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Doom II, Final Doom, Master Levels, No Rest for the Living
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Heretic, Hexen, Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
Strife, Veteran Edition
Chex Quest, Chex Quest 2, Chex Quest 3
Hacx, Harmony, Urban Brawl
Freedoom, Blasphemer, Zauberer
Doom 3, Resurrection of Evil, BFG Edition, The Lost Mission
Doom (2016): The game previously known as Doom 4.
Doom RPG, Doom II RPG, Doom Resurrection
All games...
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Did you know that the re-release versions of Doom 64 have the option to configure nightmare monsters similarly to the PlayStation version of Doom?

(More trivia...)

Featured Article - December 2016

idgames archive

The idgames archive is the largest online archive of levels, modifications, tools and other material for Doom engine games. The archive was founded in 1994 by Barry Bloom, and is currently hosted on the FTP site of gamers.org, where it has been housed since 2001. To alleviate bandwidth usage and ensure that data will not be lost, the archive is mirrored on various alternative FTP sites around the world which are recommended for downloads.
(read more) (feature nominations)

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DoomWiki.org needs you!

Looking for something to do? Here are some of the Doom Wiki's greatest needs:

Add citations to articles
Add information on Hacx levels, items and weapons
Add to article stubs
Clean up articles
Complete walkthroughs for all stock levels
Create wanted articles
Doom editing tutorials
Doom 3 material, especially Doom 3: BFG Edition content
Doom (2016) material
Investigate unclear image copyrights
Replace screenshots using an incorrect aspect ratio
Review articles with disputed content
Review pages marked for deletion or merging
Write about Doom II RPG topics
Write about PWADs, especially winners of major awards, or complete unfinished map articles

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-The '''[[Doom Wiki]]''' is an extensive community effort to document everything related to [[id Software]]'s masterpiece games [[Doom]] and [[Doom II]], other [[games]] based on the [[Doom engine]], [[Doom 3]], the upcoming [[Doom (2016)|Doom]], and more. We have created '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles to date.
+The '''[[Doom Wiki]]''' is an extensive community effort to document everything related to [[id Software]]'s masterpiece games [[Doom]] and [[Doom II]], other [[games]] based on the [[Doom engine]], [[Doom 3]], the newest [[Doom (2016)|Doom]], and more. We have created '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles to date.
 This site is a [[wiki]], so everyone is encouraged to create and edit articles. New contributors should read our [[Doom Wiki:FAQ|FAQ]] first. If this is your first time using a wiki, be sure to check out the [[m:Help:Editing|basic editing instructions]] as well. If you need additional help, or wish to discuss general aspects of this wiki, pay a visit to the [[Doom Wiki:Central Processing|Central Processing]] discussion board.
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 * [[Chex Quest]], [[Chex Quest 2]], [[Chex Quest 3]]
 * [[Hacx]], [[Harmony]], [[Urban Brawl]]
-* [[Freedoom]], [[Blasphemer]]
+* [[Freedoom]], [[Blasphemer]], [[Zauberer]]
-* [[Doom 3]], [[Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil|Resurrection of Evil]], [[Doom 3: BFG Edition|BFG Edition]]
+* [[Doom 3]], [[Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil|Resurrection of Evil]], [[Doom 3: BFG Edition|BFG Edition]], [[The Lost Mission]]
 * [[Doom (2016)]]: The game previously known as Doom 4.
 * [[Doom RPG]], [[Doom II RPG]], [[Doom Resurrection (iPhone)|Doom Resurrection]]
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+* [[Artwork of Doom|Artwork]]
 * [[Cover art]]
 * [[Music]]
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+===[[idgames archive]]===
-===[[Doomworld]]===
+The '''idgames archive''' is the largest online archive of levels, modifications, tools and other material for Doom engine games. The archive was founded in 1994 by Barry Bloom, and is currently hosted on the FTP site of gamers.org, where it has been housed since 2001. To alleviate bandwidth usage and ensure that data will not be lost, the archive is mirrored on various alternative FTP sites around the world which are recommended for downloads.
-'''Doomworld''' is the oldest unofficial news website dedicated to the Doom games. The site was founded on March 13, 1998 by [[Andrew Stine (Linguica)]], [[Gaston Lahaut (Mordeth)]], and [[Javier Heredia (Dukrous)]]. In addition to Doom related news, Doomworld also hosts the weekly [[The /newstuff Chronicles|/newstuff Chronicles]] reviews of new WADs uploaded to the [[idgames archive]] and a web-based database of the archive. The site also provides informational resources about Doom and associated games, hosting of Doom websites, and a forum.
+<br/>([[idgames archive|read more]])'' ''([[Talk:Entryway/FeaturedArticles|feature nominations]])''
-<br/>([[Lost soul|read more]])'' ''([[Talk:Entryway/FeaturedArticles|feature nominations]])''
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 * [[Doom Wiki:Help|Help and how-tos]]
 * [[How to download and run Doom]]
-* [[How to play Doom on modern Windows systems|How to play Doom on Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8]]
+* [[How to play Doom on modern Windows systems|How to play Doom on Windows]]
 * [[Levels|Walkthroughs for each level]]
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 Looking for something to do? Here are some of the Doom Wiki's greatest needs:
 * [[:Category:Articles with unsourced statements|Add citations to articles]]
-* Add information on [[Hacx]] [[Hacx#Levels|levels]], items and [[Hacx#Weapons|weapons]]
+* Add information on [[Hacx]] [[Hacx#Levels|levels]], [[Hacx#Items|items]] and [[Hacx#Weapons|weapons]]
 * Add to [[:Category:Stubs|article stubs]]
 * [[:Category:Cleanup|Clean up articles]]
-* Complete the [[Strife#Levels|Strife levels]] pages
 * Complete walkthroughs for all [[Levels|stock levels]]
 * Create [[Special:Wantedpages|wanted articles]]
 * [[:Category:Editing|Doom editing tutorials]]
 * [[:Category:Doom 3|Doom 3 material]], especially [[Doom 3: BFG Edition]] content
+* [[:Category:Doom (2016)|Doom (2016) material]]
 * Investigate [[:Category:Images with unknown source|unclear image copyrights]]
 * Replace [[:Category:Screenshots using an incorrect aspect ratio|screenshots]] using an incorrect [[aspect ratio]]