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SharpX68K · Nov 9, 2018

Electronic Games preview and review

Computer Gaming World preview

Computer Gaming World review

Electronic Entertainment - PC Review

EDGE - PC Preview

EDGE - PC Review

EDGE - Doom II PC review

Computer and Video Games (PC)

Computer and VideoGames (PSX preview)

Computer and VideoGames (PSX review)

GameFan (SNES)

GameFan (32X)

GameFan (Jaguar)

GameFan (PSX Doom)

GamePro (PSX Doom)

EGM (PSX Doom)

EGM (PSX, Final Doom)

Computer and Video Games (Final Doom - PSX, PC)

GameFan (PSX, Final Doom)

GameFan (Doom 64)

Electronic Gaming Monthly's coverage

EDGE and Next Generation

Ultra Game Players

GamePro

Computer and VideoGames

Nintendo Power

Velocity:Design:Comfort · Nov 10, 2018

Love these thanks. Doom 64 is better than the original imo.

daninthemix · Nov 10, 2018

Velocity:Design:Comfort said:
Love these thanks. Doom 64 is better than the original imo.

Nah, Doom 64 is full of confounding mazes designed only to get the player lost, whereas Doom is full is smart levels that are complex but logical.

Doom PSX has the most chilling soundtrack in all of videogames.

hlhbk · Nov 10, 2018

Thread of the year right here. Also saying Doom 64 is better than the first one is heresy.

Deleted member 29237 · Nov 10, 2018

You might find some things here :)

OMEGALUL · Nov 10, 2018

This thread reminds me of that DF retro where that dude looked at all the console doom ports. It's a shame the DF retro is dead :(

hlhbk · Nov 10, 2018

OMEGALUL said:
This thread reminds me of that DF retro where that dude looked at all the console doom ports. It's a shame the DF retro is dead :(

It is?

RagdollRhino · Nov 10, 2018

Doom SNES is one of the most mind blowing ports of all time considering the hardware.

Deleted member 23046 · Nov 10, 2018

Fan-made. Start at 1:35

harz-marz · Nov 10, 2018

OMEGALUL said:
This thread reminds me of that DF retro where that dude looked at all the console doom ports. It's a shame the DF retro is dead :(

https://twitter.com/dark1x/status/1060826244781129728?s=19

JimNastics · Nov 10, 2018

Doom PSX was utter perfection, best version for me.

SharpX68K · Nov 10, 2018

JimNastics said:
Doom PSX was utter perfection, best version for me.

Yes indeed, it is. I've been playing the PSX Doom Total Conversion, it's fantastic.

tomofthepops · Nov 10, 2018

JimNastics said:
Doom PSX was utter perfection, best version for me.

Was the first verison I ever played, was introduced to it by my grandmother. She was a beast at it haha

Syril · Nov 10, 2018

The saga of 3DO Doom is really something.

Slam Tilt · Nov 10, 2018

Syril said:
The saga of 3DO Doom is really something.

Great stuff. Here's the link for those who haven't heard the story (the DOOM stuff starts about halfway past the article). Really "holy sh*t" stuff to anyone who knows anything about game development...

Well, Randy [CEO of Art Data Interactive], because he did not know anything about game development, said, "Okay, we're gonna make the best game of Doom ever! We're gonna have new levels, new weapons, new everything."

As soon as he signed the contract -- the ink wasn't even dry yet. And he went onto a press tour telling everybody he has the rights to Doom, Art Data Interactive is gonna kick ass, they're gonna have new levels, new weapons, and everything.

He even had a friend of his draw mock-up weapons. Just draw them on Photoshop and so forth and give him these screenshots. And he was saying, "These is actual game screenshots."

Of course the press is going, "Oh my God! This looks great! This is awesome!"

Well, he then went to a developer and said, "Hey, can you just do a version for me?"

And they said, "Sure. What you want is gonna take two years and a budget of, like, $3 million."

He said, "Oh no, no, no. You're lying to me."

He went to another developer who, in turn, somehow he finagled them to start on the project but he actually was intending not to pay them.

And he was saying, "Why isn't this game running at 60 frames a second? Where is my new weapons? Where is my new stuff?"

And I'm like, "Do you have any idea how game development is done?"

Because he truly believed all you had to do to put a weapon in a game is to draw it.

SharpX68K · Nov 11, 2018

Truly interesting stuff on the 3DO version. I remember I had it for my 3DO for a few days, then returned it because it was shit, and it made me feel dizzy playing it.

Then I bought a Jaguar and the 32X with their versions of DOOM. I enjoyed those quite a bit, until I got the PSX version which was awesome.

Nerdkiller · Nov 11, 2018

You post the Edge preview scans, but not THE Edge review?

Can't find the whole thing, though.

SharpX68K · Nov 11, 2018

Thank you!

Edit: wait I did post the entire review, 4 pages, right below the 2 page preview!

hlhbk · Nov 11, 2018

Nerdkiller said:
You post the Edge preview scans, but not THE Edge review?

Can't find the whole thing, though.

Wow that's a terrible review!

Syril · Nov 11, 2018

Slam Tilt said:
Great stuff. Here's the link for those who haven't heard the story (the DOOM stuff starts about halfway past the article). Really "holy sh*t" stuff to anyone who knows anything about game development...

The weirdest part is that the 3DO version had a really notable soundtrack because Randy Scott just happened to be a musician who had a band, so Rebecca Heineman was able to have him produce a totally unique arrangement of the soundtrack for it in lieu of having to convert the original one (especially since the Jaguar version she was porting didn't actually have music).

SharpX68K · Nov 11, 2018

hlhbk said:
Wow that's a terrible review!

Here's Next Generation's review of PSX Doom. It's both good and bad!

"the next time we see it we won't be so charitable"

o_o

kubev · Nov 11, 2018

daninthemix said:
Nah, Doom 64 is full of confounding mazes designed only to get the player lost, whereas Doom is full is smart levels that are complex but logical.

Doom PSX has the most chilling soundtrack in all of videogames.

The original had plenty of levels that were just mazes designed to get the player lost. Frankly, I think DOOM 64 is a solid installment in the series, and it's arguably as good as or better than the original in most respects. It's a shame that it'll likely never be re-released officially, because it's a great game that a lot of people overlooked.

SharpX68K · Nov 12, 2018

More DOOM coming tonight!

VideoGames (formerly VG&CE) - 32X and Jaguar

GamePro - Jaguar - Review

GamePro Final Doom PSX Previews

GamePro Final Doom PSX Review

GamePro Final Doom Strategy Guide: https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_089_December_1996/page/n213

GamePro Doom 64

SharpX68K · Dec 10, 2018

Since it's the 25th anniversary of DOOM, I decided to add more articles that I never quite got around to.

EGM Jaguar Doom

EGM 32x Doom

EGM2

SharpX68K · Dec 11, 2019

Bumping this thread for the anniversary.

I still have scans to add, some of which I know, and probably more I'll find.

Suedemaker · Dec 11, 2019

Interesting that this thread pops up not long after I find my old stash of Nintendo Power magazines. Guess I'll have to dig through them for anything on Doom 64...

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