Hands-on with Limited Run’s new port and Retro-Bit’s rumble pad.
When you talk about unbelievable programming achievements, the 1995 SNES port of DOOM is right up there. id Software’s FPS changed everything when it arrived on PC in 1993, and it was considered the benchmark release for many of the next-gen platforms which launched around the middle of the decade. 3DO, Jaguar, 32X, Saturn and PS1 all got ports of the game, which, at that point in time, was considered to be one of the prime reasons for investing in an expensive PC setup.
Nobody expected the SNES – a console launched in 1990, a full three years before DOOM launched on PC – to be capable of hosting a convincing conversion of id Software’s iconic title, but it did so regardless, all thanks to the incredible efforts of Randy Linden, his custom “Reality” game engine and the second revision of Argonaut’s Super FX chipset.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
Hands-on with Limited Run’s new port and Retro-Bit’s rumble pad.
When you talk about unbelievable programming achievements, the 1995 SNES port of DOOM is right up there. id Software’s FPS changed everything when it arrived on PC in 1993, and it was considered the benchmark release for many of the next-gen platforms which launched around the middle of the decade. 3DO, Jaguar, 32X, Saturn and PS1 all got ports of the game, which, at that point in time, was considered to be one of the prime reasons for investing in an expensive PC setup.
Nobody expected the SNES – a console launched in 1990, a full three years before DOOM launched on PC – to be capable of hosting a convincing conversion of id Software’s iconic title, but it did so regardless, all thanks to the incredible efforts of Randy Linden, his custom “Reality” game engine and the second revision of Argonaut’s Super FX chipset.
Read the full article on timeextension.com