Midway's original title of the game was "The Absolution", but the name was changed to "Doom 64" for brand recognition. ("The Absolution" was reused as the name of the last level of the game). Midway wanted to include every demon from the original games, as well as a few extra levels, into the final product, but deadlines and cost constraints of larger N64 cartridges made them scrap the levels and leave a few demons off the game (Former Commando, Revenant, Arch-Vile and Spider Mastermind). The music and sound effects were done by Aubrey Hodges, who also did the original sound and music for the Sony PlayStation port of Doom two years earlier. The original Doom 64 team was working on a potential "Doom 64 2" not long after the first game was released, but decided to scrap it due to the "Doom engine looking dated", and players' attention focusing on Quake and other, more modern 3D shooters.