Doom 64
You killed the Demons once, they were all dead. Or so you thought... A single Demon Entity escaped detection. Systematically it altered decaying, dead carnage back into grotesque living tissue. The Demons have…
Doom 64 is a shooter developed by Midway Studios San Diego, released 4 April 1997 on Nintendo 64.
What Doom 64 is
Doom 64 is a shooter game developed by Midway Studios San Diego and released in 1997. It was published by Midway Home Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo 64 only. It runs on id Tech 1.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the aftermath of the lone Marine's legendary victories against the forces of Hell, the ravaged research installations of the Union Aerospace Corporation are sealed off under quarantine, left to fester beneath apocalyptic levels of radiation. For years the abandoned facilities lie silent. Then a barely functioning monitoring satellite transmits an ominous message back to Earth: a single mysterious entity, its presence long masked by the deadly radiation, wields vast powers of rejuvenation. This hidden horror has been steadily resurrecting the fallen demons, warping decayed corpses back into corrupted, living flesh and rebuilding an infernal army. With the threat mounting and no one else…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Doom series
Doom 64 is the 13th of 73 entries we hold in the Doom series. The next entry was HacX: Twitch 'n Kill in 1997. Its critic score of 77 is 2 points below the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations at 91.
How it was received
Doom 64 holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 90 votes.
What it launched against
Doom 64 launched on 4 April 1997, within three weeks of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Need for Speed II and Jonah Lomu Rugby. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Need for Speed II, Jonah Lomu Rugby.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Doom 64 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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