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[Dont make copies for others whe have net pad for the ight 9 use DOOM To repor copyright violations to the Sofware Publishers ‘Associaton, ell 1-800-288-PIR@ or wie: Software Publishers Association ‘Suite 901 1101 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, OC 20038 ‘This program is protected by federal an international copyright. IMPORTANT NOTE TO MULTIPLAYER MODE USERS ‘When you are playing wih frands, certain rules for playing DOOM change signicanty. Full details on this ae included onthe separa ‘Multiplayer Addendum found in your game box IF YOU REQUIRE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Ifyou are having preblems running DOOM, please refer to the ‘oubleshoo Somers Te phy, asia TTB Sota ‘THE STORY SO FAR ‘Yue a space marine, one of Earths toughest, hardened in ‘combat and ained for ation. Thee years ago you assauied a ‘Superior fico or ordering his solders fo fre upon clans. He ‘and his body cast were shipped to Peat Harbor, while you wore ‘Vansorod to Mars, home of tho Union Aerospace Corporation “Tho UAC isa mulplanotary conglomerate wth radioactive waste facies ‘on Mars ands two moons, Prabos and Domes, Wit no acon fe tty iilon miles, your day consisted ot suckin st and watchin reste fleks Forte ast fur years the mifary, UAC's biggest suppl, has used the remote facies on Phobes and Demos a conduc various secret projects, Inclusng research on intr mensional space travel. So fr they have bees ‘ways have gown dangoreusly unstable. Miltary “volunioers entering thom hhve ether appeared or been stcken witha tanga form of insanity ‘abbing vulgartes, Budgeoning anyting at breathes, and nal sufering ‘an untimely doath of fl-body explosion, Matching hoacs with torsos to sone home fo he folks became a fulsime job. Latest iar reports state that he ‘esearch i sutering a smal setback, but everyting i under coil ‘tow hours ago, Mars received a gabled message trom Phobos. "We require mediate mary suppor. Something agai el is cong out of ‘he Gateways! Computer systems have gone berserk” The rest was incoher ‘ent, Soon afterwards, Dios simply vanished fom he sky. Sioce thea, tors to establich contact wih ether moon have been unsuocesstl "You and your buddies, the ony combat Woop fo iy milion miles were ont up pront to Phabos. You were erred to secure the permatr ofthe brace who to reat of to team weat inside. For several hows, your ado picked up the sounds of combat: guns fing, men yeling errs, screams, bones cracking, the nally, silanes, Seems your budees ae doaa Wes Up To You ‘Things are looking to good. out never navigate of tho planet on your own Plus, allthe Reavy weapons have been akon bythe assault toam feaving you wth only apis. only you coud get your hands around a pasa ilo evon a shotgun you oul take afew down on your way out Uotever ils your buds deserves coupe of potas in te forehead Securing your haimet, you ext te landing pod. Hopetuly you can find more Substatalfropower somownhere win the stator, "As you wate Hvough the main onrance of the base, you hear animale souls echoing throughout he distant cordors. They know youre here. ‘Thre’ no taring back now,INSTALLING DOOM. DOOM isto large to run from a floppy disk, s0 betore playing you ‘must fist install DOOM to your har lk deve. To install DOOM, fo tow these steps: 41. Make backup copy of your avigna disks, 2. Putdisk #1 n your Noppy disk drive and selet the appropt ale crive by typing A: or then press the Enter ko ‘Type INSTALL atthe prompt and pres the Enr key. ‘4. Follow the prompis o create a rectory for DOOM and to Insta on your har ceive. 5. for instalation, DOOM wil automaticaly tun a Setup pro tram. Folow the prompts to customize DOOM to your spe- Cc eystom. Please refer o your hardware manual for Information regarding your system 6. To stat 000M, goto the rectory in which you have Installed DOOM (the delaut is DOOM), type DOOM, and ress the Enter Key Ifyou have fished instalation and ‘Setup, you ae automaticaly in this Gractry. OBJECT OF THE GAME ‘Welcome to DOOM, a lightning fast vitual ety ‘adventure where you the toughest space 3 trooper ever to suck vacuum. Your mission i to shoot your way through a monster infested holo aust. Living to tl the tale if possbe “The gameplay for DOOM ie quite simple. This s nt a cumbersome adventure game, but an action orenteaslugathon. You dont nea the reflexes of @hyporactve eight-year-old win, ether-using your wis is IMPORTANT To escape DOOM, you need bath brains and the killer insti USING THE DOOM MENU ‘When you run DOOM a seltzunning demo will begin. To get tothe ‘menu pross the Spaccbar. Use the arrow koys, mouse, or joystok to ‘move the skull cursor up and down. When the skul is adjacent to a ‘esivad selection, press the Enter key, le mouse buton o Joystick Fre button to activate that selection Ht yeure in a game, you ean bring up the manu at any tine by press: ing the Escape key. Many ofthe Meru options can be activated ‘rectly by using a function key, thus Bypassing the menus ently. To ‘ext the menu, press the Escape key orto rtu to the previous menu from a submenu pross the Backspaco key. NEW GAME Ht you want to jump into the action, select this. Fist, DOOM wil ask you which episode to play. Then, DOOM wil ask you to ot the di Gul evel. Each dificult level difrs inthe toughness ofthe enemies youl ace, LOADING AND SAVING YOUR GAME (F2 and F2) ‘Games can be saved of loaded a anytime during the gamoplay. To save a game, move the skill cursor 10 an empty slot ("one you dont ‘mind witing over, and press the Enter key. This option is only aval fable you ar curently in a game. To load a gam, simply select he ‘appropriato game fom the Load Game menu ‘QUICKSAVE: Pressing the function key F6 allows you to Save a ‘Game without leaving the action. The fst ime GLICKSAVE is used in 2 gvon game, th standard Save menu appears. Select a slot. From ‘han on, pressing Fé automatically saves the gar to that slot without interruping the fun of smack badkes around, Pressing F9 Toads in the last QUICKSAVE game after prompting youREAD THIS! This, the most important part of DOOM. tls you how o order other ‘copias of DOOM, and provides instructions for playing DOOM, ur Game (F10) ‘Quit Game enables you to aul rom DOOM and rtum to DOS. END GAME (F7) This allows you to end he curent game without exiting to DOS or loacing a new game. MESSAGES (Fa) ‘In DOOM, whenever you pick up an ton, you recive information| ‘bout the thing you lst peked up. This opton las you toggle BOOMs messages on and of, GRAPHIC DETAIL (F5) ‘The dealt sotng for the soreon dota s HIGH. Ifyou have a slower ‘computer or vdeo car, and the action isto jerky, you may wish to select LOW to make the game action smoother SCREEN SIZE (+ and ) “Just below this opton isa bar witha sbding marker. When this option is selected, you can use the arrow koys to sido the marker back and forth 0 aust he vowing area. A smallr viewing area increases the smoothness ofthe animation on slower systoms. SOUND VOLUME (Fa) “This selection also has a bar wih ascing marker, alloning adust ment ofthe volume from “ot "maximum" These bars mediy tho ‘music as well as the sound effects volume. MOUSE SENSITivity This selection las you aust the sensitivity of your mouse conta ust below this option is @ bar witha sling marker. When this option is solected, you can uso the arrow koys to side the marker back and fort to adjust the sensitiv ofthe mouse, TIP: Save your game and save itoften, When you die, youre back fo the begining ofthe level, tng tha ite pistol again. That ant good, espe- aly alter you progress to Some ofthe tougher levels ‘ON-SCREEN INFORMATION ‘DOOM provides on-oreen information that's necessary o surwve, ‘THE STATUS BAR 1 ee 1. MAIN AMMO: in bg fat numbers, you ee the numberof ‘shots youve got let inthe weapon youre curently using. 2. HEALTH: You start out at 100%, but you won' stay there tong. At O% ste to start over. Ty alte harder next time! ‘3. ARMS: This st of numbers shows which woapons are ava ‘able. Ia numbers highlighted, the weapon accessible by pres- ‘Sng that number is avaiable. ("is aways available.) e 4, YOUR MUG: This poral isn't ust for Ioks. When you" hit, {your face looks in the direction lr which the damage came, tll- ing you which arection 1 retum fre. Also, as you take damage. Yyou' begin ta look He raw hamburger-as shown to the et 'B. ARMOR: Your armor helps you out as long asi ast. Keep an eye on it, because when it goes, you might, too. 6. KEY CARDS: You can soe any keys you possess right here 8 “There are three key colrs; Yellow, Red, and Blue 77. AMMO: This shows how much of each type of ammo you're carrying and the maximum amount you could cary you Rad it Messaces ‘Often youl ind yourself running over various bonus items and evil artiats. DOOM "els you what youre picking up by pining a mes- sage on the game screen-unless you've tured the messages of THE AUTOMAP Fo help you find your way around OOOM, you're equipped wih an utomap device. By pressing the Tab key you replace your normal view wih a top-down map of everthing you've seen up to date. The white arrow roprosons you, and points inthe drocton you're looking.You can zoom in and out by pressing "+" or" Pros the numbor "O° to 0ggle between 200m and ful view. To mark yout locaton onthe ‘map press the “M" key. This wil place @ number over you location. To Clear al he numbers fom te map, ges the “O° key. MOVING IN THE AUTOMAP: Using te artow keys, you can ‘move youre whe vowing the ‘Automap. This dangerous, Since you cant see the enemy tile vowing the Autom. To scroll the Automap without ‘moving yours, tun of Folow ‘mode, Pressing the °F” key wil toggle Follow mode on and of CONTROLLING THE ACTION ‘Most ofthe play commands in DOOM area simple keypress away. ‘You can use either your keyboard, mouse, joystick and combinations ‘ofboth to move, pick up ems, shoot, ané open dcors ovina [AL ist, you might nd yourself bumping into walls while demons beat ‘on you. Once you've got movement down, everything ese follows WALKING: Use the up and down arrow keys to walk forward and Daca TURNING: The let and rightarrow keys turn you let and right RUNNING: Hold down the right Shit key and he approprate arrow key to speed yours up 'STRAFE: By holding down the AX kay and the right olf arrow key, you can sidestep, rather than tun lt right JOYSTICK OR MOUSE: I you are using oystick, use button 1 to ‘shoot and bution 2 to open doors and activate switches. Gravis PC ‘Gamepads have a thr and fourth butlon. These can be used as & ‘Stra and a Run bution, respectively. Ifyou are using a mouse, use ‘button ‘To shoot and buton 2 to walk forward. Double-eick bution 2 {open doors and activate switches. Wih a thee-button mouse, use the thie button to stale PICKING UP STUFF To pick up an object, just walk overt. You're smart, and know i you cd 0 take USING DOORS, SWITCHES & ELEVATORS “To open most doors and operate switches, stand rectly in front ‘of thom and press the Spaceber. When you successfull operate 2 ‘snitch, it wil change in some way (ight up, fips a handle, etc). Ha ‘witch does not change after a couple of tres, itis probably assigned to do a task hat cannot yet be accomplished LOCKED DOORS: Sime drs hve sec oss ang require you 16 have a coer ode (yllow, red, and lve) Secury card or shal Key to open ther. Cite locked doors are operated bya sich ona nearby wal Rather an walk ing up othe door, youl ned to operate the sch HIDDEN DOORS: Some doors are hidden. Many of these can be pened by finding a sure In some cases you jst need 1 walk Up 10 the wall and press the Spacebar. you've found a secret door, it wll ‘open for you. Thee are ues that reveal a secret door-a wal that's Shied down ora ferent color, a Mashing light on a wall, tc ELEVATORS: You'l see platforms that raise and lower. Some plat forms operate continuously, while oters must be activated. Some of thom sense your proximity and lower automaticaly. Others have ‘nearby swich, Those wihout a switch can usually be operated by ‘walking up fo he patio and pressing the Spacebsar. TELEPORTERS: Teloporters can be identiied by an ev red symbol ‘on the floor beneath thom. To use a teleporter, walkover the symbol. ‘COMPLETING AN AREA ‘At the end ofeach area in DOOM there is an exit chamber, generally, marked by a special dooto¢ an “EXIT sign. Ente vs chamber ana ros the Switch inside to ext the area and head onward. When you fish an area, an Achievement Sereen tases your performance. Hid {den regions located, ratio of kl, percentage of treasure found, your ‘completion time, and a par completion time ae al displayed [ETERNAL LIFE AFTER DEATH Ht you die, you estar the love tthe beginning witha pistol and some bullts. You havo no "ves" limit-you can keep restarting the level as offen as you're kiled. The entire levels restarted trom scratch, too. Monsters you kil before are back agai, jst ike you.FIREPOWER AND HOW TO USE IT WEAPONS: Ai fis, you have only your pistol and your fists for pro- tection. When you run over a new weapon, you'l automaticaly equip yourset wih it As the game progresses, youl need to choose Detween firearms. The numeric kays select pareular weapons (you cannot use the Keypad key for ths selection). The weapons are 1 = Flot 2= Pistol Shotguns dolivor a heavy punch at close range and a generous peting trom a distance. CChainguns direct heavy trepower nto your ‘opponent, making him do the chaingun chacha. 5 = Rocket Launchers dover an explosive rocket that can tum several baddies isice-out {6 = Plasma Rifles shoot multiple rounds of plasma energy-fying some damon but 17 = BFG 90008 are the prize of the mitary's ‘arsenal. Great for clearing the room of those Unweleame guests. Shoot it and see for yourset, riit| FIRING: To use a weapon, point it towards tho enemy and press the Cit key, or hold down the Cot key fr rapa fre. It your shots hit a bad ‘94, you see splatenng blood, Dont worry i the enemy is higher oF Tomer than youl you can see a monster, you can shoot AMMO: Diferert weapons use diferent types of ammo. When you run over amo DOOM automaticaly loads the correct weapon. ‘Small Ammo Large Ammo Weapon Clip Ammo Box Pista, Chaingun Shols um 80x. Sls IM ——_Stetoun roca rte cate MM set acre cot mm sukco Plasma Fife, BFG 9000 ‘You have a maximum iit on the amount of ammo you can cay oo. ‘These ae sted on the right sido of your statusbar. Also, when you find a weapon that you already possess, don’ soom it Picking it up also gives you ammo, ‘COMMANDS AND SHORTCUTS: Pause Key =Pause Esc Key = Menu “Tab = Automap (ont Ft Read This! Fa= Save F4= Sound Volume FS = Graphic Detail F7 Ena Game 6 = Toggle Messag F10~ Quit Feduce Viow ‘COMMANDS USED ONLY IN AUTOMAP F = Follow mode (lof) M = Mark place +=Zoom in “Zoom out WEAPONS SELECTION t= Fist 2= Pistol a= Shotgun 4 Chaingun 5 = Rokot Launcher 6 = Plasma Fite 7 = BG 9000 MOVEMENT KEYS Move Forward Lp Arrow, Mouse button 2 Move Backward Down Arrow Tum Lat Left Arow Turn Fight ight Arow un Forward Shit + Up Arrow un Backward Shit + Down Arrow Fast Lott Tur Sit + Let Arrow Fast Right Turn Shit + Right Arrow Stale Loft Als Lat Arow Strate Pgh. [A+ Right Arrow FIRING YOUR WEAPON OPENING DOORS/FUIP SWITCHES Cit key ‘Space Bar ‘mouse buon 1 double-lek mouse button 2 Joystick bution 4 Joystick button 2 TIP: When you'e comfortable playing the game, ty using the keyboard andthe mouse simuitaneousty. The mouse provides fine control for ai Ing your weapon allowing you 0 smoothy rotate right and let) while the Ieyboard permits you to activate the many Useful functions ofthe gameDANGEROUS DOOM ENVIRONMENT ‘Some paris of the DOOM environment can be more dangerous than ‘he monsters youl face. Areas containing exploding bares, radioac tive wast, or crushing calings shoul be approached wih caution, {are drums containing fuel toxic waste, or some other ‘volatile substance. I your shots hit one ofthese ba- fal, it's kablooey timo might ake several bullets to set ff a barrel, but a single bast of any of the other weapons usualy does the tick. ‘SLIME AND OTHER RADIOACTIVE WASTE: Many ofthe areas in ‘DOOM contain pools of dangerous liquids that will damage you f you walk through thom. There are several varieties of waste, each doing an increasing amount of damage. It looks tid, beware! (CRUSHING CEILINGS: Some ofthe colings in DOOM can smash you, making you cry blood. Oten youl be able to sae the caling mov- Ing befor you go under i but not always. Be caretl and Save often! EXPLODING BARRELS: Scattored around the base a "TIP: Barres can ofton be the most devastating weapon in your arsenal ‘elvering a body-blating explosion foal nearby purgatory pedostnas. Wait und several evi guy get next toa bare and blast away atthe can, then watch ‘em all go boom! HEALTH AND ARMOR ven fora tough hombre ike you, DOOM can be a deadly pace. ‘Whenever you ar injured, the scroon wil flash re, and your heath wil decrease. Keep an eye on your health or you'll end up face down HEALING: Whon you're hur, you'll want to get healed back up as 500n as possible. Fortunately, Medkis and Stimpacks ae frequenty ‘statlored around the base, Grab them # possible. fm stimpscte ave you a quick injection of bostr enzymes that make you fee ike & new man-at leas, o.2 degre, ae ins, and other medical suppies 1o make you feel alot heather ARMOR: Two types of body armor can be found laying around. Both reduce damage done to you. Unfortunately, bo deterorate with use, land eventually are destroyed by enemy attacks, leaving you in need at eplacement armor SBF eeu emer is a Hort wig kovar vost hats pret for riot cont UT crs rms «nea cy jacket composed ofa tae ‘ium dorvatve-usetl fr protection against eal re: ‘Power, ke the kind youre gonna face. Hf you're wearing armor, you only pick up 8 replacement sut iit pro- ‘ides more protection than what youre now wearing. POWER-UPS ‘Other Dts of ‘chalengin electronics’ may be found in DOOM. Most ol these are pretty doggone handy, so grab them when able. These Special tame have a duraton of air the entire leva. a specie mount of tie, oF jut provide an instant benefit. A few of them affect Your game sereen So you can tell when thoy are active. For example, fvhen you pickup a radiation sul, the game soreen tune groen. As {he Sul deteriorates the screen wil Nash. Ths @ hint to get out of the radioactive coze now! Radiation Suits provide protection against adioactviy, heat, and other lowrintensty forms of energy. Basically, ‘hese suits enable you to wade through the raoactve ‘ooze without taking damage, While 2 Suit olds out, your Screen wil have a greenish tn Duration: Time Based Berserk Packs heal yu, plus act asa super-acrenaline (Reet boosing yur masce power Sco youre already a prety meaty guy, his enhanced strength lets you tear ordinary dls im trom mb, ad you can ‘even splatter hose demons without too much vouble. However, you've got to use your Fist attack to get the benfit of the Berserk atiack bonus. When you Become Berserk, your screen wil bry tum re, Duration: One LevelInadon, whenever you finda backpack, you receive Ft Backpacks increase the amount o! ammo you can cary ‘xtra ammunition Computer Mape area handy fn, updating your BB cree tarot ner aan, ci al eecret or haden arse, Ares you havent Deen 12 fe mapped in grey Duration: One Love Light Ampiestion Visors alow you to se cleay even SB incr can Dufaton: Te Based ARTIFACTS ‘fo arttacts trom the other dimension are now laying around and you may want them, to. Heath Potions prvice a smal boot o your hea ‘even past your normal 100%! @_ Spiritual Armor provides a litle extra protection above ‘and beyond your normal armor. ‘Soul Spheres are rarely encountered objocs that prow ‘id a larg boost to your heath. close encounter with ‘one ofthese and youl eal hear than over ‘others fo spot you. The enemy can sil see you, but most ‘ol thei attacks wl be loss than accurate. Duration: Tine Based Re as ee @ Blur Artifacts are strange ors that make I ificlt for that render you immune to alldamage. Prey coo, unt the fect wears off. When you'e invunerable your screen will be white-your punishment for being tough. Duration: Time Based "TIP: Create dissension among demons by maneuvering them into a ‘ross. If bad guy is ft by another demon, hel um his rage towaras {he poor jerk wth the ptt aim. If his happens, let em at each other's “ahrays bes 10 let the bad guys do the work for you. (This ls effective it projectiles fired between demons ofthe same form) ‘THE ENEMY From the vor first moment you enter the doo, til the last gunshot of the game, you'll be fighting a host of baddies. Some are just regular suye wih a bad attitude, athers aro straight from Hel, Same of the ‘monstors youl face arent shown here. Dont say we didnt warn you Former Humans: Justa fow days ago, you were proba: by smapping war tories with one of these guys, Now i's time to Swap some lead upside thelr Head. Former Human Sergeants: Same as above, but much ‘meaner, and tougher, These walking ehotgune provide {Yu wth a Tow extra holes f you're not careful Imps: You thought an imp was a cute litle dude ina red ‘ult wit a pchiork. Where aid those brown bastards ‘ome from? They heave bal fie down your throat and {ake several bullts to die. I's time to ind a weapon bet- ter than that pistol you're going to face more than one ot these SOBs. Demons: Sorta ike a shaved gota, excopt with homs, a big head, its of toth, and harder tl. Dorit get too Close or they! ip your faggin’ head oft Spectres: Great Just what you neoded. An irvsile (Geary) monster. var Tough los On fe: si | CCacodemons: They float inthe air, belch bal-ighting, ‘and boast one Hello a big mouth. You're toast if you get {00 close to these monstrosi ‘Barons of Hell: Tough a8 dump tuck and nearly a 1g, these goats are the worst hing on two tgs since ‘Tyrannosaurus rex. Note:The above ilusirations are not drawn to seal.