Doom Classic hits the App Store

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 9:12pm — Seth Weintraub

No doubt this will become one of the better selling games on the iPhone, the original Doom was released today by id Software (iTunes Link $6.99).

From the developer:

Welcome to Hell! Prepare to relive the First Person Shooter that defined a generation with the legendary original DOOM - now on the iPhone. As a space marine stationed on the planet Mars, you are all that stands between the armies of Hell and their invasion of planet Earth!

DOOM Classic includes the original three episodes as well as Episode Four, Thy Flesh Consumed, spread across 36 levels of non-stop carnage and action.

Choose from customizable control schemes, all designed by id Software co-founder and industry legend, John Carmack. Wield unforgettable weapons like the Chainsaw and the BFG 9000 while fighting through notorious monsters like the Imp, Cacodemon, and Hell Knight!

In DOOM Classic, multiplayer action is reborn! With a wireless connection, battle up to four players in Deathmatch mode, or work together cooperatively and fight back against the demons of Hell.

Features:
• Play the legendary first person shooter, DOOM, with an iPhone or iPod Touch.
• Fight through 36 missions in four action-packed episodes: Knee-Deep in the Dead, Shores of Hell, Inferno, and Thy Flesh Consumed
• Experience DOOM multiplayer on your mobile device, including Deathmatch and Cooperative play for up to four players via wireless internet.
• Choose from three different control types and customize the interface to suit your style
• Explore the depths of Mars while utilizing the topdown map to help you explore and save your game on the fly.
• Listen to the original soundtrack or disable it and use your own iPod music

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Comments

International Moment of Zen

Sat, 10/31/2009 - 12:16am — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

This Doom version is not available in Germany. I guess the censorship overloards are frightened that my sensible yet adult soul might be hampered by some red pixels.

I for one thank my goverment for pampering me like that. Pixels are so much more cruel than those slaughtered kids in the numerous wars going on right? Puh. Saved once again from the cruel virtual world. Back into my bubble. Let's watch the news instead. Oh my. Just another hundreds dead somewhere. Well. At least they aren't red pixels....

(insert sarcasm tags where approbiate)

D'oh.

Dear International Moment of

Sat, 10/31/2009 - 1:06am — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Dear International Moment of Zen,

that is without a doubt the best comment i have read on this ever!

Take care

Display of Nazi symbols is

Sun, 11/01/2009 - 1:06am — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Display of Nazi symbols is illegal in Germany. German market version of Return to the Castle of Wolfenstein was tweaked for the same reasons.

Hence, it's not censorship, it's German legislation. Canada was the last country in the world to have Skype for iPhone available in Canadian iTunes store. Again, legal reasons.

Wrong

Sun, 11/01/2009 - 1:58am — International moment of Zen writer (not verified)

We are talking about Doom. Not. Wolfenstein.
There aren't any Nazi (to hell with them!) symbols in doom.
Thus, your argument is not valid at all.

The problem is indeed the goverment and the censorship organization.
They prefer simple solution. And their (totally wrong) explanation for rising violence and amok attacks on schools (Germany had its own Columbine incident) amongst teenagers are ego-shooters. There are politicians who want to forbid them all together. Even for adults. As a result of constant uninformd discussion and misleading articles in stupid tabloids, they are filtering more and more. Games that may have been played some years ago by 16 years old is nowadays only available for adults. And it gets worse.