Doom Resurrection

Short description: 2009 video game

Not to be confused with Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil.

Doom Resurrection

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Developer(s)| Escalation Studios
Publisher(s)| id Software
Director(s)| Tom Mustaine
John Carmack
Producer(s)| Katherine Anna Kang
Programmer(s)| John Faulkenbury, Shawn C. Green, Josh Martel
Artist(s)| Robert Hutson
Series| Doom
Platform(s)| iOS
Release|

* WW: June 26, 2009

Genre(s)| Rail shooter
Mode(s)| Single-player

Doom Resurrection is a first-person shooter survival horror game developed by Escalation Studios and published by id Software. It was released on 26 June 2009. John Carmack led the development team. The setting for Doom Resurrection is parallel to Doom 3, and it uses the characters and art of the previously developed game.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Development
* 3 Reception
* 4 References

## Plot

The game stars an unnamed marine, a survivor of Bravo Team after a demonic invasion of Mars. He awakens, and is soon confronted by Dr. Garret, who presents him Sam, a flying droid capable of opening doors and hacking computers. Together with Sam, the survivor makes his way through the Mars facility, battling zombies and demons on his way through the base. The task is to reach a port, where a spaceship full of surviving members of the UAC facility is preparing to launch off. On his way, the marine meets more survivors, collects valuable information through Sam, and visits Hell, where he closes the demon-spawning portals. Eventually, the marine is forced to leave Dr. Garret behind, and Sam sacrifices itself to support a closing door to the spaceship, leaving only the data implicating UAC. The marine successfully boards the ship and leaves Mars with a few other survivors.

## Development

id Software billed Resurrection as the first AAA iPhone title; a claim that was met with some doubt by journalists. The game was built using assets from Doom 3. As an early iPhone game there was some iteration during development to figure out how to control and aim on a touchscreen. The team settled on accelerometer based aiming, which they believed would be copied by other developers after the launch. This helped avoid problems with players' fingers being in the way of the action.[2]

## Reception

Reception

| Review scores

Publication| Score
Edge| 5/10[3]
IGN| 8/10[4]

The game received a mixed reception at the time. While some publications were positive about the action experience, others pointed to the price point- $9.99, a high price for an iPhone title, and the inevitable poor comparison against the more fully fleshed core titles in the series.[5][6][3]

Looking back in retrospect, the game is regarded in a much more negative light. When RollingStone ranked each Doom game by quality in 2025, they placed Resurrection at 11th place out of 12 titles, placing it only behind Mighty Doom.[7] A similar list the same year from The Gamer placed it at 13th of 13 games, adding that it "takes what was one of the weakest entries in the mainline series and strips out everything that was even potentially fun about it."[8]

## References

1. ↑ Palley, Steve (2009-06-11). "id's John Carmack Talks Doom Resurrection". Slide To Play. http://www.slidetoplay.com/story/stp-interview-id-john-carmack-doom-resurrection. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
2. ↑ Buchanan, Levi (29 June 2009). "John Carmack Talks iPhone, Doom and Bethesda" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/29/john-carmack-talks-iphone-doom-and-bethesda.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Review: Doom Resurrection". July 6, 2009. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130402214229/http://www.edge-online.com/review/review-doom-resurrection/. Retrieved June 15, 2025.
4. ↑ Bozon, Mark (May 10, 2012). "Doom Resurrection iPhone Review". https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/06/29/doom-resurrection-iphone-review. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
5. ↑ Takahashi, Dean (4 July 2009). "Doom Resurrection brings hardcore gaming to the iPhone". https://gamesbeat.com/doom-resurrection-brings-hardcore-gaming-to-the-iphone/.
6. ↑ Erickson, Tracy (14 August 2009). "Doom Resurrection update to bring new level, challenge mode" (in en). https://www.pocketgamer.com/doom-resurrection/doom-resurrection-update-to-bring-new-level-challenge-mode/.
7. ↑ Cruz, Christopher (17 May 2025). "Every 'Doom' Game, Ranked". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming-lists/doom-games-ranked-1235338085/mighty-doom-2023-1235338092/.
8. ↑ Hurych, Damien; Allen, Dominic; Moiseyev, Dennis (23 March 2020). "Doom: Every Game In The Series, Ranked" (in en). https://www.thegamer.com/doom-every-game-franchise-worst-best-ranked/.

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Doom franchise

Main series|

* Doom (1993)
* official versions
* development
* Doom II
* Final Doom
* Doom 64
* Doom 3
* Resurrection of Evil
* BFG Edition
* Doom (2016)
* Doom Eternal

Spin-offs|

* Doom RPG
* Doom Resurrection
* Doom II RPG

Developers|

* id Software
* Midway Games
* Nightdive Studios
* Nerve Software
* TeamTNT
* Escalation Studios

Books|

* Doom novels
* Doom 3: Worlds on Fire
* Doom 3: Maelstrom
* Masters of Doom

Other media|

* Doom: The Boardgame
* Doom
* Annihilation

Universe|

* BFG 9000
* Cyberdemon
* Doomguy

Technology|

* Doom engine
* source ports
* Doom WAD
* Binary space partitioning

Mods|

* Doom modding
* Cacowards
* Brutal Doom
* DeHackEd
* Grezzo 2
* Marine Doom

Related|

* DRL
* Chex Quest
* QuakeCon
* Noclip mode

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