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Doom II

Doom II, also known as Doom II: Hell on Earth, is a 1994 first-person shooter game developed and published by id Software for MS-DOS. It was released on Mac OS the following year. Whereas the original Doom was initially only available through shareware and mail order, Doom II was the first Doom game released initially in stores.

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Genre
First-person shooter
Publisher
id Software[b]
Artists
Adrian Carmack · Kevin Cloud
Composer
Robert Prince[c]
Designers
Sandy Petersen · John Romero · Shawn Green · American McGee
Developer
id Software[a]

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Reception

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Doom II

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Release · 25
Doom II → AU: November 13, 2002, EU: 1997, EU: December 1995, EU: November 15, 2002, Game Boy AdvanceNA: October 23, 2002AU: November 13, 2002EU: November 15, 2002, JP: August 1995, JP: September 29, 1995, Mac OSNA: June 27, 1995JP: August 1995, MS-DOSWW: October 10, 1994[e], NA: 2004, NA: June 27, 1995, NA: March 1997, NA: November 16, 1995, NA: October 23, 2002, PC-98JP: September 29, 1995, PlayStation 3WW: November 20, 2012, PlayStationNA: November 16, 1995EU: December 1995, SaturnNA: March 1997EU: 1997, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS WW: July 26, 2019, Tapwave Zodiac NA: 2004
related to Sales · 19
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related to Multiplayer · 18
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related to Master Levels for Doom II · 17
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related to Gameplay · 16
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related to No Rest for the Living · 16
Doom II → Although, BFG Edition, Brandon James, Doom, Doom Classic Complete, It, Living, May, Nerve Software, No Rest, PlayStation Network, Software, Ultra-Violence, Unity, Xbox, Xbox Live Arcade
Platforms · 15
Doom II → Android, Game Boy Advance, iOS, Mac OS, Nintendo Switch, PC-98, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Sega Saturn, Tapwave Zodiac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
related to Releases · 15
Doom II → An Atari Jaguar, Art Data Interactive, Doomsday, DOS, Europe, GT Interactive, In, Interactive Multiplayer, Likewise, Lion Entertainment Inc, Mac OS, North America, October, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
related to Critical reception · 13
Doom II → Barrels O' Fun, Chris Crawford, Cook, David, Doom, Dragon, Eye, If, It's, Monitor, The, Writer/game, Zeb
related to Legacy of Rust · 10
Doom II → August, Counterfeit Eden, Legacy, MachineGames, Nightdive Studios, Released, Rust, Software, The, The Vulcan Abyss

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Doom IIArtistsAdrian Carmack1.00infobox
Doom IIArtistsKevin Cloud1.00infobox
Doom IIComposerRobert Prince[c]1.00infobox
Doom IIDesignersSandy Petersen1.00infobox
Doom IIDesignersJohn Romero1.00infobox
Doom IIDesignersShawn Green1.00infobox
Doom IIDesignersAmerican McGee1.00infobox
Doom IIDeveloperid Software[a]1.00infobox
Doom IIEngineDoom engine[d]1.00infobox
Doom IIGenreFirst-person shooter1.00infobox
Doom IIModesSingle-player, multiplayer1.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsMac OS1.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsPC-981.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsGame Boy Advance1.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsTapwave Zodiac1.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsXbox 3601.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsXbox One1.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsXbox Series X/S1.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsPlayStation 31.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsPlayStation 41.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsPlayStation 51.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsNintendo Switch1.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsSega Saturn1.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsPlayStation1.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsAndroid1.00infobox
Doom IIPlatformsiOS1.00infobox
Doom IIProgrammersJohn Carmack1.00infobox
Doom IIProgrammersJohn Romero1.00infobox
Doom IIProgrammersDave Taylor1.00infobox
Doom IIPublisherid Software[b]1.00infobox

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