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John Romero shows unseen DOOM art for 21st anniversary

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By Phil Savage published 11 December 2014

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Isn't it always embarrassing when your parents break out the baby pictures? Well, spare a thought for the 21-year-old DOOM. In celebration of the classic shooter's anniversary, Id co-founder John Romero has spent the last couple of days releasing never-before-seen early assets from its development.

These aren't just of historical value, either. For the still very-much active Doom modding scene, some of these images mean new semi-official textures that can be used in future WADs.

You can see some highlights over the next few slides, or find the entire collection over at John Romero's Twitter . Head here for a Dropbox link to high-quality versions.

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"Cyberdemon model scan," tweets Romero, "circa 1993."

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"Yes, we created even more extreme deaths for DOOMGUY," tweets Romero. "How about decapitation? Torso removal?"

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...And here's the decapitation. Brutal Doom would be proud.

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Here's a sort of torso trauma medley. Ban this sick filth, etc.

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"BFG version 0.9, circa 1993," writes Romero. "It shot out tons of multi-colored plasma balls and slowed down the computer." Ah, the early '90s.

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Here's the Demon—or "Pinky"—kind of exploding in a horrendous meat shower. "Something from Scanners?" Romero wonders.

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"Archvile model scan," reveals Romero, "circa 1994."

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"Some of Adrian [Carmack]'s sketchbook scans about to be turned into wall textures, 1993," Romero explains.

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More pre-wall sketches. You may have noticed a theme across this collection. It is "demons".

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"Can you believe this? The Spiderdemon original had a MAGIC ATTACK along with the gatling gun," writes Romero. "Too strange." Actually, I can believe that.

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"For the DOOM community," writes Romero, "some original wall textures possibly not used."

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You probably thought you'd get through this gallery without seeing a vertical wall spine texture. You were wrong.

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Here's a scan of the Spiderdemon to round things out.

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