The Arcade · 1993 shareware
Doom Shareware
Episode one only — Knee-Deep in the Dead, the episode they mailed on purpose.
- First person
- Mars base
- Nine maps
- Arcade pass
The shareware wad was how a million machines learned to run.
In this game
A 30-day pass to The Arcade — a cabinet of playable titles. You buy access to the collection, not the games themselves.
About this cabinet In the cabinet
December 1993: id Software put Knee-Deep in the Dead on bulletin boards on purpose. This is Doom 1.9 shareware — DOOM1.WAD only, the nine maps of episode one on the Phobos UAC base. Imps, pinkies, sergeants, the shotgun, and the first time a PC felt like an arcade cabinet. The other episodes were the commercial game. This one was the pamphlet.
You are a marine the radio no longer answers. The tech-base is rust, slime, and doors that need a keycard. F1 is help. Esc is the menu. Saves in this browser stay with this machine.
How to play
| ↑ ↓ | Walk forward and back. |
|---|---|
| ← → | Turn. Hold Alt to strafe instead. |
| Ctrl | Fire. |
| Space | Open a door or press a switch. |
| Shift | Run. |
| 1–7 | Weapons (fist through BFG if you find them — shareware has a shorter rack). |
| Tab | Automap. |
| Esc | Menu, save, load, options. |