Nightmare spectre

The nightmare spectre in the Sony PlayStation version of Doom.

The nightmare spectre is a nightmare monster, appearing as 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

Nightmare spectre data
Thing type	3002 (decimal), BBA (hex)
Hit points	300
Speed	10 map units per frame (175.0 map units per second)
Radius	30
Height	56
Mass	400
Reaction time	8 tics
Pain chance	180 (70.31%)
Pain time	2 tics
Flags	4194310 (decimal) 00400006 (hex)
Flags list	1: Obstacle 2: Shootable 22: Affects kill %

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

State	Frames
Idling	2 [AB]
Chasing	8 [AABBCCDD]
Attacking	3 [EFG]
Hurting	2 [HH]
Dying	6 [IJKLMN]

Melee attack
Damage	4-32
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

The level groups contain the following numbers of nightmare spectres per skill level:

Episode	IAAW and HNTR	HMP	UV
Ultimate Doom	54	98	138
Doom II	2	8	14

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	MAP16: Wormhole	MAP16: Wormhole	MAP16: Wormhole

The level groups contain the following numbers of nightmare spectres per skill level:

Episode	IAAW and HNTR	HMP	UV
Master Levels	4	6	6
TNT	12	26	36

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.