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Summary

The Game Boy Advance version of Doom squeezes the classic 2.5‑D shooter onto a handheld, but it isn’t a straight copy—several of the original levels are omitted to fit the cartridge’s limits. Despite the cuts, the port retains the frantic maze‑running, key‑card hunting and monster‑slaying that defined the series, so the core experience feels unmistakably Doom. A standout feature is Link Cable support, letting two GBA owners link up for cooperative or deathmatch play, a rare multiplayer option for a handheld FPS. Under the hood, the game runs on the same engine that powered the Atari Jaguar port, making it the final title to use that particular codebase. That heritage gives the handheld version a slightly different feel from later ports, while still delivering the fast‑paced action fans expect.

Storyline

In Doom (the Game Boy Advance port), you play as a space marine—later known unofficially as Doomguy—who battles hordes of undead humans and invading demons. The campaign opens on the Martian moons, where a secret Union Aerospace Corporation teleport experiment goes awry, and ends deep in Hell itself. The story is conveyed mainly through the manual and brief inter‑episode text, keeping the plot minimal.

The game is split into three eight‑level episodes: Knee‑Deep in the Dead, The Shores of Hell, and Inferno, with a fourth episode, Thy Flesh Consumed, added in later releases. In the first episode the marine, armed only with a pistol after his team is wiped out, fights possessed soldiers on Phobos and defeats two Barons of Hell guarding a teleporter to Deimos. The second episode sees him crush a gigantic cyberdemon on Deimos, discover the moon hovering above Hell, and rappel down to the infernal landscape. In Inferno he destroys a cybernetic spider‑demon that orchestrated the invasion before a portal to Earth opens.

The final segment, Thy Flesh Consumed, follows the marine’s initial assault on the Earth invaders, setting the stage for the events of Doom II.