Current Events > Doom for PS1 is not only better than Doom 64, it's the overall best Console Port

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Atari Jaguar would be #1 if it had music

Doom 64 was a totally different game, to be fair.

Doom PSX was the best console port of the era, sure, but that's not really saying much.

It wouldn't be surpassed on consoles until Doom Xbox Live Arcade on Xbox 360

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DarkRoast posted...

Doom 64 was a totally different game, to be fair.

Doom PSX was the best console port of the era, sure, but that's not really saying much.

It wouldn't be surpassed on consoles until Doom Xbox Live Arcade on Xbox 360

Its just everyone praises Doom 64 more for some reason

no one mentions the PS1 being superior for the time

Shmupguy posted...

Its just everyone praises Doom 64 more for some reason

no one mentions the PS1 being superior

As someone who actually had Doom 64 back in the day...

It was very, very different in atmosphere from the other Doom versions. Much darker, creepier and honestly a lot more intense.

The weapons sounded incredible (especially the shotgun).

The game itself was rather poorly designed, though. Level design in particular was just nutty.


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I has the port for 3DO, absolute dogshit aside from the best soundtrack of any Doom port. Thing had like 5fps

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Youre comparing enhanced ports of two games to what is basically a whole new game running on the engine, not really fair


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I had Doom on 32X. Get on my level, peeps.

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I forgot they even ported it for PS1 lol

But Doom 64 definitely deserves credit for being an entirely original game. I never even got to play it until a few months ago because I never owned a N64. I was playing regular Doom on PC so I wouldn't have cared about the PS1 port at all

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As a $1.50 psn game Doom64 is amazing.

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Lairen posted...

As a $1.50 psn game Doom64 is amazing.

Wait what?

Lairen posted...

As a $1.50 psn game Doom64 is amazing.

Yup
Xbox sells them cheap af too. Classic games for the cost of a soda

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eston posted...

Yup
Xbox sells them cheap af too. Classic games for the cost of a soda

Doom 64 is actually on Game Pass, since Microsoft literally owns the IP now

Also, the PS4/X1/Switch ports of Doom 1 and Doom 2 have downloadable mod / fangame support now. There's a surprisingly good selection of free full game downloads.


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Bump I aint talking about Psn or ms ports, just console versions at the time.

and I think more people should know

the psx port of doom also runs at like half the framerate of the pc version

theres really no reason to play it like that anymore but if you like the minor level changes and music, people have remade it for modern sourceports and you can play it if you own the pc version of doom2

https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/101161-gec-master-edition-psx-doom-for-the-playstation-1102019-beta-3-release-now-are-you-ready-for-more-action/

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I had the SNES port of Doom years ago.

It sucked compared to other versions but I still played the hell out of it.
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literally every game that was on PS1 and 64 was better on the PS1.

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half the appeal of doom was the fucking kick ass soundtrack. 64 fucked up with theirs, that shit was lame...

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On Youtube, I saw a video where someone got the PS1 version and replaced the OST with the 3DO one, EPIC!!!!!!

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TheVipaGTS posted...

literally every game that was on PS1 and 64 was better on the PS1.

Doom 64 is NOT a port of Doom, it is a new game.

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Cheater87 posted...

Doom 64 is NOT a port of Doom, it is a new game.

And jigsaw never killed his victims

Cheater87 posted...

Doom 64 is NOT a port of Doom, it is a new game.

And even if it was that's not true, especially with FPS games.

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Cheater87 posted...

Doom 64 is NOT a port of Doom, it is a new game.

A mod is not a game, however Id still call it a port with some of the recycled animations

It absolutely was not a port, lol

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DarkRoast posted...

Doom 64 is actually on Game Pass, since Microsoft literally owns the IP now

Also, the PS4/X1/Switch ports of Doom 1 and Doom 2 have downloadable mod / fangame support now. There's a surprisingly good selection of free full game downloads.

Plus you get Final Doom as well with Doom2

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TheVipaGTS posted...

literally every game that was on PS1 and 64 was better on the PS1.

Vigilante 8


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A lot of us Doom-heads really didn't appreciate how much Doom 64 deviated from the PC version. Simple things like the Imp's not having mouths, and the shotgun not animating the pump action really got under our skin. If you were a PC-buff, you wouldn't be caught dead praising Doom 64.

However, over time I've learned to appreciate it as a new installment to Doom with some pretty good levels. It was definitely better than Final Doom.

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eston posted...

It absolutely was not a port, lol

Doom 64 is a modded port, it still used the ID Tech 1 engine that was also customized.

mods arent technically their own games.

such as Half-Life: Counter-Strike, CS was a mod that used the HL1 engine.

WarfireX posted...

A lot of us Doom-heads really didn't appreciate how much Doom 64 deviated from the PC version. Simple things like the Imp's not having mouths, and the shotgun not animating the pump action really got under our skin. If you were a PC-buff, you wouldn't be caught dead praising Doom 64.

However, over time I've learned to appreciate it as a new installment to Doom with some pretty good levels. It was definitely better than Final Doom.

"Better than Final Doom" isn't exactly a great compliment

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I still have the Doom PSOne disc in one of my drawers. Fantastic game.

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DarkRoast posted...

I still have the Doom PSOne disc in one of my drawers. Fantastic game.

It is, but for some reason Doom 64 gets all the credit

DarkRoast posted...

"Better than Final Doom" isn't exactly a great compliment

That's why I said it's a decent game with some good levels. I didn't just say "Well at least it's better than Final Doom" cause yeah Final Doom was just expansion pack nonsense.

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Shmupguy posted...

It is, but for some reason Doom 64 gets all the credit

I think Doom 64 gets credit lately mostly because it got basically zero credit back then, and for a lot of people it was a bit of an oddity that was hard to find and play unless you resorted to emulation.

It's super weird that Doom Eternal rather heavily pulls from it, though. Even the Unmakyr.

I will say, though, that Doom 64's general atmosphere is about as good as FPS horror could get in the mid-90s.

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DarkRoast posted...

I think Doom 64 gets credit lately mostly because it got basically zero credit back then, and for a lot of people it was a bit of an oddity that was hard to find and play unless you resorted to emulation.

It's super weird that Doom Eternal rather heavily pulls from it, though. Even the Unmakyr.

I will say, though, that Doom 64's general atmosphere is about as good as FPS horror could get in the mid-90s.

Cause you cant see anything, its so dark

Shmupguy posted...

Cause you cant see anything, its so dark

Yeah, but the way the lighting worked (lots of glowing floor edges just barely illuminating the room) was legitimately spooky as hell. Add to that the creepy/slow OST and the unusually punchy sound effects, and it almost comes across as more of a survival horror game than Doom.


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