Doom references in other games

The popularity of Doom has resulted in a large number of homages in other games.

Commercial games



 * In the adventure game The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble (known in Europe as Woodruff and the Schnibble of Azimuth) there is a scene in which Woodruff plays a Doom-like virtual reality game and shoots down a monster looking like a Demon with a shotgun.


 * Duke Nukem 3D contains a slaughtered marine, who looks like the Doomguy, which causes Duke to say "Hmmmm, that's one doomed space marine".


 * is full of references to other games, Doom included. The third level of the dungeon uses the "Moon Base Dredmor Alpha" theme, reminiscent of the UAC base on Phobos. One of the Steam achievements for the game is "Realms of the Id", which is obtained by equipping the green armor and the "rusty helm" (from Quake, which is also referenced with the "interdimensional axe").


 * In the MS-DOS versions of Earthworm Jim and Earthworm Jim 2 (collectively titled The Whole Can O' Worms), typing in the Doom cheat codes IDDQD or IDKFA displays a humorous picture.


 * In Jazz Jackrabbit 2, in the episode-selection screen, the player is allowed to try the shareware demo of the game. The episode screen is a parody of the Doom II box-art and even the text "Shareware Demo" is written using the Doom font. This is ironic since the game was released by Epic, the creator of Unreal and the biggest competitor of id's Quake franchise.


 * The turn-based strategy game Master of Magic contains an artifact called The Idspispopd.


 * Minecraft's randomized title screen phrases drawn over the Minecraft logo include several related to Doom. These include "idspispopd!", "MAP11 has two names!" and "Phobos anomaly".


 * The PC game Muppets Inside features a Doom parody starring the Swedish Chef taking on giant killer vegetables with various kitchenware.


 * Quake II was host to an Easter egg in which the Doom logo appeared in a room full of John Carmack-related paraphernalia. All the weapons available in the game are updated versions of all the weapons from Doom, including the BFG, named 'BFG 10K'.


 * Quake III features the Doomguy as a playable character; he is referred to simply as "Doom". The same model, with a different skin, is used for the character "Phobos". A female character wearing a strikingly similar helmet, known as "Crash", is referred to as Doom's former mentor.


 * The Quake III and Quake Live level Dueling Keeps includes art that is strikingly similar to the Doom II final boss.


 * contains an easter-egg room with Doom textures in the Gearhead Vault part of Subway Town. The entrance is a locked door behind a Mixom crate; the door can be opened by activating computer keyboards that make the Doom powerup sound until a demon growl is heard. Entering the room teleports to a partial recreation of E1M1. Similar easter-eggs also exist for Wolfenstein 3D and Quake. Other Doom easter eggs include, among others, the "Pinkies" snack (a parody of ), the Doom II title screen adorning Siri's hookah, the concept art for the Doom 3 version of the spiderdemon as a graffiti, a Wellspring NPC reading the Doom comic, and the character watching a Doom demo on the targeting screen of the rocket launcher when idle.


 * In Soldier of Fortune II the Doom title screen is shown on the personal computer of an enemy sailor on board the Seaward Star (mission 4).


 * In Tomb Raider III's Nevada Desert level, there are a bunch of workers in blue suits. All of them have the easily recognizeable image of a Lost Soul displayed on their backs.


 * The PC release of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 features the Doomguy as a secret skater. He is unlocked on the cheat screen by typing IDKFA.


 * In the Simpsons game Virtual Springfield there is a minigame called "Apoom" with a parody of Doom in which Apu fights off squishee-throwing bullies in his shop with a broom, shotgun and a weapon similar the BFG, causing them to explode in a bloody mess.

Fan-made games

 * World 4 of Mushroom Kingdom Fusion will be themed around Castlevania, Ghosts 'n Goblins and Doom. The demo version so far includes World 4-2, "Tower of Babel", which incorporates graphics and music from Doom. The World 4 map is that of Doom Episode 3's intermission map. Tower of Babel incorporates coded Imps and Cacodemons , as well as a functioning Cyberdemon boss. Mario may pick up and fire Doom's rocket launcher in the boss battle . Further, it is confirmed that that Halls of the Damned and The Icon of Sin will be levels, and that the BFG will be a weapon in future releases.


 * In Super Columbine Massacre RPG!, one can collect the Doom box at the beginning of the game. Later in the game, the player will face several Doom enemies, including Imps and Demons. The Cyberdemon appears as the second to last boss. Upon defeating him, the player is rewarded with a BFG.


 * Cyberdemons are found in the Roguelike game ZAngband and many derivative games, such as Gumband, Hengband and ToME. There they have similar characteristics to Cyberdemons in the Doom series, although they have been given a tremendously strong close-combat attack (four strokes for 150 damage each) in addition to their traditional rockets. Also, the unique monster Oremorj the Cyberdemon Lord can be found in ZAngband and Hengband (Oremorj is Jromero, i.e. John Romero, read backwards).