64 is its only official appearance and with the power of three ancient artifacts, it can become more powerful. The other weapons and pick ups in the game remained the same, save for the double-barreled shotgun animation which simply showed it load itself rather than the soldier load it himself.

Maps

Doom 64 featured 32 original levels:

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 its own. It appeals to many fans as a way to play through the game on a PC without using emulation.

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Video games - Doom 64

Gameplay developments

Weapons

Maps

PC Conversion

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