Origin
The Doom Marine was stationed on Mars and was ordered to go to Phobos after the UAC experiments had caused an invasion of demons. He killed nearly the whole demon army and reached the teleporter to Deimos. The Marine eventually faced off against the massive Cyberdemon, the guardian of the Tower of Babel, and defeated him. He would later encounter the Spider Mastermind and destroy him. The final boss, Icon of Sin, is an immense baphomet that the Marine defeats at the end of Doom II.
Creation
Characteristics
- Height: 6 ft 8 in (203.02 cm)
- Weight: 360 lbs (163.29 kg)
- Eyes: Green
- Hair: Brown
Created by id Software, the Doom Marine had no name, as it wasn’t necessary. 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.
Major Story Arcs
Knee Deep In The Dead!
The Doom comic starts with the Doom Marine going insane from using a berserker pack and ripping out the spine of an Imp. He goes on to encounter the massive Cyberdemon who he punches and retreats to look for a gun. The marine faces off against the Zombies and Cacodemons, getting the Shotgun and Chainsaw in the process. He then encounters a Demon and then a Spectre, and gets a hold of the Chaingun and Plasma Rifle.
The marine finally finds the ultimate weapon, the BFG-9000 past an all-out demon brawl. Barons, Revenants, Zombies all tearing apart each other, the marine finally gets the BFG and goes off to face the Cyberdemon. The Doom Marine dodges the giant demon’s attacks and fires the BFG, destroying the Cyberdemon at last.
Weapons
- Chainsaw
- Pistol
- Shotgun
- Super Shotgun
- Chaingun
- Rocket Launcher
- Plasma Rifle
- BFG-9000
Other Media
Video Games
Doom
The Doom Marine was stationed on Mars and was ordered to go to Phobos after the UAC experiments had caused an invasion of demons. He killed nearly the whole demon army and reached the teleporter to Deimos. The Marine eventually faced off against the massive Cyberdemon, the guardian of the Tower of Babel, and defeated him. Created by id Software.
Doom II
The forces of Hell invade Earth and it is up to the Doom Marine to destroy the invasion and defeat the Icon of Sin.
Final Doom
TNT Evolution, the Master Levels, and the Plutonia Experiment are included in PSX’s Final Doom
Doom 3
Doom 64
Doom RPG
Mobile game created by id Software
Doom RPG 2
Quake 3 Arena
The Doom Marine makes an appearance as a playable character.
Other Media
Films
Doom
Starring Karl Urban. Scientists perform experiments and a virus causes humans to mutate into monsters.
Animated
Arenas Fan Movie – QuakeDoom
Quake 3 Arenas, also called Arenas: The Episodes and Quake: Arenas, is a series of animated fan films made by Joe Goss that adds an in-depth plot to the Quake III Arena game. The main character is the Doomguy who, unlike in the original Doom games, now talks.