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Doom refers to a state or feeling of impending and inevitable destruction and ruin, far beyond mere trouble. Doom may also refer to:

History

  • dōm (pronounced "doom"), the Anglo-Saxon word meaning "judgment", "law"
  • Doom book the Laws of King Aelfred, Legal Code of Alfred the Great, Code of Alfred 893
  • Doom Book, a list kept in the 1930s by United States censor Will Hays
  • Doom (painting), a painting that depicts the Last Judgment

Music

Other media

  • Black Doom, leader of the Black Arms in the Sonic the Hedgehog fictional universe
  • Doctor Doom, a supervillain and ruler of a small country within the Marvel Comics universe
  • Doom (professional wrestling)
  • Doom Trilogy, a series of text adventure games for home computers (beginning with Countdown to Doom)
  • Doom (film), a movie based on the computer game series of the same name
  • Judge Doom, the villain of the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  • Mount Doom, a volcano in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings
  • Doom, a Final Fantasy dark magic spell that causes the target to die in three turns
  • Thulsa Doom, the snake-like villain played by James Earl Jones in the motion picture Conan the Barbarian

Games

Doom is a series of video games by id Software, and several licensed properties have been based on the series.

  • Doom (video game), a first-person shooter computer game released in 1993
    • Ultimate Doom, a special edition of Doom that contains an additional episode
  • Doom II
  • Master Levels for Doom II
  • The Depths of Doom Trilogy, a compilation consisting of Ultimate Doom, Doom II, Master Levels for Doom II, and Maximum Doom
  • Final Doom, a 64-level continuation of the Doom II story released in 1996
  • Doom 64, first person shooter for the Nintendo 64 released in 1997
  • Doom 3, a re-imagining of the first game released in 2004
  • Doom 4, an announced but yet to be released installment in the Doom series
  • Doom RPG, a role-playing game for mobile phones, based on the first-person shooter computer game
  • Doom: The Boardgame, a board game adaptation of the computer game

See also