When the original Doom first appeared on the MS-DOS format way back in 1993, it took the world by storm, and created an entirely new genre in the process! There had been other similar first-person shooters before it, such as the iconic Wolfenstein 3D, but Doom was a game-changer for the video game industry - not only for popularising the FPS genre, but also because of the levels of gore and violence previously not seen in a video game, contributing towards the creation of the ESRB rating system for games. Doom's popularity was in part due to the modding scene, with talented bedroom programmers altering the sprites in the game code to resemble something different. Doom II followed in 1994, and further popularised the FPS genre, thus leading to a deluge of "Doom-clone" titles to be released in a relatively short space of time, such as Hexen, Quake, and Exhumed. The FPS genre would later go on to become one of the most popular and best selling genres in the entire industry, with games like Call Of Duty and Battlefield all owing their success to the Doom franchise! To celebrate this incredible game, here's a matching set of Doom characters by artist Beegeedoubleyou, based on the classic and iconic game!
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