Doom (franchise)

Doom
Created by	John Carmack John Romero Adrian Carmack Kevin Cloud Tom Hall
Original work	Doom (1993)
Owner	id Software
Years	1993–present
Print publications
Novel(s)	Novel series
Comics	Doom (1996)
Films and television
Film(s)	Doom (2005)
Direct-to-video	Doom: Annihilation (2019)
Games
Traditional	Doom: The Boardgame (2004)
Video game(s)	List of video games

Doom (stylized as DOOM) is an American media franchise created by John Carmack, John Romero, Adrian Carmack, Kevin Cloud, and Tom Hall.^[1] The series usually focuses on the exploits of an unnamed space marine (often referred to as Doomguy or Doom Slayer) operating under the auspices of the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC), who fights hordes of demons and the undead to save Earth from an apocalyptic invasion.

The original Doom is considered one of the first pioneering first-person shooter games, introducing to IBM-compatible computers features such as 3D graphics, third-dimension spatiality, networked multiplayer gameplay, and support for player-created modifications with the Doom WAD format. Over ten million copies of games in the Doom series have been sold; the series has spawned numerous sequels, novels, comic books, board games, and film adaptations.