Nightmare spectre

The Nightmare Spectre in the Sony PlayStation version of Doom.

The nightmare spectre is a tougher form of spectre found in the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn versions of Doom and Final Doom, having double the hit points of ordinary spectres and demons. It appears in the PlayStation games as a demon subtractively blended against the background graphics. In the Sega Saturn version, it is indistinguishable from a normal spectre except for the amount of damage it can take. It is officially described as follows:

"If you 'liked' the Spectre, meet his tougher brother."

― PlayStation Doom instruction manual 

"If you 'liked' the Spectre, you’ll love his big bad brother."

― Sega Saturn Doom instruction manual 

Data

Attributes ID # 3002 (decimal), BBA (hex) Hit points 300 Speed 10 Width 32 Height 56 Reaction time 8 Pain chance 180 (70.31%) Mass 400 Bits 4194310 Bits list 1: Obstacle 2: Shootable 22: Affects Kill % 64: Nightmare creature

Sprites & sounds Sprite name SARG Alert sound DSSGTSIT Pain sound DSDMPAIN Death sound DSSGTDTH Action sound DSDMACT

Melee attack Damage 4-40 Sound DSSGTATK

Appearance statistics

In Sony PlayStation Doom, the nightmare spectre is first encountered on these maps:

Episode	I am a wimp and HNTR	HMP	UV
Ultimate Doom	MAP06: Central Processing	MAP06: Central Processing	MAP05: Phobos Lab
Doom II	MAP34: The Focus	MAP34: The Focus	MAP34: The Focus

In PlayStation Final Doom, the nightmare spectre is first encountered on these maps:

Episode	I am a wimp and HNTR	HMP	UV
Master Levels	MAP07: Geryon	MAP02: Virgil	MAP02: Virgil
TNT	MAP17: Crater	MAP16: Wormhole	MAP16: Wormhole

There are no nightmare spectres in the Plutonia episode.

Trivia

A nightmare spectre in the Doom 64 TC.

• Nightmare spectres were featured in the Doom 64 TC, despite not appearing in Doom 64 itself. They were given 500 HP instead of 300.
• Nightmare imps were also present in a press-release beta version of the PlayStation game but were removed. They later returned in Doom 64.