An icon for the pistol can be seen in the Doom Collector's Edition and Final Doom instruction manuals, but this graphic does not appear in the game (Can be picked up when dropped in GZDoom). Because neither players nor monsters can drop a pistol, it is the only weapon (apart from the fists) that does not have a 'pickup' sprite.The images for the pistol in Doom were created from a toy replica of the Beretta 92FS, which was a water pistol that was painted black before being digitalized.The pistol from Doom 64, at the start of MAP01: Staging Area None of the monsters carry a pistol, though the Zombieman appears to be armed with a rifle that fires pistol bullets. It uses the same ammunition as the chaingun. Each player enters the game with a pistol, fifty bullets, and their fists, with the pistol selected as the active weapon. The pistol is the player's default weapon, and fires bullets.
