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<option>'''Did you know''' that since [[Versions of Doom and Doom II#v1.5|version 1.5]] [[vanilla Doom]] can play MIDI files directly, and converting them to [[MUS]] is therefore useless?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that since [[Versions of Doom and Doom II#v1.5|version 1.5]] [[vanilla Doom]] can play MIDI files directly, and converting them to [[MUS]] is therefore useless?</option>
  
<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Doom]]'s [[intermission screen]] shows the [[Tower of Babel]] being built during [[The Shores of Hell|the second episode]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Doom]]'s [[intermission screen]] shows the [[E2M8: Tower of Babel (Doom)|Tower of Babel]] being built during [[The Shores of Hell|the second episode]]?</option>
  
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that the level names in [[Thy Flesh Consumed]], the final episode that was introduced in [[The Ultimate Doom]], are all taken from passages in the {{wp|King James Version}} of the {{wp|Bible}}?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that the level names in [[Thy Flesh Consumed]], the final episode that was introduced in [[The Ultimate Doom]], are all taken from passages in the {{wp|King James Version}} of the {{wp|Bible}}?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Doom's protagonist]], the marine, has made [[Doom references in other games|cameo appearances]] in ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' and in the PC version of ''{{wp|Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3}}''?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Doom's protagonist]], the marine, has made [[Doom references in other games|cameo appearances]] in ''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'' and in the PC version of ''{{wp|Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3}}''?</option>
  
<option>'''Did you know''' that id Software coined the initial concept of [[Quake]] before developing [[Doom]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that id Software coined the initial concept of ''[[Quake]]'' before developing [[Doom]]?</option>
  
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that while many [[monster]]s of the same species will not normally fight each other they may [[Monster infighting|do so]] if one causes a [[barrel]] explosion which hurts another?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that while many [[monster]]s of the same species will not normally fight each other they may [[Monster infighting|do so]] if one causes a [[barrel]] explosion which hurts another?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[Strife keys|Strife ID badge and ID card]] have their ingame lock messages transposed?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[Strife keys|Strife ID badge and ID card]] have their ingame lock messages transposed?</option>
  
<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[Doom]] [[IWAD]] contains an unused sprite (SMT2A0), depicting a gray stalagmite?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[Doom]] [[IWAD]] contains an unused sprite ({{c|SMT2A0}}), depicting a gray stalagmite?</option>
  
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that the "idchoppers" [[Doom cheat codes|cheat code]] is meant to make the player invulnerable in addition to giving him a chainsaw, but doesn't work properly [[Chainsaw#Notes|due to a bug]]?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that the "idchoppers" [[Doom cheat codes|cheat code]] is meant to make the player invulnerable in addition to giving him a chainsaw, but doesn't work properly [[Chainsaw#Notes|due to a bug]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the Ultimate Doom version of [[E1M1: Hangar (Doom)|E1M1: Hangar]] contains exactly {{wp|Number of the Beast|666}} sidedefs?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that the Ultimate Doom version of [[E1M1: Hangar (Doom)|E1M1: Hangar]] contains exactly {{wp|Number of the Beast|666}} sidedefs?</option>
  
<option>'''Did you know''' that [[E1M2: Nuclear Plant (Doom)|E1M2: Nuclear Plant]] featured in a [[Doom95#History|Windows 95 promotional video]] starring {{wp|Bill Gates}}?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[E1M2: Nuclear Plant (Doom)|E1M2: Nuclear Plant]] was featured in a [[Doom95#History|Windows 95 promotional video]] starring {{wp|Bill Gates}}?</option>
  
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[Super NES]] port was developed secretively, before later being approved by id Software?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[Super NES]] port was developed secretively, before later being approved by id Software?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[berserk]] in Classic Doom lasts for an entire level, even though the red haze only lasts approximately 20 seconds?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[berserk]] in Classic Doom lasts for an entire level, even though the red haze only lasts approximately 20 seconds?</option>
  
<option>'''Did you know''' that using certain Doom cheats in [[Heretic]] will lead to negative consequences?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that using certain Doom cheats in [[Heretic]] will lead to [[Heretic cheat codes#iddqd|negative consequences]]?</option>
  
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Doom v0.2]] includes the ability to [[Doom_v0.2#Texture_cycling|cycle]] through various textures, where two of them contain [[Easter egg]]s - "Jules Sucks", referring to [[Adrian Carmack]], and "Tom is King", referring to [[Tom Hall]]? </option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Doom v0.2]] includes the ability to [[Doom_v0.2#Texture_cycling|cycle]] through various textures, where two of them contain [[Easter egg]]s - "Jules Sucks", referring to [[Adrian Carmack]], and "Tom is King", referring to [[Tom Hall]]? </option>
  
<option>'''Did you know''' that the reason Doom is so moddable is because [[John Carmack]] saw a graphics mod for [[Wolfenstein 3D]] that changed the first boss to {{wp|Barney & Friends|Barney The Dinosaur}}?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the reason Doom is so moddable is because [[John Carmack]] saw a graphics mod for ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]'' that changed the first boss to {{wp|Barney & Friends|Barney The Dinosaur}}?</option>
  
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that in pre-release versions of Doom II, [[Arachnotron#Notes|arachnotrons looked more like spiderdemons]], complete with a super-chaingun?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that in pre-release versions of Doom II, [[Arachnotron#Notes|arachnotrons looked more like spiderdemons]], complete with a super-chaingun?</option>
  
<option>'''Did you know''' that in the [[Hexen (Sony PlayStation)|PlayStation]] and [[Hexen (Sega Saturn)|Sega Saturn]] ports of [[Hexen]], a [[fly]] can be found in some areas, despite being absent from the PC release?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that in the [[Hexen (Sony PlayStation)|PlayStation]] and [[Hexen (Sega Saturn)|Sega Saturn]] ports of [[Hexen]], a [[fly]] can be found in some areas, despite being absent from the final PC release?</option>
  
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that [[WizardWorks]] released two commercial [[megawad]]s made by [[Wraith Corporation]], mostly comprised of [[TeamTNT]] members?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that [[WizardWorks]] released two commercial [[megawad]]s made by [[Wraith Corporation]], mostly comprised of [[TeamTNT]] members?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Final Doom]] could have had a [[Perdition's Gate|third megawad]]?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Final Doom]] could have had a [[Perdition's Gate|third megawad]]?</option>
  
<option>'''Did you know''' that several characters and story elements seen in the [[Doom Bible]] were reused by [[Tom Hall]] in [[Rise of the Triad]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that several characters and story elements seen in the [[Doom Bible]] were reused by [[Tom Hall]] in ''[[Rise of the Triad]]''?</option>
  
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that, despite sharing a last name, [[John Carmack|John]] and [[Adrian Carmack]] are not related?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that, despite sharing a last name, [[John Carmack|John]] and [[Adrian Carmack]] are not related?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[John Carmack]] was sent to juvenile detention after attempting to break into his school computer lab with {{wp|thermite}}?</option>
 
<option>'''Did you know''' that [[John Carmack]] was sent to juvenile detention after attempting to break into his school computer lab with {{wp|thermite}}?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[Doom Bible#Command-line parameters|Doom Bible]] mentions a cut command line parameter that would turn [[Mobj|actors]] into naked women?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that there are a total of six officially-licensed games that use the [[Doom engine]] ([[Doom]], [[Doom II]], [[Heretic]], [[Hexen: Beyond Heretic]], [[Strife: Quest for the Sigil]], and [[Chex Quest]])?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that in May of 2019, John Romero released an unofficial [[SIGIL|fifth episode]] for [[Doom]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Doom]] was inspired by a game of {{wp|Dungeons & Dragons}} that ended with a horde of demons overrunning an entire planet because of the {{wp|Daikatana}}?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[Cacodemon#Notes|cacodemon]] is based on two monsters from {{wp|Dungeons & Dragons}}?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Dario Casali|Dario]] and [[Milo Casali]] are sons of {{wp|Kim Casali}}, creator of ''{{wp|Love Is...}}''?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the last remaining [[id Software]] employee from the development of [[Doom]] was hired as an [[Donna Jackson|office manager]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that before developing [[Doom]], [[id Software]] created a pitch demo for ''{{wp|Super Mario Bros. 3}}'' on MS-DOS?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that no one knows what happened to [[Strife source code|Strife's source code]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that any monster in the [[Sony PlayStation]] and [[Sega Saturn]] versions of Doom can become a [[nightmare monster]], but in the final version this is only applied to [[nightmare spectre]]s?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[Doom 64 (2020 version)|re-release versions]] of [[Doom 64]] have the option to configure [[nightmare monster]]s similarly to the PlayStation version of Doom?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Hell knight]]s and [[Baron of Hell|barons of Hell]] can infight normally in the [[Sony PlayStation]] and [[Sega Saturn]] versions of Doom, as well as in [[Doom 64]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that when playing a [[Multiplayer|deathmatch]] in [[Heretic]], if the player's [[frag]]s fall below -9 (negative nine), then instead of a number, the inscription LAME will be shown in the [[Status bar#Heretic status bar|status bar]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that a ''{{wp|Sonic the Hedgehog}}'' [[Sonic Robo Blast 2|fan game]] running on the [[Doom engine]] has been in active development since 1998?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that episodes [[The Shores of Hell|2]] and [[Inferno|3]] of Doom [[Doom press release beta#Levels|swapped places]] during [[Development of Doom|development]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that in the [[Doom press release beta|press release beta]], [[lost soul]]s originally attacked the player through an unavoidable [[hitscan]] attack?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[id Software]] employee [[Tim Willits]] was contracted to make a level for [[Kick Attack!|a PWAD theme after a brand of soda]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[TNT: Evilution]] was originally meant to be a free [[megawad]] before being given to [[id Software]] for the commercial [[Final Doom]] release?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Doom's protagonist]] is one of the playable characters in ''{{wp|Quake III Arena}}''?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that DQD in the "iddqd" [[Doom cheat codes|cheat code]] is a reference to [[Doom cheat codes#cite_note-mnote3-4|Delta-Q-Delta]], a fictional fraternity created by [[Dave Taylor]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[Adrian Carmack]] disliked working on the [[Commander Keen]] series so much that you can shoot his hanged body in a [[MAP32: Grosse (Doom II)|secret level]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that after working on [[The Plutonia Experiment]], [[Dario Casali]] was hired by {{wp|Valve Corporation|Valve}} as a level designer for ''{{wp|Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life}}''?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the sprites for [[Strife]]'s [[Punch dagger|punch dagger]] are based on the uncropped sprites for the [[Fist|fist]] seen in [[Doom]]'s [[Doom press release beta|press release beta]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that a song from ''{{wp|Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold}}'' was originally meant for [[Unused Doom music|Doom]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[Super shotgun#Notes|super shotgun]] uses different sprites in the North American and European releases of [[Final Doom (PlayStation)|Final Doom for the Sony Playstation]]?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the [[Super shotgun#Combat characteristics|super shotgun]] fires 20 pellets, roughly 2.85 times that of the [[Shotgun#Combat characteristics|regular shotgun]]'s seven?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that the original [[Doom]] released on December 10, 1993, exactly one day after {{wp|1993–94 United States Senate hearings on video games|a US congressional hearing on violent video games and their impact on children}}?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that [[John Romero]] is Mexican-Native American?</option>
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<option>'''Did you know''' that you can only get 100% secrets in [[Doom II]] by [[MAP15: Industrial Zone (Doom II)#Bugs|having a door close on the player]] while a [[pain elemental]] tries to create a [[lost soul]]?</option>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:08, 5 March 2024

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Did you know that Adrian Carmack disliked working on the Commander Keen series so much that you can shoot his hanged body in a secret level?

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