Doomguy
| Marine | |
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| Doom character | |
The Marine in The Ultimate Doom.
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| First appearance | Doom (1993) |
| First game | Doom (1993) |
| Created by | Tom Hall |
| Designed by | Adrian Carmack,Kevin Cloud |
| Voiced by | Mike Dopud |
The Marine, commonly known as Doomguy and referred to as the Doom Slayer in the 2016 reboot, is the unnamed player character in the Doom series of science fiction horror video games created by id Software, and its sequels and spin-off media. He is a space marine dressed in green combat armor who never speaks onscreen. Considered a symbolic persona, the original depiction of Doomguy doesn't have a defined personality and barely portrays a predefined character. According to John Romero, he is meant to represent 'the player itself'.
The Marine is never referred to by name. The original game's co-designer John Romero said this was to increase player immersion. Romero said, "There was never a name for the DOOM marine because it's supposed to be YOU."
Tom Hall's original design draft, "The Doom Bible", described several planned characters, but they were not used for the final version. The sole non-playable character, Buddy Dacote, bore the most similarities to the original game's eventual protagonist. "Dacote" is an acronym for "Dies at conclusion of this episode", and Buddy was supposed to be killed by a boss at the end of the planned third episode. In the finished product, this nearly happens to the Marine in the final level of the first episode, but he continues his adventure.
On the box art for the original Doom, the Marine is portrayed as a muscular man wearing green armor and a light grey space helmet that conceals his facial features. He is firing a chaingun and fighting a Baron of Hell. The introduction screen of Doom shows him holding a machine gun and clutching a shotgun in his left hand. The player's in-game avatar, as seen in multiplayer mode and in the ending of Doom II: Hell on Earth, is based on this depiction. In multiplayer mode, the character wears green, red, brown and indigo. The Marine's face is seen in the game's HUD, where he is shown with light brown hair, a buzz cut, and blue eyes. The Marine appears without his helmet in the cover art of Doom II and in the ending to The Ultimate Doom episode IV, "Thy Flesh Consumed", where his armor and pants are a darker shade of green.
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