Doom's 30th Anniversary

Meridian · 11 Dec 2023 at 21:19

I first played the freeware version some years later - about 1998. I played so much that I started to dream in "Doom Motion": unable to look up or down, and going in straight lines for long periods of time before abrupt changes in direction.

WoZZeR · 11 Dec 2023 at 21:23

Wow! 30 Years old. I remember spending ages getting linked up for co-op with a mate via modem, we had great fun and big telephone bills. The joy of the original Dooms was the bodies stayed where you killed them so you could wander around and admire the carnage afterwards.

Unreal, was the first game with amazing visuals for me, it looked ace on my Voodoo card!

Briton · 11 Dec 2023 at 22:31

BUDFORCE said:
It doesn't feel right though.

Because Half Life was 25 years ago, so there is only 5 years in it, yet feels like Doom was much older.

Shows you how fast games were progressing back then.

Doom was good, but Half Life was by far the most groundbreaking imo.

I remember being knocked out by the AI of the enemy troops; it doesn't seem like that side of games has progressed that much since then.

Chaos · 12 Dec 2023 at 00:20

Yeah time flys, doesnt seem like 30 years!

The Masters Of Doom book is worth a read if anyone hasn't read it and the Game Engine Black Book Doom if you are interested in the technical side.

Kelt · 12 Dec 2023 at 01:27

MrRockliffe said:
Just to make people feel older - that’s before I was born

Thanks.

Rroff · 12 Dec 2023 at 02:31

I never got into Doom like I did Quake 1, 2 and at an earlier age Wolfenstein 3D. Dunno why but the original games kind of passed me by.

I remember where I did work experience in the mid 90s the guys in IT were absolutely mad for it, that and the Spice Girls, different era.

cjgardens · 13 Dec 2023 at 08:18

This is the game that got me into pc's

duke nukem 3d was a belter of a game too

martin363 · 13 Dec 2023 at 08:50

I remember buying my copy in a basement computer fair on Tottenham Court Road one Sunday morning around that time. was amazing to run at the time, and play, literally game changing. My mind I had 3 game changing Games I ever played - The original Elite, for me around 86, then Doom 93 and then WOW in 2004. all were like amazing for their time and just opened up something completely new I hadn't seen on PC before.

Kelt · 13 Dec 2023 at 09:03

BUDFORCE said:
It doesn't feel right though.

Because Half Life was 25 years ago, so there is only 5 years in it, yet feels like Doom was much older.

Shows you how fast games were progressing back then.

Doom was good, but Half Life was by far the most groundbreaking imo.

Quake 2 was pretty good as well, although that was 4 years after Doom.

The first XCOM game was 1994 so one year after Doom.

Original Syndicate 1993.....

Underworld was truly groundbreaking.

The world's first true 3D game.

I was absolutely enthralled by it when I first played it.

Stunning at the time.

BUDFORCE · 13 Dec 2023 at 09:06

cjgardens said:
duke nukem 3d was a belter of a game too

Yea it was, and because of the map editor I spent years messing around with that, ended up pushing the engine past what 3D Realms themselves achieved.

DoneADougalOnSofa · 13 Dec 2023 at 09:14

BUDFORCE said:
Yea it was, and because of the map editor I spent years messing around with that, ended up pushing the engine past what 3D Realms themselves achieved.

Also really easy to muck about with the config files- I set pipebombs with a similar yield to Castle Bravo, could take out practically an entire level with em

Nate75 · 13 Dec 2023 at 09:19

I remember getting it at the games show at Earl's Court...

Remember asking them how much and they said whatever you want to pay.

Didn't really know what shareware was and the fact I got it for a very small sum literally blew my mind at the time!