
Doom co-creator John Romero has paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, citing the metal genre's influence on the game.
If there was ever a game that felt like a distillation of heavy metal (aside from Brutal Legend, which is very literally that) it's Doom. The cover art by Don Ivan Punchatz is one of the best metal album covers of all time – if you ignore the fact it's not for an album – and the game itself feels like an album come to life.