Doom's SNES Port is Amazing - Port Patrol
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Doom is a game that is no stranger to weird ports, which of course means I am no stranger to Doom. We have already had a look at Doom's GBA ports in a previous video, which was impressive enough by its own rights. But the moment I sat down and played through the Super Nintendo port of the game, I knew I absolutely had to cover it. Often trashed online for its poor gameplay, the SNES version of Doom is an absolute marvel, taking what should be impossible and making it real. But although many say it's impressive that it exists, often that comes with the large caviat that it doesn't play all that well. But I would go as far to say that this port holds up very well everything considered, and I will gladly jump to its defence.
#DOOM #RetroGaming #SNES
Correction at 9:49 - Though the games source code does refer to the SuperScope and it seems to have been planned at some point, the final game doesn't support the SuperScope. I added that in after reading an interview with the games programmer, but obviously the implementation wasn't completed in time for the final build. Sorry about that!
Makes me wonder how the hell they would've made it work, considering Doom has autoaim and the Super Scope is a bulky sonofabitch with hardly any buttons
You can circle strafe in doom on the SNES, you just cant use the strafe and turning buttons simultaneously. It requires hitting the strafe buttons, then tapping the turn buttons, and so on.
No dev kit, no source code, incredibly weak hardware. Randy Liden is a genius and this Impossible port is a treasure.
I never gave the SNES port much thought, but I certainly appreciate it after watching this video.
@@gordons-alive4940 I appreciate the technical aspect but from a objective playability/accuracy standpoint practically every other version is a better option, especially given the fact that a source port will run on nearly any computer at this point.
Modern ports and the PC are of course lightyears ahead of SNES. But its contemporaries at the time had too many issues to be considered viable alrernatives. Missing sound (the rocking soundtrack is essential), or the fart music in 32x, inaccurate level geometry, there's a whole host of problems on competing platforms of its time. Too much to make any of them playable.
SNES version is interesting because of what the dev actually achieved with the limitations he was working around. The rest of the versions are not really feats of programming in the same sense that the SNES and even GBA versions were.
I gotta give them credit and mad respect for what they achieved back in the early '90s.
The SNES was not weak for its time
@@deathtrooper2048 in 1995 it was last gen tech.
I really wish you used black bars instead of pink ones.
The thing about circle strafing being removed intentionally actually seems to be true - xttl at doomworld checked the source code and it specifically states “do not turn while strafing!” In the game code, which is baffling. I know it’s decades late, but he did patch it to add circle strafing back in! www.doomworld.com/forum/post/2160476
Interesting forum topic - "a wild Randy Linden appeared !"
I remember back in 1995, fresh off of Super Mario World, walking into a friends' room playing DOOM. My jaw hit the floor at this "3D graphics" thing. Holy shit. ---- then i saw DOOM '95 (same effect)
'the heavy metal tracks sound like they're being played to you through a sock' cracked me up haha!
I'm so happy you're back! ❤️
Ahhh it makes me so happy that people have been looking forward to a new video
There's a circle-strafing patch. I'm playing through it now, and it's amazing.
Yes!!! I love it so much!!
I agree, it's impressive that a 64 bit game is on a 16 bit console. It was also my first time I played Doom. And the first time playing the game, is on this. I really like it!
i thought doom was 32 bit
So glad your back man! Your videos are so interesting and I missed them a ton!
Awww thank you!!! That means a lot to me! :)
Good to see you back!!
Of all of the versions this is the one I actually got to play. I had a Jaguar but never got Doom. My buddy got it for SNES so I played this at his house until 6AM.
I wouldn't recommend this version over others but would still recommend it to anyone who had never played Doom before.
I remember beating this on SNES. While it was impressive, it was just baaaarely playable.
My original doom experience at home was on a 386 sx16 on a black and white monitor with smallest screen size, on pc speaker only!(the internal one😞) so seeing this in the rental store gave me plenty of weekends truer to the actual experience until my dad got a 100 mhz 486 up in the place and my golden age took off.
Thanks for the guy who did this.
Does anyone else think Fraki should cover the GBA ports of the THPS games?
Ahhh that would be a really cool one! If I was smart I could have made a video on that in time for the release of the new THPS game but I am... Uh... Not smart ;v;
What’s thps?
The snes version doesn't actually load the pc version's assets, however it does load the assets in a very similar way. Linden studied "the unofficial doom specs" to build the asset loader
The frame rate isn't as big an issue as the fact that you seem to moving around on ice, but the only real issue I ran into is the disappearing bridge on the first level of inferno. Plus how you seem to be covered in glue and get stuck on walls.
The only video game to ever give me motion sickness.
I have the PAL version of this game.
The game is even slower and the cartridge is "standard gray".
But is an AMAZING game despite this ulterior downgrades.
Was the speed adjusted or is it even slower?
@@TheRealJochen
Usually PAL games run 25/30% slower than NTSC games.
Especially on old consoles until the early 2000's.
P.S. I didn't compared the Snes PAL and NTSC versions of Doom.
So i can't tell you if the two version run at the same speed or not :-|
Bye ;-)
It’s been 4 months since I’ve laughed. Where are you man!? lol
He ain't coming back mate :(
@@lillexus5589 what why?!
Regarding the lack of circle strafe, following the release of the source code of this port by Mr. Linden on Github, somebody fixed that feature back in July 2020. You can find the Rom patch here: www.romhacking.net/hacks/5272/
SNES classic Doom 1 should of needed Co-op 2 Multiplayer Software Inc could of did a idea of co-op 2 player mode instead of using game genie port divice was worst less.
Please never go away again
I just bought them for Super Nintendo again this time for $50 bucks and I'm not letting it go. Because the game is getting more expensive each passing year I don't think anybody can make a Repro of Doom as good as the authentic one is
I rented this as a kid but returned it straight away for something else. I think the frame rate really put me off. Wish I gave it a chance tho.
glad you clarified you wanted to be a contrarian cause this game sucks in snes and it was pretty clear when i was a teen and got it.
This was my first introduction to the doom universe. I thought it was incredible as a 12 twelve year-old kid.
Only issue I have with this port is that the controls are really slow
Please review Elder Scrolls shadowkey on the N-Gage
It's unplayable garbage:
- you barely see anything;
- terrible input lag.
It's enough.
I've played this on original hardware. The controls were so goddamn awful I wanted to strangle people. Probably was made worse as I've played Doom a trillion times and I know how it should feel. Even the GBA version (which I own) plays better!
In the mid nineties in the UK, my family couldn't afford a PC and all I had was a Super Nintendo.. this game on PAL region output was poor.. it was a postage stamp on my 14 inch CRT. BUT... It was great! I loved it as a 12 year old craving violence and gore.
Wonder when they're gonna port Doom Eternal to the GameCube
If they do, I'll be right here ready and waiting for it
Not quite but ua-cam.com/video/TkoTL8tH_90/v-deo.html
@matt wonder when you're gonna learn to take a joke
I bet with some heavy optimizing, one could at least port Doom 3 to the Gamecube.
@@SomeOrangeCat most likely the xbox version
If anyone wants to learn programming you absolutely need to look at the original source code. The code is probably the most well optimized ever made. It’s what makes the game so easy to port.
Not to mention they even had XBAND support in it!
well, I think it's the most well documented code, it lacks a few things that would make the code better like dynamic memory alocation, they were a bit lazy in the more basic stuff
@@geovani60624 We're at source code that was published well over 20 years ago, so we have the benefit of hindsight. It's not "the most well optimized" code, but it's still pretty dang good.
Thanks to John "The Human CPU" Carmack
@@dimlightbulb10 well, even people that worked in ports for the consoles at the time had it to say too
My first Doom experiences were with the red cartridge on SNES as a 6 year old. It was enough to make me a fan for life.
I have the Hi-Def upgrade of DOOM on my PS4 and I honestly think the SNES looks BETTER its very dark and somehow the levels seem bigger on SNES
Yep same! It kinda scared me as a kid though but I loved it
LOL! Me too! But I think what scared me the most, was that if I turned off my SNES and wanted to play this again, you had to play it from the beginning of the episode.
SNES Doom is how I first played it and the reason Doom is one of my favourite games of all time. So thanks to that guy who ported it let more people play it, it worked.
Edit: I one read someone say the SNES music on e1m1 sounded like a cello being played in a lift shaft.
It terrified me back in the day, even the SNES version
I really wish I had known this was a thing as a kid because I really wanted to play Doom but had no idea how to!
Same here. I remember putting in the cartridge and starting E1M1 for the first time and being amazed at how smoothly it ran and how it looked on the SNES. I was more than happy with it. That game stirred my imagination as a kid like no other game before it. I remember playing Computer Station (E1M7) for the first time and seeing movement in the windows from a building across the map and being amazed that it was imps throwing fireballs from so far away, and also scared by it, knowing I had to go there. The music in that map was also amazing. It's probably the first game where I experienced the kind of immersion that 3d games would eventually make possible. The SNES port of Doom might not be the prettiest, but it's one of my most fondly remembered games. The PSX version, for me, was the best version of Doom, and that even includes the original PC version.
Same mate
Same, same. Was lent a copy for pc, but our pc didn't cut it. My sister bought me the SNES version when the local video store was selling off all their SNES cartridges. I still find it far more unnerving than the pc version. Walking into the muddy 16 bit darkness on a worn out CRT TV was the stuff of nightmares. The music too seemed to have more of a looming presence, and the different tones changed the atmosphere. The guy who ported it deserves hugs.
Yessss! This port is incredibly underrated, no one gives it enough credit. It's really impressive and unique!
Nice new pfp. Also changed mine lmao (I Don't Know here yet again)
@@tammid8423 Oh hi, thank you so much!! Yours is cool too my friend
Was awful
@@iulianispas8634 , so is your attempt at intelligent thought.
The snes port was how I played most of my doom back in the day. I first played it on a friends computer and begged my parents for it. Of course, back in the mid 90s we didn’t have a home computer so they got me the blood red cartridge for my Super Nintendo and I was blown away even as like an 8 year old! I remember my only real gripe at the time was the toxic waste pits didn’t glow green. I didn’t even know what frame rates were so it didn’t bother me much. Sorry for the rant… you just seriously brought back some nostalgia lol
The format of the screen on SNES makes the levels seem bigger to me I just played them on PS4 and they look like theyre "mini" even though its full-screen and high resolution
as an 8 year old 😮🤣🤣🤣
i kind of miss not noticing frames lol i played so much Ocarina of Time as a kid and it has a rather putrid framerate
I love the snes version of doom! You're absolutely right about the enemies always facing you being unnerving. Combine that with the low resolution and slower move speed and its like a more survival horror version of the pc original. Also, you can effectively circle strafe by tapping the buttons rather than holding down. The game cant do both at the same time but by quickly alternating shoulder button and d pad you can get pretty good at it anyway
How did I never think of that
SNES Doom rocks I loved playing it and the Levels they left out sucked anyway
Seeing a convincingly 3D game running on your SNES feels like putting a cartridge in your Game Boy that outputs in vibrant colour.
I wanna hear a layered E1M1 made from every soundchip to ever render E1M1.
The SNES ports of Doom 1 and Street Fighter Alpha 2 are incredible, these ports just amaze me on how they made them work on SNES
They are working off added chips. Fx chip , dsp etc. the snes itself couldn’t do it neither could a megadrive unless the svp chip was implemented
The SNES version was how I actually first played Doom and at the risk of sounding like a huge fanboy even this butchered port became one of my all time favorite games and in particular one of my favorite shooters. So when I finally played a good port of the game, my admiration only grew.
But in all honesty the SNES version really deserves a lot of credit. It's both insane and also confusingly upsetting how out of all the ports from back in the day the SNES version is one of the most faithful. Pretty much the only reason things got cut were for storage issues. Yes all the already dead bodies and inverted crosses were cut because Nintendo but in the case of the pre placed bodies, even that probably helped with the storage issues with how many things could be on screen. From what I've read not only does the SNES version have the least amount of levels cut but some version didn't even have the Cyberdemon and Spiderdemon. Keep in mind, every other port was far more powerful. The Jaguar, The 3DO, The 32X, The Playstation etc, and yet they all had more cut content than the severely less powerful SNES. How?! Why?! Obviously there's no reason to play this version in this day in age but I to believe the SNES version deserves to be remembered.
Especially because of the music. Hot take, the SNES soundtrack is better and that includes the more heavy metal action music. It's just has more bass and more of a thrash metal vibe. If it just wasn't so compressed than it wouldn't be a contest
I always loved this port. It raised the challenge severely. The music was amazingly rendered. The atmosphere was disturbingly good. I remember looking out the big window of e1m7 being able to see the exit switch.. something about the low render distance did that a lot of justice. Very liminal.
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Long time viewers of my channel know that extended periods without new uploads are a common occurrence on my channel. It was only really in the last 2 years that I actually committed to trying to create a video once a month. I feel motivated the most to create videos when I have stability. Every time there is a massive gap between videos, more often than not, aligns with a break in normality for me. So it used to be during exam and end of school years, when I’d have to focus a lot more effort into revision and deadlines, as was the case with why regular uploads stopped after the Assassins Creed PSP video I made.
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@LoliTheTrap Good thank you :') Anxiously watching the views come in as I do some work
Could you cover the 32x port?
@@LEXXPortPatrol thoughts on doing a port patrol on dementium: the ward?
You ever considered making in-depth videos about your favourite games, e.g. how JSRF is the greatest 3D Platformer ever made?
I modified my SNES copy with a crystal oscillator and overclocked the SUPER FX2 Chip to 27Mhz, followed instructions online. Frame rate was slightly higher and input lag was significantly better. I've since sold the modified cart and now have a FXPAK PRO (SD2SNES renamed due to legal issues with the SD trademark), and I use the "overclock SUPERFX" option which reduces input lag and speeds up frame rates even more and makes it feel so much better. I'd wholeheartedly recommend a ROM with circle strafing fixed on an FXPAK PRO / SD2SNES PRO
I. LOVE. SNES. DOOM. Blew my mind back in the day, I loved it so much that it started my love for the series (and I started creating WADS for the PC version) and caused me to buy doom or acquire doom for every single electronic I owned that could run it.
I've never been a fan of Doom, but maybe that's because I've not played it at 10 fps on a Super Nintendo yet
Purple Streak Honestly, it’s the way it’s meant to be played
No, play project brutality on a modern port on PC. GZDoom is perfect for that. Then, you will get it.
@@LEXXPortPatrol Not really, no. Modern ports are a better alternative. By far.
@@jojolafrite90 you do know he's joking right?
@@LEXXPortPatrolno no it isnt. The game ran better on DOS floppy disks..
The fact that this port is open source now (combined with the fact that it’s so light and runs on 16-bit hardware) means that it potentially could be ported to even older systems. Speaking of that, there is now a patched ROM that runs on most SNES emulators and allows you to circle strafe.
take a shot everytime he pauses and zooms in the footage for comedic effect
One of my most prized possessions is that bright red DOOM cartridge for SNES.
I have one with most of the decal missing
I have an overclocked one.
I remember getting this for my SNES in spring of '96 just a few months after it released. It was my first time experiencing a 3D game like this or Doom. It was mind blowing for me and I spent that summer perfecting it with my cousin (who also had the 32X port). Just a year later I was treated to Doom 64, which was SUCH an incredible upgrade.
Omg i was looking through my subscription today and saw its been 8 months, and then all of a sudden you drop a badass video. Im so happy👍👍👍
You hath summoned me
"What games are based on the Jaguar version?"
sad Rayman 1 noises
Rayman was designed for Jaguar initially but the PS1 version came out a week before the Jag, and also has the best visuals and sound quality, so...
Well crap, TIL Rayman was a Jaguar game first!
Adam actually jag was a week earlier, but i agree about the ps1 version being better
@@LEXXPortPatrol it was originally supposed to release on SNES, there's a demo floating around the internet
You sound like Thomas Game Docs but at the same time a completely different person. (This is a compliment)
Good to see this game getting some love. Got this new when I was 14, and it blew my mind. Not just as an SNES game, but as a game in general. It only ran slightly chunkier than on my friend's PC to be honest.
It put you in that world of DOOM totally immersive despite the flaws thats why people love it
@@jasoncrandall5320
It was the only version I had access to back then. It was perfect in my eyes.
I’m more of a retro gamer and I usually don’t care too much about the graphics nor the frame rate (as long as it isn’t 5fps) so the snes port of doom is something I adore
I never had a PC in the 90s so I knew Doom by magazines. First time played on Snes and it totally blew my head away. The atmosphere, the violence, the enemies, the music, everything made me feel the fear and got totally into the game. Also, the red cartridge was a fucking excellent idea, I'd kill for have a copy in my hands.
I actually think its a good way to play DOOM with no wait times and the grainy visuals fit the game
Finally, someone who sees Doom on the SNES the same way I do 😍
Always great to see you make a new vid dude .
I'm glad to be back!!!
*Back in 1993*
Umm... most people who owned a computer in 1993 could run Doom just fine. That was one of the magical things about it. Games like Ultima Underworld that used true 3D ran at a snails pace but with Dooms pseudo 3D trickery, it could run much faster.
I got Doom for the Super Nintendo back when it first came out, and I really enjoyed it. It was pretty awesome seeing it run on less powerful hardware, just like its amazing seeing the new doom games running on the switch.
I have DOOM 2016 and I still like SNES DOOM its like literally having the lowest and highest versions together
Also, Doom for the SNES has a higher frame rate than Doom for the Panasonic 3DO because the latter took 10 weeks to make, and Randy Scott, the CEO of Art Data Interactive, had no programming skills, and depended on others to do his bidding on making games. SNES Doom also has features that make the game easier, like how instead of the shotgun spreading its bullets, it's a direct hit, allowing you to kill a demon in 2 hits with ease. Also, the rockets from the rocket launcher deal more damage. This allows you to kill the Baron of Hell in 3 to 4 hits, instead of 5 to 6 in the MS-DOS version. Also, the Cyberdemon and Spider Mastermind are no longer immune to splash damage, so you can pump rockets at them as you please. The game also has a Japanese version which contains changes, like regardless of difficulty you can play any level you desire, while in the American/European version, playing higher difficulties allow you to access all episodes. Also, in the ending screen for the JP version, instead of the original text from the PC version, it has shorter and simple text telling you what's going on, like "Congratulations! You've beaten Knee Deep in the Dead. The next episode is The Shores of Hell". Probably so that Japanese players can easily understand it, since they only speak short English sentences. Also, also, according to John Romero, the SNES version was created without their knowledge, but when Randy Linden came and introduced them the SNES port of the game, they were like "Hell yeah!" and licensed its release. Also, also, also, the game was programmed in an Amiga computer.
"What game can you say the Atari Jaguar version was the Stepping stone for ports?"
RAYMAN WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION
Dude I literally just made a video comparing doom gba to doom switch lol
Ooh I'll have to check that out!!!
Return of the King.
I've been wanting to make a snes game that will play somewhat like doom so via like these are really interesting to me.
Wasn't subscribed until I heard "Beach" from Plok. Always happy to sub to a fan of the Folin brothers :))
My childhood, man this thing was awesome. The music was the best on that port.
So glad I remembered to check back on this channel, definitely turning on the bell now, welcome back!
Graphics are bad compared to other versions of the game, but considering how weak the SNES hardware is it is amazing they were able to get a version of Doom to run at all on it. So this is very impressive and took a lot of programming skill to achieve.
and so called snes fans on Facebook say this is one of the worst snes games I always have to jump in to disagree it’s one of the best and amazing 16 bit games ever
Just found out about the channel and it's truly hidden gem!
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Doom worked flawlessly on my 486SX really low end pc of the time with no sound card and no dedicated video card and it could even run on 386 hardware...
Finally ur back
People also have to look at this port from the target consumer's perspective too. "All I have is a SNES, and I wanna play Doom! Hey! $70 is a lot less expensive than buying a Sega Genesis, and a 32X, an Atari Jaguar or a PC! I'll take it!"
Absolutely! It's also a lot cheaper than buying a PS1 for the version that released a month after this one did!
Randy Linden is a madlad.
Framerate is smoother than Cyberpunk 2077 on 8th gen consoles
@fraki i just found your channel and its awesome whyd you leave
This port is amazing... Its good actually... At least its nowhere near as bad as the Wolfenstein 3d snes port because that port is one of the worse snes games of all time
SNES doom has a coprocessor inside the cart to help it
As a person who grew up in the 80s-90s and saw all these consoles and earky pc games like Doom and so forth... the SNES was utter trash. I hated it as a kid. I still have mine but only have like 9 games for it. IT SUCKED.
The thing about Doom for the SNES is it's a miracle it's even running, given the hardware it's on. The 3DO and Saturn, though, genuinely could've gotten perfectly fine ports of Doom but they were effectively sabotaged. One by a manager who didn't seem to understand how porting games works and stuck it all on one person and one by John Carmack himself apparently favoring unplayable framerate over warpy textures. Ironically, the SNES version was the most faithful port at the time, since they couldn't just throw the Jaguar version on it with minimal edits. It even included the Spider Mastermind and Cyberdemon.
Soundtrack’s eh. It’s alright
The snes version actually has awesome atmosphere due to playing slightly slower and having lo res with less bells and whistles, it almost has a found footage quality to it
Someone else in the comments said it had a "survival horror" feel and I agree
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@@wistful3631 lol
The most impressive Super FX game. Yes, technically Super FX2 chip which is clocked faster (double speed) than the Super FX/MARIO chip used for 5 out of the 8 (6 out of 9 now because of Star Fox 2 being released 20 years later) of Super FX games released.
I've been loving your Port Patrol series, this version of Doom was my introduction to the franchise back in the day, I remember it was so hard I couldn't even beat Episode 1, though in my defense I had no idea what I was doing until my uncle told me how to strafe and take advantage of corners better. Yeah, the frame rate is terrible, low resolution, and the soundtrack is not the best but the more I learn about ports the more impressive the SNES version becomes. Btw, any plans to review the SNES port re-release that's coming out in 2025?
I found a sneak peek of what's coming here: ua-cam.com/video/0oEUF1Py5-4/v-deo.html
I like your point about it being playable despite its framerate, cuz it reminds me of how playable goldeneye 007 was on the n64 despite the framerate often dropping in the single digits
Really? My N64 runs it at like 15-20 frames unmodded.
@@h0metape Goldeneye? that's its average framerate but it does dip into single digit framerates in the jungle and in overly busy areas
When this was new it was great for a poor boy like me, and if you learnt its quirks it was still fun.
DOOM was never about having the best graphics anyway I think the grimy visuals fit the game very well
"I'm gonna be hanging around in the comments for the next few hours" - Proceeds to be around in the comments 3 years later
That could still technically count as “a few hours”, right? X3
@@LEXXPortPatrolNah, rather "expectations shattered, new Subscriber gathered"
no it was good for its time and for ppl that just hade a snes but if u had a pc thats the game to play.but now days just play the pc port on your phone or handhold dont play the snes port now days.
Just found your channel and have been binge watching all day love the content dude keep up the awesome work
Thank you very much! :)
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Randy Linden is an absolute god for getting this port made with no tools, no source code, and a limited time frame. He literally built a functional version of Doom from scratch here. And as a bonus, it actually ports nearly all of the PC versions levels accurately, and nearly all of the enemies too. Even Playstation Doom lost a bunch of levels that are present and correct on SNES. In fact, pound for pound, the SNES port may actually be the most accurate conversion of Doom 1 to a console.
Not saying it's the ideal version of Doom on consoles, but it's still very under-rated.
People tend to forget that this is pretty much how the game ran in most PC's at the time, save for those who could afford spending thousands of dollars on a computer just for the hell of it.
Yeah, people today only compare the SNES Doom with PC Doom running on source ports, something is pretty unfair. But if you play the vanilla version on MS DOS the game sometimes is clunky, has collision problems, glitches and slowdowns like the SNES port (not as bad, but again, it seems that people forget what and when Doom originally runs).
@@sebastiankulche Not just playing the vanilla version on modern hardware, try playing it on an average computer from the time. And even the average computer would be a hell of a lot more expensive than a Super Nintendo was.
@@daesplays8737 When i mention MS DOS on modern hardware? I guess you are referring to Dosbox. Yeah, it was more expensive and still doesnt compare by running the game on source ports that fix engine glitches, smooths the gameplay a lot and ignores problems with collision detection.
I stopped watching right on the ridiculous "boomer" meme. No. Just no.
Cry
I played Alien Isolation on PS3 because it was the only alternative I had back then, and I’m grateful for that port, because it enabled me to play what would become one of my favorite game experiences.
DooM is just the gift that keeps on giving. I will never not watch a video about DooM. Oh and Fraki is pretty cool too. What a guy!
Fun story: My first experience with DooM was on a neighbor’s PC when I was like 9 years old...when I found out DooM was coming to SNES I knew I had to have it. I was too young and dumb to know anything about how porting games worked and well, you can see where this is going.
I ended up spending way more time reading the strategy guide and admiring the red cartridge than actually playing it.
I feel like the way I'm going, I'm going to have an obligatory Doom episode every year, there's just so many weird ports of it to cover!!
Am I the only person who likes that Doom 2 level with a million explosive barrels?
The music is why I like it. It sounds very similar to Them Bones by Alice in Chains