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The GBA port of Doom has some of the original levels missing, but has Link Cable support. The engine is based on the Atari Jaguar port, being the last version with this engine.

80 28 October 2001

Doom is a shooter developed by id Software, released 28 October 2001 on Game Boy Advance.

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What Doom is

Doom is a shooter game developed by id Software and released in 2001. It was published by Activision. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The GBA port of Doom has some of the original levels missing, but has Link Cable support. The engine is based on the Atari Jaguar port, being the last version with this engine.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Doom series

Doom is the 15th of 73 entries we hold in the Doom series. It arrived 4 years after HacX: Twitch 'n Kill. The next entry was Doom 3: Limited - Collector's Edition in 2002. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly 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 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Doom launched on 28 October 2001, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.

Cheats and codes

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When did Doom come out?
Doom was released on 28 October 2001 for Game Boy Advance.

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