1. [n]  an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"
2. [v]  decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"
3. [v]  pronounce a sentence on, in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"

Doom
In Gerhardie`s comic farce, Frank Dickin`s novel becomes a best-seller when Frank makes a slight change in his last name, the Kiss-Lick Club indulges in naughty pleasures, and a mad scientist decides to destroy the earth so that mankind will no longer have to suffer.

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1. \Doom\, n. [As. d?m; akin to OS. d?m, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw.
   dom, Icel. d?mr, Goth. d?ms, Gr. ? law; fr. the root of E.
   do, v. t. ?. See {Do}, v. t., and cf. {Deem}, {-dom}.]
   1. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
            The first dooms of London provide especially the
            recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. --J.
                                                  R. Green.
            Now against himself he sounds this doom. --Shak.
   2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate,
      esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
            Ere Hector meets his doom.            --Pope.
            And homely household task shall be her doom.
                                                  --Dryden.
   3. Ruin; death.
            This is the day of doom for Bassianus. --Shak.
   4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination;
      discernment; decision. [Obs.]
            And there he learned of things and haps to come, To
            give foreknowledge true, and certain doom.
                                                  --Fairfax.
   Syn: Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot;
        ruin; destruction.
   

2. \Doom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doomed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Dooming}.]
   1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.]
      --Milton.
   2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to
      consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a
      criminal doomed to chains or death.
            Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
                                                  --Dryden.
   3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
            Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak.
   4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New
      England] --J. Pickering.
   5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to
      appoint, as by decree or by fate.
            A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with
            difficulties.                         --Macaulay.
   

A simulated 3D moster-hunting action game for IBM PCs, created and published by id Software. The original press release was dated January 1993. A cut-down shareware version v1.0 was released on 10 December 1993 and again with some bug-fixes, as v1.4 in June 1994.

DOOM is similar to Wolfenstein 3d (id Software, Apogee) but has better texture mapping; walls can be at any angle, of any thickness and have windows; lighting can fade into the distance or come from point sources; floors and ceilings can be of any height; many surfaces are animated; up to four players can play over a network or two by serial link; it has a high frame rate (comparable to TV on a 486/33); DOOM isn't just a collection of connected closed rooms like Wolfenstein but sounds can travel anywhere and alert monsters of your approach.

The shareware version is available from these sites: Cactus, Manitoba, UK, South Africa, UWP ftp, UWP http, Finland, Washington.

A FAQ by Hank Leukart: UWP, Washington. FAQ on WWW. Other links.

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