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'''Martian Buddy''' is a fictional internet company featured in [[Doom 3]], and players can see continuous spam on emails found on specific people's [[PDA]]s.
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'''Martian Buddy''' is a fictional internet company featured in [[Doom 3]]. Calling itself "The Greatest Company Ever Conceived", it is a "direct marketing advertisement" company which sends out copious amounts of spam for products such as pharmaceuticals, MMORPG games, pornography, radar technology, stimulant drugs, cooking utensils and penile enhancement. It is unclear if the company merely advertises these products or actually sells them. Martian Buddy spam emails can be found on multiple [[PDA]]s throughout the game.  
  
Throughout the game, players will encounter two Martian Buddy storage lockers. Players had to go to the Martian Buddy website (the address, ''www.martianbuddy.com'', is currently offline; the domain now redirects to [[Bethesda]]'s website) to get the combination for the two Martian Buddy storage lockers<ref>The website shows the locker code as 0508. For the expansion, the code is 634.</ref>. Both Martian Buddy storage lockers are the only two lockers in the game to have a code longer than 3 digits.
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The company also sends out promotional storage cabinets loaded with "useful things we think you'll need." Throughout the game, players will encounter two Martian Buddy storage lockers. Players had to go to the Martian Buddy website (the address, ''www.martianbuddy.com'', is currently offline; the domain now redirects to [[Bethesda]]'s website) to get the combination for the two Martian Buddy storage lockers<ref>The website shows the locker code as 0508</ref>. In the [[Doom 3: BFG Edition|BFG Edition]] of ''Doom 3'', the codes are instead found on Jonathan Moses's PDA, hidden as the sender's name in the Martian Buddy email. Both Martian Buddy storage lockers are the only two lockers in the game to have a code longer than 3 digits.  
  
The storage lockers are found in Administration, and Delta Labs Level 2B.  Administration's Martian Buddy locker contains a [[Chaingun (Doom 3)|Chaingun]] and an Ammo belt with it.  Delta Labs Level 2B's contains a [[BFG 9000 (Doom 3)|BFG 9000]].  Both lockers also have a security armor inside each one.
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The storage lockers are found in [[Administration: Union Aerospace Corporate Division|Administration]] and [[Delta Labs - Level 2b: Union Aerospace Research Division|Delta Labs Level 2B]].  Administration's Martian Buddy locker contains a [[Chaingun (Doom 3)|Chaingun]] and an Ammo belt with it.  Delta Labs Level 2B's contains a [[BFG 9000 (Doom 3)|BFG 9000]].  Both lockers also have a security armor inside each one.
  
In [[Resurrection of Evil]], The Martian Buddy mascot has its own point-and-shoot minigame, where the player has to shoot asteroids (with a weapon that looks like the [[BFG9000|classic BFG]]) to protect themselves and collect the Martianbuddies.
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In the expansion [[Resurrection of Evil]], the level [[Phobos Labs - Sector 2: Molecular Research]] contains the arcade game ''Martian Buddy Blaster'', a point-and-shoot minigame where the player has to shoot asteroids (with a weapon that looks like the [[BFG9000|classic BFG]]) to protect themselves and collect the Martianbuddies. Successfully completing the game gives the player a link to a subpage on the ''martianbuddy.com'' website, where the player could find the code to a Martian Buddy cabinet<ref>Code is 634</ref> found in the level [[Phobos Labs - Revisited: Teleportation]]. The subpage also contained a hint about a [[BFG 9000 (Doom 3)|BFG 9000]] hidden in the same level.  
  
 
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Revision as of 10:48, 14 November 2017

Martian Buddy is a fictional internet company featured in Doom 3. Calling itself "The Greatest Company Ever Conceived", it is a "direct marketing advertisement" company which sends out copious amounts of spam for products such as pharmaceuticals, MMORPG games, pornography, radar technology, stimulant drugs, cooking utensils and penile enhancement. It is unclear if the company merely advertises these products or actually sells them. Martian Buddy spam emails can be found on multiple PDAs throughout the game.

The company also sends out promotional storage cabinets loaded with "useful things we think you'll need." Throughout the game, players will encounter two Martian Buddy storage lockers. Players had to go to the Martian Buddy website (the address, www.martianbuddy.com, is currently offline; the domain now redirects to Bethesda's website) to get the combination for the two Martian Buddy storage lockers[1]. In the BFG Edition of Doom 3, the codes are instead found on Jonathan Moses's PDA, hidden as the sender's name in the Martian Buddy email. Both Martian Buddy storage lockers are the only two lockers in the game to have a code longer than 3 digits.

The storage lockers are found in Administration and Delta Labs Level 2B. Administration's Martian Buddy locker contains a Chaingun and an Ammo belt with it. Delta Labs Level 2B's contains a BFG 9000. Both lockers also have a security armor inside each one.

In the expansion Resurrection of Evil, the level Phobos Labs - Sector 2: Molecular Research contains the arcade game Martian Buddy Blaster, a point-and-shoot minigame where the player has to shoot asteroids (with a weapon that looks like the classic BFG) to protect themselves and collect the Martianbuddies. Successfully completing the game gives the player a link to a subpage on the martianbuddy.com website, where the player could find the code to a Martian Buddy cabinet[2] found in the level Phobos Labs - Revisited: Teleportation. The subpage also contained a hint about a BFG 9000 hidden in the same level.

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  1. The website shows the locker code as 0508
  2. Code is 634
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