Press articles

This page lists articles in the press, devoted primarily to the Doom games.

Previews

Article	Subject	Language	Notes	Link
PC Player, 5/1993, pp. 6-7	Doom	German		[1]
Game Players PC Entertainment, May/June 1993, p. 8	Doom	English		[2]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, June 1993, p. 74	Doom	English		[3]
Computer Gaming World, July 1993, pp. 104-105	Doom	English		[4]
Electronic Games, September 1993, p. 38	Doom	English	Brief preview	[5]
Megazin, September 1993, p. 38	Doom	Slovenian	Preliminary score: Graphics 82%, Sound 74%, Playability 85%, Overall 86%	[6]
Aktueller Software Markt, October 1993, pp. 126-127	Doom	German		[7]
Electronic Games, December 1993, p. 58	Doom	English		[8]
Gambler, December 1993, p. 61	Doom	Polish		[9]
Compute, August 1994, p. 84	Doom II	English		[10]
Secret Service, 9/1994, p. 54	Doom II	Polish		[11]
Mega Force, October 1994, pp. 18-19	Sega 32X Doom	French		[12]
Next Generation, May 1995, pp. 40-41	Doom 64	English		[13]
GamePro, March 1997, p. 45-46	Doom 64	English		[14]
gamesTM #19 (2004), pp. 42-43	Doom 3	English

Reviews

Article	Subject	Language	Notes	Link
The Age, December 23, 1993	Doom	English		Excerpt
Top Secret, 1/1994, p. 39	Doom	Polish	Score: 10/10	[15]
San Jose Mercury News, January 2, 1994	Doom	English		Excerpt
The Guardian, January 13, 1994	Doom	English		Excerpt
PC Player, 2/1994, pp. 36-38	Doom	German	Score: 85/100	[16]
PC Joker, 2/1994, p. 75	Doom	German	Score: 79%	[17]
Secret Service, 2/1994, p. 36	Doom	Polish	Score: Graphics 100%, Sound 100%, Quality 100%	[18]
Joystick, February 1994, p. 86	Doom	French	Score: 96%, Megastar	[19]
Gambler, February 1994, p. 72	Doom	Polish	Score: Graphics 100%, Sound 100%, Playability 100%, Idea 80%, Overall 95%	[20]
Computer Gaming World, March 1994, pp. 38-39	Doom	English		[21]
Power Play, 3/1994, pp. 28-29	Doom	German	Score: 87%	[22]
Play Time, 3/1994, pp. 110-111	Doom	German	Score: 90/100	[23]
ASM (Aktuelle Software Markt), 3/1994	Doom	German	Score: 11/12	[24]
Compute, April 1994, p. 82	Doom	English		[25]
Edge, April 1994, pp. 60-63	Doom	English	Score: 7/10 Source of the infamous "if only you could talk to the monsters" remark.	[26]
Electronic Entertainment, April 1994, p. 94	Doom	English	Score: 10/10	[27]
The Advocate, June 17, 1994	Doom	English		Excerpt
Secret Service, 10/1994, p. 68	Doom II	Polish	Score: Graphics 100%, Sound 100%, Quality 100%. English translation available.	[28]
Joystick, October 1994, p. 76	Doom II	French	Score: Technical 95%, Interest 20% (Doom owners)/85% (newcomers)	[29]
Gambler, October 1994, p. 72	Doom II	Polish	Score: Graphics 100%, Sound 90%, Playability 95%, Idea 80%, Overall 95%	[30]
Top Secret, October 1994, p. 51	Doom II	Polish	Score: Overall 10/10, Brain 3/10, Sound 10/10, Graphics 9/10	[31]
Computer Gaming World, November 1994, pp. 98-102	Doom II	English	Score: 4.5/5	[32]
Games Master, November 1994, pp. 80-81	Doom II	English	Score: 96/100	[33]
PC Player, 11/1994, pp. 82-83	Doom II	German	Score: 83/100	[34]
PC Zone, November 1994, pp. 60-64	Doom II	English	Score: 62/100 (for "Doom pros"), 90/100 (for Doom "virgins")	[35]
Power Play, 11/1994, pp. 38-40	Doom II	German	Score: 82%	[36]
PC Gamer, December 1994, pp. 134-135	Doom II	English	Score: 90%	Archived copy at Doomworld/idgames
Mega Fun, 1/1995, p. 112	Atari Jaguar Doom	German	Score: 91%	[37]
Mega Fun, 1/1995, p. 31	Sega 32X Doom	German	Score: 87%	[38]
Joystick, March 1995, p. 90	Heretic	French	Score: Technical 92%, Interest 91%, Megastar	[39]
Joystick, September 1995, p. 100	Doom II (Macintosh)	French	Score: Technical 90%, Interest 87%	[40]
Joystick, November 1995, p. 62	Hexen	French	Score: Technical 80%, Interest 90%, Megastar	[41]
Gambler, November 1995, p. 33	Atari Jaguar Doom	Polish	Score: Graphics 45%, Sound 45%, Playability 60%, Idea 80%, Overall 50%	[42]
Joystick, February 1996, p. 89	The Ultimate Doom (Macintosh)	French	Score: Technical 77%, Interest 75%	[43]
Joystick, March 1996, p. 66	Doom (3DO)	French	Score: Technical 80%, Interest 85%	[44]
Mean Machines, March 1997, pp. 66-68	Doom (Saturn)	English	Score: Graphics 46/100, Sound 82/100, Playability 46/100, Lastability 30/100, Overall 39/100	[45]
Video Games, 9/1997, pp. 84-85	Doom 64	German	Score: 85%	[46]

Miscellaneous

Periodical	Subject/Title	Language	Notes	Link
Game Developer Magazine, January 1994	Monsters from the Id: The Making of Doom	English	Republished by Gamasutra 22 Aug 2013	[47]
PC Gamer, May-June 1994, pp. 50-53	Doom: Why It Took Over My Life (feature)	English		part 1, part 2
Top Secret, June 1994, p. 23	General overview of Doom modding	Polish		[48]
Secret Service, June 1994, p. 11	Doom mapping contest announcement	Polish		[49]
Secret Service, June 1994, pp. 12-13	General overview of Doom mods and modding tools	Polish		[50]
Computer Gaming World, July 1994, pp. 20-24	"To Hell and Back Again." Information on Doom's development and a look at Doom II	English		[51]
Computer Gaming World, August 1994, pp. 140-142	"The Lighter Side of Doom." Description of Doom's lighting effects	English		[52]
Washington Post, October 10, 1994	"Pac-Man, Tetris – and Now It's Doom's Day"	English		[53]
Secret Service, November 1994, p. 7	Doom mapping contest results	Polish		[54]
Electronic Entertainment, December 1994, pp. 58-64	"Natural Born Doom Killers." Includes descriptions of various "Doom clone" games, and several Doom mods.	English		[55]
Gambler, June 1995, p. 83	Doom fan fiction story contest announcement	Polish		[56]
Gambler, July 1995, pp. 46-51	General article about Doom clones	Polish		[57]
MegaFan #1 (1996), pp. 104-134	Walkthrough for episode 1 (Master Levels) of the PlayStation version of Final Doom	English		[58]
gamesTM #19 (2004), pp. 91-95	Doom retrospective	English

See also

• Awards and rankings