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All Hell's Breaking Loose! This is it! The gaming addiction that's been played by an estimated 10 million fanatics on the PC. And now it's out in a sweat-soaked, pulse-pounding, adrenaline-wrenching version…

70 16 November 1995

Doom is a shooter, released 16 November 1995 on PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

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What Doom is

Doom was released in 1995. It was published by id Software. It is available on PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

The premise, in the publisher's words

All Hell's Breaking Loose! This is it! The gaming addiction that's been played by an estimated 10 million fanatics on the PC. And now it's out in a sweat-soaked, pulse-pounding, adrenaline-wrenching version for the PlayStation game console. It's Doom. The Custom PlayStation Edition. Enhanced to take full advantage of the PlayStation's cutting-edge technology. With over 50 levels of madness and mayhem from Ultimate Doom and Doom II. Plus unique, new levels of destruction that make all hell break loose on your screen!
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Doom series

Doom is the seventh of 73 entries we hold in the Doom series. The next entry was Master Levels for Doom II in 1995. Its critic score of 70 is 9 points below the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations at 91.

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How it was received

Doom holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 37% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 4 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Doom launched on 16 November 1995, within three weeks of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Rayman. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Rayman.

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When did Doom come out?
Doom was released on 16 November 1995 for PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

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