Game PC Doom II Instruction Manual

TABLE

The

Using the DOOM II

CONTENTS

OF

Story Continues

Menu 2

On-Screen Information 4

Controlling

Firepower

The Action

and How to

Use

It

Commands and Shortcuts

Dangerous DOOM II

Health and Armor 10

Power-Ups 10

Artifacts 11

The Enemy

Environment

1

5

7

8

9

12

Addendum

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for installation

instructions

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STORY CONTINUES..

THE

.DOOM

II: Hell on

Earth

Back at last.

well-earned leave. You're one

on

tough,

first on the scene. By killing,

the

invasion, saved Mars

the

talk about so

But

home.

Damn! The city

forward,

ing metropolis. A

After

and heavily-armed. When the

much is that

that's all behind

Your drop

clutching at your sidearm. Packs of refugees are

pod

ahead

of hard

days

you

lands with

is on

band of them shriek in terror. You squint. What's

fighting in space,

killing, and killing, you

and

base,

were the

you

now. You've

a

fire. What the devil is

Someone is attacking the refugees.

troublemaker. It looks like

the

mouth is filled

bie from

You

with

half-chewed

horror movie. Hell, not

a bad

feel it. It's all starting

can

taken over, turned into cannibal

deformed monstrosities from

It turns out that the invaders

to Timbuktu, from Stockholm

ple have been transformed

few,

are still alive and fully

evolved a plan to save what's left

mous ships

the ruined world.

Unfortunately, Earth's

over

by

—

rier

action. The pathetic

invaders

the

barrier,

just yet. If

You and your

flies. You

scream when they

the starbase.

Something

you're here.

They're

to carry the remaining

the

demons. They've

over the port;

no ships

remnants of Earth's

the

at

spaceport. If

that the ships

so

you lose, that's

comrades

lose track of

die,

hisses with

They

have

the

perfect

enemy, in

can

your friends,

and the sounds

no pity,

a

flesh, and he's all messed

again,

Things. Then the real horror starts, the

Outside. But now it's on Earth

are all over. Monsters range from Tokyo

to Scranton. Billions are

into flesh-eating mutants,

human. The wise men of humanity

of the human race. They have

only ground

instituted

can land or take

you

leave, and

it. Humanity

make their

rage

from the

no mercy,

way.

a

home

hard-bitten,

were

of Earth's

alien invasion

you've returned

crack soldiers,

struck Mars, you

won. You stopped

became

only survivor.

crunch. You open 'er up,

You rush

war hero.

a

quit the military, and are

up

What they

going

on?

fleeing the flam-

and blast away, killing

and look out.

don't

heading

You stagger

that?

human, but something's wrong. His

like

a

zom-

again!

just like

up,

Mars. First, people are

on

dead. Some peo-

but a few, a very

have

built enor-

people into

spaceport has

sort

a

soldiers are

win,

you might

Homo sapiens

is history.

attack.

though

No

sometimes

of

combat echo from

steel

take

one's left

space,

of force field

off. You gotta

Soon, brave

tunnels

no quarter,

but

safely

just been taken

—

go back into

making

be able to

you. You.

an assault

may not

men

you can

ahead.

and

away from

a flame

bar-

turn off

extinct

go

drop

hear them

the

like

deep within

They

know

crave

none.

.

.and

Them.

on

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gameplay for DOOM II

The

adventure

is brains and

need

GAME

THE

OF

Welcome to DOOM II,

adventure

ever to suck vacuum. Your mission

where

you

lightning-fast

a

are the

though the demon-infested earth in

the Earth from an eternity in Hell.

simple.

game, but an

killer instinct.

a

is

action-oriented slugathon. To

This isn't

—

toughest

is to fight

the

virtual

reality

space trooper

your

way

hopes of saving

a cumbersome

survive all

you

USING

NEW

THE

DOOM

When

menu
move the

desired selection, press the Enter

Fire button

you're in

If

ing the Escape key. Many

directly

To exit the menu, press

menu from

run

you

press the

skull

to activate that

a game, you can bring

using

by

submenu

a

GAME

If

you want to jump

to

set the difficulty

of

the

enemies

is definitely

not

II

MENU

DOOM

cursor up and down. When the skull is adjacent to

II

Spacebar. Use

function

a

press the Backspace key.

into

level. Each

you'll face.

suitable

self-running

a

the arrow

selection.

of

the

key,

the Escape key

demo will begin. To get

keys, mouse, or joystick

left

key,

up

Menu options

thus bypassing the menus entirely.

mouse button, or joystick

the menu at any time

can be activated

return to the previous

or to

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the action, select this. DOOM II

difficulty level differs in the

Beware

for inexperienced game players.

the Nightmare

level

to the

press-

by

oil: high

will ask you

toughness

of difficulty.

to

a

It

LOADING

Games

save

AND SAVING

can

a game, move

be

saved

YOUR GAME

or loaded

the skull cursor to

at any time during the gameplay.

(F2 AND F3)

any empty slot (or one

To

you

mind

don't

available

appropriate

the

writing over),

if

are

you

game from

press

and

currently in a

the Load

the Enter key. This

To load

game.

menu.

Game

game,

a

option is only

simply select

QUICKSAVE: Pressing

without leaving

game

given game, the

in a

then on, pressing F6

From

without interrupting the fun

loads in

QUIT GAME

Quit Game enables you to

the last QUICKSAVE

(F10)

END GAME (F7)

This allows

loading

MESSAGES

In DOOM II,

about the thing

DOOM

a

M's messages on and off.

to end

you

new game.

(F8)

whenever

you

GRAPHIC DETAIL (F5)

The default

computer or video

select LOW to

SCREEN SIZE

Just below this option is

is selected,

forth

smoothness

setting for the

make the

and

(+

can

you

to adjust the viewing

of the

function

the

the action.

standard Save

automatically

of

quit from

the current game

pick

you

just picked up. This option lets you

key F6 allows

first time QUICKSAVE

The

menu appears. Select

saves the

smackin'

game

baddies around. Pressing

prompting

after

DOOM II and return to DOS.

without exiting to DOS or

an item, you'll receive

up

you

screen detail is HIGH. If you have a slower

card,

and the action

is too

jerky,

game action smoother.

-)

a bar with

use the arrow

area. A smaller viewing area increases the

animation on

sliding marker.

a

keys to slide

slower systems.

the marker back and

to Save a

game to

you.

information

toggle

may wish to

you

When this

is

used

slot.

a

that slot

option

F9

SOUND VOLUME (F4)

This selection also has

ment of the volume from

music as

well

as

MOUSE SENSITIVITY

This selection
Just below this option

is selected,

forth

to

lets

can

you

adjust the sensitivity

bar

a

with

sliding marker, allowing

a

"off" to

the sound effects

"maximum." These bars

volume.

you adjust the sensitivity

is

bar with

use

a

the arrow

of the

sliding

a

keys to

mouse.

of your

marker. When

slide the marker

mouse control.

adjust-

modify the

this

option

back

and

GAMMA

On

function

brightness

CORRECTION

monitors, DOOM

some

F1 1

key,

levels.

(F11)

II may

lighten the screen

to

appear too dark. Press

through five different

the

Save

your

of

TIP:

beginning

cially after you

game and save

the level, toting that little

progress

to

it often.

some of

ON-SCREEN INFORMATION

DOOM

THE STATUS

II provides on-screen

BAR

information

mm

Us

12

1. MAIN AMMO: In big fat numbers,

shots

you've got left in the weapon you're currently using.

2. HEALTH:

At

0% it's time to start over. Try

3.

ARMS: This list

able. If

pressing

You start out at

number is highlighted,

a

that number.

3

of numbers shows which weapons

("1

" is always

When

you die, you're

again.

pistol

the tougher levels.

4

That ain't

that's necessary

5 6

you see

100%,

but you

little harder next time!

a

the weapon

available.)

back

to the

good, espe-

to survive.

7

the number of

won't stay there long.

are avail-

is accessible by

4.

YOUR

your

face

telling

you

you'll

begin to look like

5.

ARMOR: Your

on

eye

6. KEY

There

7. AMMO:

carrying

it,

CARDS:

are three key

and the maximum

This

MUG:

looks

portrait isn't

in

the direction

which direction

raw hamburger

armor helps

because when it

You can

colors;

This

shows

how much

just for

from which

to return fire. Also,

—

as

you out as long as

goes, you

any

see

Yellow,

amount

might,

keys

you possess

Red, and Blue.

of each

you could carry—if you

4

looks. When you're

the damage

as

shown to

too.

type of

came,

take damage

you

the left.

it lasts. Keep

here.

right

you're

ammo

hit.

had

an

it.

MESSAGES

find yourself

you'll

Often

picking

you're

what

with a

arrow

can zoom

toggle

to

To clear

are off.

your way

find

device. By

top-down

represents you,

between zoom and

press the

all the numbers

messages

THE

To

automap

view

white

ing.You

"0"

the map

tion.

AUTOMAP

help you

MOVING IN THE

the arrow keys, you

Using

yourself,

This is dangerous, since you

see

Automap. To

without

Follow

will toggle Follow mode on and off.

while viewing the Automap.

the enemy

while viewing the

scroll the Automap

moving yourself, turn off

mode.

Pressing the "F" key

running over

by

up

Pressing

pressing

map of

in and out by

"M" key. This

AUTOMAP:

DOOM II tells

printing

various items.

message on the screen—unless

a

RETURN will display the last

around

DOOM

the Tab key, you

everything

and points in

pressing

full view. To

will place

from the map, press the "C" key.

move

can

can't

II, you're equipped with an

replace your normal

you've seen

the direction you're look-

"+"

or

up

"-."

Press the number

mark your location on

number over your loca-

a

you

message.

to date. The

CONTROLLING

THE ACTION

Most of the play commands in DOOM II are

You can

of

both

either your keyboard,

use

move,

to

pick up items, shoot,

MOVING

At

first,

you. Once

WALKING:

ward.

TURNING:

RUNNING:

to

speed

STRAFE:

can

Note:

Though

ning

TIP:

When

to examine

exactly

where

might find yourself

you

you've

Use the

The

Hold down

yourself

By holding

sidestep,

Jumping

there

start.

The

travelling

the

Automap

to

step.

bumping into walls

movement down, everything else

got

up and down arrow keys to

left and right arrow

the right Shift key and the

up.

down

the Alt key and

rather

than turn left or right.

is

very important

is no

Jump

faster

you

narrow

in

a

for successfully

Key,

you can leap

are moving

passages

magnified

simple keypress away.

a

mouse, joystick,

and open doors.

walk

keys turn you

further

the

left

the right

completing DOOM II.

ledges

from

you

many players

enabling them

mode

and combinations

while demons beat

follows.

forward and back-

and right.

appropriate arrow

or left arrow key, you

getting

by

will

go.

have found it

useful

to

see

on

key

run-

a