''Marine Doom'' is a 1996

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of the

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'' for the

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, which was later made available for download to the public. In the game, a

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, comprising four Marines, is supposed to accomplish a specific mission, the default being the destruction of an enemy bunker, although other scenarios such as a hostage rescue in a foreign embassy can be designed. In order to allow coordination of their movements, these soldiers play on separated computers in the same room. The fireteam consists of a team leader, two riflemen and one machine-gunner.

History

In 1996,

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of the U.S. Marine Corps, issued a directive to use

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for improving "Military Thinking and Decision-Making Exercises". He entrusted the ''Marine Combat Development Command'' with the task of developing, exploiting and approving computer-based wargames to train U.S. Marines for "decision making skills, particularly when live training time and opportunities were limited". A group of U.S. Marine

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s experts originally led by

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Kirk Skinner, including

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Luis E. Velazquez and Lieutenant Scott Barnett as the project officers with Sergeant Snyder as one of the designers and modelers, in

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of the ''Automated Information Systems Office'', and later ''Marine Corps Modeling and Simulation Management Office'' (''MCMSMO''), obtained a copy of the commercial ''

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'', released in 1993 by

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, and used it to develop a simulation that focused on mutual fireteam support, protection of the automatic rifleman, proper sequencing of an attack, ammunition discipline and succession of command. Their

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was adapted for the commercial ''Doom II'' before its release, and requires a commercial copy of ''Doom II'' 1.9 to run. In 1997, video game publisher

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acquired the rights to distribute ''Marine Doom''.

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Sergeant Dan Snyder, who worked on the mod, was later a consultant on the video game ''

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''.

References

External links

"Doom Goes To War - The Marines Are Looking For A Few Good Games" - ''Wired'' article by Rob Riddell, April 1997

"Military Thinking and Decision Making Exercises directive 1500.55"
by Marine Corps Commandant (on April 4, 1997)

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