LGR - Doom - DOS PC Game Review

Oh, thanks. Just curious. This was a wonderful video.

Zabe

Not much, just the usual lines being re-recorded for clarity, a few transitions fixed, and some audio levels tweaked

LGR

I noticed this got reuploaded. What changed from the original upload?

Zabe

Brutal Doom rocks and was probably the inspiration for the direction they took Doom 4 in, given its reliance on brutal melee executions.

Alyxx the Rat

The episode four levels from Ultimate Doom are unfairly hard at times though. But definitely fun to play through.

Alyxx the Rat

In the manual it was the "Big Friggin' Gun" and some refer to it as the "Big Fraggin' Gun" after the term frag which rose with Doom multiplayer. I don't think it was ever officially referred to as the Big Fucking Gun, but that's just what the fandom has named it cause, that's what it is.

Alyxx the Rat

I kinda have a strange affection for PC speaker sounds. Back then they were annoying but nowadays they stir nostalgia in me almost as bad as the sound of a floppy drive booting up. There's just something really nostalgic about PC speaker sounds to me and now I can't get enough of them.

Alyxx the Rat

I'm gonna sing the Doom song now!

Alyxx the Rat

Quake was pretty much Doom without hell. Amazing game though.

Alyxx the Rat

I think you should do it. Though it would be a very big task considering Doom's been ported to pretty much anything with or without a screen.

Alyxx the Rat

I've been playing Redneck Rampage lately, lol

Alyxx the Rat

PS1 version kicks arse. I especially love how they mixed in Doom 2 monsters into Doom 1 levels. Mixed things up a bit for PC players.

Alyxx the Rat

Holy crap, you just made my day :D

Papa Kenn Media

Ouch... my spelling!

Gary Leigh

The level design is absolutely god-tier, isn't it? And yeah, even the skyboxes provided a sense of exploration. Like, if you could just get over that wall, it felt like there was a whole world of hellish secrets out there.

LGR

I have watched that, it's fantastic! Love hearing commentary like that

LGR

YEEEEAAAAH. RIP AND TEAR. :)

LGR

I'm so glad too, haha. It's about freaking time

LGR

After playing the new one over the past couple days, I'm happy to say that it's VERY good. At least, the single player mode. Multiplayer is a bit... lacking, to be nice

LGR

I definitely blame a lot of my navigation skills on video games, especially first-person games like Doom. When I'm wandering around a town or a building, I seriously "see" a map in my head like what you'd find in Doom!

LGR

It really is tough to describe what that was like. It was some of the most genuinely exciting imagery I'd ever seen on a computer screen. Seemed like anything was possible at that point.

LGR

Aye, a very respectable version! I've thought of doing a video covering all the ports of the game

LGR

Of all the things to stick onto a person like stink on shit, Doom has to be in the top 5 greatest

LGR

Of course! It's responsible for getting so many people into Doom nowadays :)

LGR

Thanks, I spent a bit of time getting that computer imagery looking correct! And no, I never played X-COM until I was an adult. But I think it's a great game nonetheless!

LGR

Go for it, the later levels are super rewarding! Especially episode four from Ultimate Doom

LGR

Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying! Wish I had my mods from back then too... curse old floppy disks not holding data that long

LGR

Haha, so many memories with Morpheus. Dubious, slightly illegal memories, but hey!

LGR

That's a solid version, very respectable PC port for the consoles of the time

LGR

It's actually just a transparent PNG I found on Google Images! Searched for "scanlines" and there it was, heh

LGR

Noooo you censored the fucking in big fucking gun, that's like blasphemy.

Manuel Adrian

I see some simulated scanlines -- curious what your method was for simulating them. Venetian blinds filter? Something else?

Jim Leonard

I played the hell out of the PlayStation 1 version back in 1996.

Michael Nelson

Morpheus - holy shit I remember using that to download Sugar Ray albums

mavrick

Loved this presentation of trying to get across what DOOM meant at the time. Anyone who was alive & playing video games understands, but it's sort of like trying to explain to kids what the internet was like back in 1995, and why it was so mindblowing, even if it's not aesthetically pleasing by today's standards. I also remember only playing DOOM when my dad wasn't around, just in case he saw the demonic stuff (he probably cared more about that than the violence). And yes, I modded DOOM to put my friends into it. Wish I still had those files.

Purple Tentacle

Looked it up and turns out its on steam <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/sub/439/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://store.steampowered.com/sub/439/</a>

Mr Blackwell

Never played the full game, but had a demo of Heretic that I played over and over. I need to look that game up one day... GoG maybe?

Papa Kenn Media

I never got to play Doom until I was in high school unfortunately, and even then only on either my "rich" friend's computer or at my cousin's house... which I was at 1-2 times a year if I was lucky. I still never really fully BEAT the game, but I'd love to give it a shot one day. Who knows, maybe for a live stream one day.

Papa Kenn Media

Love the image setup of an old computer with images on the screen. Really effective to make your story more easily imaginable in my head. I remember playing Doom for the first time on a machine without a sound card. I was mainly playing because of the graphics then, because the PC speakers sounds were annoying. Once I played DOOM on a PC with a sound card, it became much more terrifying, instead of "hard, beautiful, but with annoying sounds". Most of the time, I did not dare to move my character ! :) Also, since X-Com : UFO Defense was around a little after DOOM and made a lot of kids afraid of aliens too (and it also sparkled a lot of clones, remakes, ports, mods, etc... even to this day with XCOM 2, OpenApoc, OpenXCOM, XPiratez, etc...), I got to ask : have you got any similar child memories of the first X-Com game from 1994 ?

Maximilien Noal

Oh man, the memories. Headphones, dark room and a 486 running Doom II. This and of course Heretic as well :)

Mr Blackwell

yes you got Brutal Doom footage as well :D

TempleTurkey

Doom blew my mind when I first played it. I was kinda too young to fully comprehend everything so I didn't get to play much before my dad came into the room and shut it off. I played it again when I was a teenager and found Doom 95 on a Shareware CD and after that, yeah, this game has stuck with me like stink on shit.

Alyxx the Rat

Lets not forget the gba version, one of the best first person shooters on that console.

Dik de Jong

Well I have played a bit before, now to Steam to pick up Doom classic complete

ZombieRonSwanson

It's really hard to appreciate just how much of a step up Doom was back in the day. Nowadays, no one would give it a second glance as revolutionary, but I remember walking into a computer show and seeing it being run as a demo. I was just stunned how good the graphics were and not long after, I was playing it and any clone that came after. Sadly, I don't think that any game realized today, no matter how great it is, will ever recapture that feeling of amazement I felt at the time. You can't really explain to someone just what it was like back when computers were just starting to grow and everything... everything was just so new, exciting and mind blowing.

Gary Leigh

Doom will never replace Quake for me in regards to personal significance, but I will never debate its cultural significance. Gonna fire up Doom 2 when I get home. Excellent video Clint!

Deryn L.

There's something special about Doom alright. I would have been 12 or so when it came out - and I remember seeing screens in some borrowed PC gaming magazine at the time. But it was playing Doom II on a neighbour's PC that I fell in love. I loved this review - it's got to be one of your absolute best. And now I need to fire up Doomsday (my source port of choice) and give it a whirl during my lunch break at work… ;)

Rob Caporetto

I first glimpsed Doom on my own system back when it was still relatively new, as one of Mom's friends put a copy on our system... not entirely certain why. I tried to play it but almost immediately shut it off because the PC Speaker sound was loud and obnoxious. About a year later (so I was only about 12 or 13 years old) Mom now had a Sound Blaster Pro sound card, so knowing how stuff like that worked now I set it up properly and gave it a second chance and... yeah. I was hooked. BUT, I will say that my favourite aspect of Doom has always been the level design more than anything. I never cared about the blood and gory effects, and the weapons ultimately got boring to me, I just loved seeing all the secret rooms and design aspects and always wondering if maybe it was possible to get into those areas beyond the windows and the railings...

Kris Asick

I didn't even get half way through the video before I had to go to gog and reinstall this. Have you watched the Double Fine series where JP LeBreton and John Romero play through the first doom? It was fantastic hearing how it all came together.

Tarryn Krause

So glad he finally did this game!

Dave Voyles

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!! I share the sentiment Clint! xD

Jess the Stampede

I wonder if the new DOOM will be any good. There's something exhilarating about the limitations of old computer games that is simply missing from most realistic games these days. I used to catch myself physically jumping or leaning in one direction or another when trying to avoid obstacles in video games when I was a kid, because it felt real even though it didn't actually resemble reality. Now I just get bored when I sit down and try to play something for any length of time. I guess that's just part of growing up.

Yup. Doom was not just a game, it was a(n expression of) lifestyle back then. Everything about it aired carefree, unbound creativity and at the same time a mindblowing level of innovation. Even in slow motion because of my underpowered system it was impressive as.. hell. And yes, the mods. The Mods. The first Era of Modding. Adding Beavis and Butthead sound to the imps and drawing mustaches on their sprites, something with Tie Fighter sounds on cacodemons and all whatnot. And years later discovering the beautiful Brutal Doom and the metal music pack (even though I prefer the original midi files). Keeping very low expectations for Doom 4 (they didn't even call it Doom 4, blatently so) after that generic, pretty much pointless Haloesque multiplayer thingy from last month though, let's hope it differs _a lot_ from the single player experience.

Marnix

Excellent.

Robert Launder

Excellent review. The one game I play every year since it was released. Timeless indeed!

Justin Little

Always love your anecdotes from childhood in your videos, hehe. I guess I have a weird story of my own... my friend always told me she had a good sense of direction from playing Doom as a kid a lot from all those winding maze-like halls she traveled to kick some demon ass. Since I did not play Doom, that was why I had a terrible sense of direction (though I got somewhat better after i got my driver's licence... but it's still not my strength :P). Hope Doom 2016 is LGR-worthy! :)

Lindsay Michelle

Nice.

Zem Hysong

Finally :)

icezolation

YES!

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