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Happy 30th anniversary to DOOM!
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64gigabyteram
Reverse groomer.
the 360 is now old enough to buy the games that were released on it.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
I used to think the same... but now when I think about 360, it seems so far away like if it was in another life.
Like... 40 years ago not 18 lol.
Probably because it was before I even knew my wife
Jack Package
Member
There are two games everyone should try: Super Mario Bros and DOOM.
it's essential to gaming. It's fundamental to so many of the most-loved experiences that have been created in the years since.
DOOM will forever be The Da.
it's essential to gaming. It's fundamental to so many of the most-loved experiences that have been created in the years since.
DOOM will forever be The Da.
64gigabyteram
Reverse groomer.
Well i beat the spiderdemon, and i've finished DOOM 1!
Hudo
Gold Member
Incidentally, the Jaguar version is at least canon because Carmack himself worked on it.
The Pleasure
Gold Member
Inferno is the worst wad of the original three. Thy Flesh consumed was the worst however.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary.... I will beat the game. I've beaten Knee-Deep in the Dead and The Shores of Hell, and i'm gonna do Inferno by tommorrow. I haven't beaten DOOM before, so I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to tie that up.
Also, Ironically, the 30th anniversary of DOOM will be on a SUNDAY of all days.
Of course, the name is in all caps to actually honor the legendary nature of this masterpiece game.
SIGIL 2 will also be releasing tommorrow to celebrate.
The Pleasure
Gold Member
Wolfenstein 3d is over there. But in all fairness, I tried to get my friends 386 with 4mb of ram to run doom on windows 3.1 and it was terrible.386DX and a shareware installation.
DirtyBast8rd
Member
I was a C64 guy. Anything running 12 fps was good enough for me.
funking giblet
Member
Carmack and Romero starts in 5.
Krathoon
Gold Member
I have been playing around with old C64 games in an emulator.
The games on that computer were pirated like crazy. The same with DOS games on the PC.
Piracy was really rampant back in the day. It was before DRM.
Aldynes
Member
Yeah DOOM's 30, It's cool and all but it's boring as hell,play it now and see for yourself, before long you’lI be longing for something new in this game.
lf only you could talk to these creatures, then perhaps you could try and make friends with them, form alliances... Now, that would be interesting.
lf only you could talk to these creatures, then perhaps you could try and make friends with them, form alliances... Now, that would be interesting.
Shrap
Member
One of the very few games I can truly call a 10/10 masterpiece of gameplay perfection. The new games just don't have the same magic or groundbreaking gameplay/design.
I'm glad the boys had the foresight to make the original game and Doom 2 so easy to mod and design new levels for so it will forever be relevant (and even go viral again like with that myhouse wad that recently dropped).
I'm glad the boys had the foresight to make the original game and Doom 2 so easy to mod and design new levels for so it will forever be relevant (and even go viral again like with that myhouse wad that recently dropped).
Quantum253
Gold Member
Old, but got to play Doom right as it came out. Something these youngsters won't know about the 2MB RAM struggle
amigastar
Member
That's true, 90 Percent of interviews with Romero contain stories from the old Doom days.
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64gigabyteram
Reverse groomer.
If more creators did this with their games gaming would be in a far better place as a whole.
User made content always keeps games alive. Always. Minecraft and Doom would not have gotten as far as they did if these games weren't so easily moddable
64gigabyteram
Reverse groomer.
Sure. But it isn't Quake's 30th anniversary so let's leave that for 2026 ye?
amigastar
Member
I never really liked Quake as much as Doom. The death animations were in it's early days with Quake. Doom death animations were more snappy than the Quake ones.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
I agree, great smaak
The Pleasure
Gold Member
What about the drm wheels?
The Pleasure
Gold Member
Gp1
Member
On par with Super Mario Bros as the most influential game of all times.
And still very much playable today, without even considering the mods.
I was just playing Doom Infinite yesterday.
There are 3 games that i installed on every PC that i had
-Xcom (this one I'm finally considering surpassed by it's sequels. Im a huge fan of XCom 2 (2016)
-Heroes of might and Magic 3
-Doom/Doom 2
And still very much playable today, without even considering the mods.
I was just playing Doom Infinite yesterday.
There are 3 games that i installed on every PC that i had
-Xcom (this one I'm finally considering surpassed by it's sequels. Im a huge fan of XCom 2 (2016)
-Heroes of might and Magic 3
-Doom/Doom 2
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twilo99
Member
We should be getting another fix soon enough
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
HBD, Doom.
Doom 2016 has probably my favorite late title-drop of all time.
Doom 2016 has probably my favorite late title-drop of all time.
Hestar69
Member
I was just playing this on my switch yesterday..Love duke nukem 3d game still holds up just like doom IMO.My family didn't get a desktop until 1995. When we finally got our Packard Bell, my neighbor down the street hooked me up with a floppy (I think?) with Doom on it. Blew my fucking mind. It was balls to the wall and simultaneously scary as shit for the time. Playing that in the dark late at night is probably one of my favorite gaming experiences ever. Up there with playing Mario 64 and Shenmue for the first time.
That same neighbor also eventually hooked me up with Duke Nukem 3D. That game turned me from a boy to a fucking MAN.
OT: I should replay doom 1/2..Still remember those cheat codes IDDQD IDKFA..good times,miss those days.
64gigabyteram
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The Pleasure
Gold Member
Imma say it. Doom 2016 is good, but forgotten already. Doom Eternal is already faded. Those games will be forgotten in a few years. But Doom 1993? That's the thrilla in Manilla.
64gigabyteram
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2 of them are closed source.
1 is open source and has a huge modding community.
That's the difference. Easy modding = insane longevity. Just ask Bethesda & Skyrim.
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JC 1080P CRT
Member
Late to post, but for Doom's 30th I celebrated by:
- Doing a very casual keyboard-only run of Doom E1: Knee Deep in the Dead (on Hurt Me Plenty difficulty, not on Ultra Violence).
- Updating the dozen or so source ports I have on both of my PCs, in preparation for John Romero's new episode of Doom: SIGIL II. (My favorite source port is Crispy Doom, which is similar to Chocolate Doom but with options for more detailed graphics and an uncapped frame rate).
- Eating a medium pepperoni pizza from Domino's. (John Carmack reportedly ordered one almost every day for 15 years, and the store he ordered from liked him so much, they continued to give him 1995 prices for many years.)
64gigabyteram
Reverse groomer.
i downloaded that. I've got to say, doom maps these days are some extremely beautiful stuff even with the limited 3D engine.
Scotty W
Banned
The limitations of the engine demand creativity. A beautiful Doom map impresses me just as much as a new game. There is one map in Ancient Aliens that tops everything. You know It when you see it.
Here’s another:
Scotty W
Banned
Yes and no. The base game holds up, but a lot of the maps have outdated, frustration based gameplay. Find yourself some good wads, and you will going for years.
Gp1
Member
You can't kill a legend.
Hestar69
Member
True some levels are annoying but I still enjoy them. I do need to try some doom mods out like the zelda one
Scotty W
Banned
There is a lot of flashy stuff, like Sonic Doom, but if you give the regular stuff a try, you will quickly see its superiority.
The Top 100 Memorable Maps - Doomworld
www.doomworld.com
Hestar69
Member
which ones are your favs ill check em out
Scotty W
Banned
Scythe 1 and 2 by Erik Alm.
Deus Vult 2 by Huy Pham
Ancient Aliens and Vanguard by Skillsaw
Knee Deep in Zdoom
Action Doom 2 by Scuba Steve
Hell Revealed 2 by various
Alien Vendetta by various is quite old at this point but a few of the maps are some of the greatest of all time.
Jack Package
Member
I'm endlessly amazed by the things people create with the DOOM Engine.
I bought Supplice over the weekend, and it's the best fps I've played in years. Level design is unbelievably good, even if the backtracking is a bit much. The music, too!
For the 30th I stuck on Brutal DOOM. It's just fun!
I bought Supplice over the weekend, and it's the best fps I've played in years. Level design is unbelievably good, even if the backtracking is a bit much. The music, too!
For the 30th I stuck on Brutal DOOM. It's just fun!
Hestar69
Member
Thanks! I took a screen shot and I'm gonna check this out this week.Never played any doom mods before so hyped to see
Buggy Loop
Member
386DX and a shareware installation.
And then play in a super small window to get something smooth lol. At least I recall full screen being rough, I was FPS sensitive at a young age
