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BFG (weapon)

The BFG is a fictional weapon created by id Software. It is largely found in their first-person shooter video games Doom and Quake. The abbreviation stands for "Big Fucking Gun", as described in Tom Hall's original Doom design document and in the user manual of Doom II: Hell on Earth. The Quake II manual says it stands for "Big, Uh, Freakin' Gun". This…

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Genre
First-person shooter
Publisher
Id Software
Affiliation
Union Aerospace Corporation
Created by
Tom Hall · Adrian Carmack · Kevin Cloud
Owners
Doomguy
Type
Weapon

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BFG (weapon)

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BFG (weapon)

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Created by · 3
BFG (weapon) → Adrian Carmack, Kevin Cloud, Tom Hall
Affiliation · 1
BFG (weapon) → Union Aerospace Corporation
First appearance · 1
BFG (weapon) → Doom .mw-parser-output .noitalic{font-style:normal}(1993)
Genre · 1
BFG (weapon) → First-person shooter
Owners · 1
BFG (weapon) → Doomguy
Publisher · 1
BFG (weapon) → Id Software
Type · 1
BFG (weapon) → Weapon

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BFG (weapon)AffiliationUnion Aerospace Corporation1.00infobox
BFG (weapon)Created byTom Hall1.00infobox
BFG (weapon)Created byAdrian Carmack1.00infobox
BFG (weapon)Created byKevin Cloud1.00infobox
BFG (weapon)First appearanceDoom .mw-parser-output .noitalic{font-style:normal}(1993)1.00infobox
BFG (weapon)GenreFirst-person shooter1.00infobox
BFG (weapon)OwnersDoomguy1.00infobox
BFG (weapon)PublisherId Software1.00infobox
BFG (weapon)TypeWeapon1.00infobox

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