While the press release beta is in many regards similar to the completed releases of Doom, there are various differences with the finished game. * The player has a counter for his remaining amount of lives by the status bar face, and an additional life is added each time a soul sphere is picked up. * Messages are displayed on the right side of the status bar, replacing everything but the ammo for the current weapon and the health percentage, for a couple of seconds or so. The messages use a small yellow font and three lines can be displayed at once. * The game keeps score, and adds points for killing monsters. The current score can be viewed in the automap. * There is no ARMS or FRAG panel on the status bar; an ITEM panel in its place keeps track of the number of demonic item