Doom Collector's Bundle for Windows

Pros: Revolutionary, Network Play, Expandable.
Cons: Very Dated. Graphic violence.

DOOM is a classic game. It belongs right up there with Pong, Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros. - granted, it popularized a much more violent genre, but it was indeed just as revolutionary and important in the history of video games as any...

Pros: first game of its type, classic, add on levels
Cons: bad graphics, crappy sound

Doom was the game that started the gaming revolution. All games prior to that were sappy two dimensional games. Doom's inovaters (Id software) made a three dimensional game that revolutionized the gaming industry.

Doom was released as a...

Pros: Classic game, great atmosphere, puzzles, can be very hard
Cons: graphics are dated (but this is correctable)

Running through darkened corridors you stop for a moment to gain your bearings. You back up against the wall only to hear the dreaded sound of it opening up behind you and the hiss of the unspeakable evil that has caught you by surprise. Your heart...

Pros: Ground Breaking, Revolutionary, Fun, Multiplayer, High Replay-ability.
Cons: none

Doom, from the makers of id, was one of the most inovative and revolutionary games of all time.

Today, the gaming market is litered with first person shooters that all look the same. They speak and look big, but boast nothing out of the...

Pros: Fun; Violent
Cons: Old; Bad Graphics

What It Is:

Doom is a MS DOS, 3D, first person shooter. In it, you fight lots of monsters and demons with 6 weapons, through a whole lot of levels. There is actually 4 different Doom games in the one; each just the same, but with different...

Pros: Great game, tons of fun, cheap, low system requirements
Cons: None I can think of!

DOOM- cheap, fun, fun, and more fun. Faster stress relief than a cigarette. What more can I say? The controls are very simple and there are even great cheat codes. It's easily customizeable (if you know what you're doing of course!) to replace the demons...

Pros: Old, fun, customizable, DEATHMATCH, pioneer in gaming industry!
Cons: none at all!

When I hear id Software, I instinctively think DOOM. I LOVED DOOM a few years back, and still do like to play it occasionally. It certainly pioneered the PC gaming industry and garnered almost a "cult" following when I took...

Pros: All the guns, blowing stuff up, killing demons
Cons: It teaches me how to shoot up schools..... give me a break!

Although Wolfenstein was the very first "first person" shooter. DOOM was the title that catapulted the genre into major popularity. It's the original marine goes into hell type deal, where you have a huge armorery at your disposal (how do you...

Pros: A true classic, hordes of enemies, adrenaline-pumping action
Cons: Graphics and sound are poor by today's standards

Even in these days of true-3D, polygon-filled, photo-realistic First Person Shooters, Doom still stands out as one of the best games in the genre.

Doom was the second major "First Person Shooter" (FPS) from now-famous id Software. It was the...

Pros: Great gameplay, easily accessible, runs on a baseline 486 without trouble, endless array of mods available!
Cons: Perhaps a bit violent for the younger generation of gamers.

Doom is, in simple terms, a classic. It was the first hugely successful first-person shooter, and continues to entertain today.
The story behind Doom is a simple one, and it starts with a game called "Wolfenstein 3D". Wolfenstein was the...

Pros: challenging, captivating, scary, surprising, single or multiplayer
Cons: graphics and sound just average

I started playing DOOM back when I still had Windows 3.1 and haven't gotten tired of it yet. It took me over year to reach the top playing level; and so far, I have only won twice.

This game has multiple playing levels and really challenges my...

Pros: Fun to see what games were like 3 or 4 years ago
Cons: Old game

Wolfenstein did create the 3d shooter genre but Doom made it popular and helped what it is today, one of the most popular game genres. Although by today's standards this game is ancient, it is still a classic game, every gamer should be proud to own this...

Pros: Very fun to play networked.
Cons: Bad graphics, bad sound, bad game play. It's an old game, what did you expect?

Doom, the first real “shoot ‘em up game”. This game can be summed up in one sentence: Run around, shoot guys, pick up stuff. That’s it. So why is it so entertaining?!!! I admit, the first time I played this game (It was the first 3D game I ever...

Pros: Simple controls, decent music, interesting weapons
Cons: Limited movement, predictable baddies, 9-year-old graphics

Sorry to all who reviewed and referred to Doom as the game that "started it all," etc. Doom had MANY predecessors, the most significant of which was "Wolfenstein 3D," released by the same folks some 3-1/2 years earlier (1991). My sincere regrets go out ...

Pros: Nonstop action, hellish atmosphere, ability to edit and modify the game to your liking
Cons: Can be too violent for younger players, original version severely outdated

This was the game that destroyed my life. Literally.

The day I started playing this exercise in cauterizing my cerebellum and feeding the beast within was the day I got so hopelessly addicted to something that I think is somehow worse than...