Doom 3 (PC, Xbox)

Doom 3
Developers: id Software, Aspyr Media (Mac), Vicarious Visions (Xbox) Publishers: Activision (original), Bethesda Softworks (current) Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Xbox Released internationally: April 4, 2005 (Xbox) Released in US: August 3, 2004 (Windows), October 1, 2004 (Linux), March 14, 2005 (Mac) This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article? Notes: Is the Easter egg with Doom cheat codes worth documenting here?

To do: Prerelease junk. Should Resurrection of Evil have a sub-page here or a separate article? Verify content parity between the PC and Xbox versions.

Doom 3 is the controversial black goat of id Software's demon killing saga. Acting as a retelling of the original game, you're a marine sent off to a scientific research facility on Mars, where things inevitably go wrong and all hell quite literally breaks loose.

While it had highly impressive lighting back when it released, many fans of the series have remained split whenever it's a good game or not, due to the game's slower and more-story focused horror approach compared to the more action-oriented gameplay of the previous games.

Bethesda later released a remastered version called the BFG Edition in 2012, and re-released the game again in 2019 as simply Doom 3 with the release of the Unity ports of Doom and Doom II. This latest release is simply BFG Edition with the Multiplayer functionality stripped out.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Test Maps

test_box

A simple box, not much else to discuss.

test_lotsaimps

As the name implies the map is filled with rows of several monsters.

test_boxstack

A rectangular room with a tall tower of blocks to knock down.

Unseen Texture

To do: Replace the image below with a png and rip this texture as well please. This texture is probably used in a couple other areas.

A sprite of the Zombieman's gib animation from the original Doom is used to mark breakable objects, usually glass. These markers are usually made invisible via a flag, but in some instances, like in an unreachable area in the level "Monorail" after the cutscene from the beginning of the level, can be seen by the player. These sprites can also sometimes be seen in the Xbox release's Alpha Labs levels.

Version Differences

To do: A better explanation of the extra content.

The Limited Collector's Edition for Xbox adds emulated DOS versions of The Ultimate Doom and Doom II with split-screen support for the first time ever, along with concept art, short interview snippets from id Software staff, and G4's The History of Doom and Making of Doom 3 mini-documentary.