Which is the worse Doom?

Yes, yes we've had dozen of threads which is the best version of x game, but today I want something different.

What are the worst ports of DooM ever made?

the 3DO version? The Saturn version? The SNES version? take your pick and explain why :P

Saturn , it looks more or less like the PS1 version and has the same boring music (in fact, I think its a direct port) , but runs at a terrible frame rate , probably around 10fps, sometimes lower.

3DO at least has great music, and the SNES and 32X weren't capable of a perfect (or even near perfect port,) so its forgivable on that part.

I quite liked the 32x version, at the time. I was a rabid id Software fan from the start. We had "Wolfenstein" as shareware at the office I worked for, and so "DOOM" was a big hit instantly. I was living check to check at the time, and so I didn't have a computer at home which would run those id games, and I had a 32x, so playing "DOOM" on my TV was a big hairy deal. I still have all of the 32x stuff but I haven't seen it for decades. I think, because of the difficulty on the Genesis control which wasn't the best as I recall, the limited feature set (no eventual level creator, no LAN), I would have to say that version is my least-favorite... But I feel like, any "DOOM" is GOOD "DOOM", because I'm such a fan of the series, over-all.

The game I think is possibly the most off, programming-wise, would be the GBA port of "DOOM II", which has some aiming issues (the gun fires slightly off to the left, so you need to correct a bit by aiming just right of center to hit enemies at a long distance). But again, it's purrtyGOOD. "DOOM" in your pocket on a GBA SP was a great feeling for me, to have it wherever I went. Still feel that way about those carts - And GBA "Wolfenstein 3D", for that matter.

:D

which has the worst framerate? 3do or saturn? what about graphics?rilpas

[QUOTE="rilpas"]why does the 3do run so poorly though? I mean, we can chalk up the saturn version to poor porting. But what about the 3do? surely it could do better, right?Darkman2007

Wish I owned one though

In terms of feeling he least Doomish overall, I'd say Doom on the 32X. In all fairness I haven't played it, but the sound quality really distracts from enjoyability from what I've seen.

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="rilpas"]why does the 3do run so poorly though? I mean, we can chalk up the saturn version to poor porting. But what about the 3do? surely it could do better, right?rilpas

Wish I owned one though

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] well ,yes, in fact, one of the games I own for the 3DO is Killing Time www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM9u1DsSj04 its not Quake or Duke 3D , but it does show a decent Doom port could have been done. so in the 3DO's case it was also a pretty poor port, from what I know, the 3DO also has its limitations, so that doesn't help it either.Darkman2007

Wish I owned one though

I see. But I guess it probably couldn't run anything that looked better then Doom or the Need for speed?

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="rilpas"]what are the 3DO's limitations? i know too little about it :P

Wish I owned one though

rilpas

I see. But I guess it probably couldn't run anything that looked better then Doom or the Need for speed?

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] in comparison to what? the PS1 and the Saturn? mainly a slower CPU , slower RAM , slower bandwith , slower renderer (especially against the PS1) thats not to say the 3DO was bad, it was very capable at the timeDarkman2007

I see. But I guess it probably couldn't run anything that looked better then Doom or the Need for speed?

Ah starfighter, I remember it was ported to the PS1 and saturn, but it ended up looking worse then the 3DO version

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="rilpas"]

I see. But I guess it probably couldn't run anything that looked better then Doom or the Need for speed?

rilpas

Ah starfighter, I remember it was ported to the PS1 and saturn, but it ended up looking worse then the 3DO version

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] well , there were some impressive games that came out very late in the life of the 3DO , like Stat Fighter and Foes of Ali www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNEHw1zC_TY www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLRciEW4HCI at the same time, Im not sure how much further you could push it. the 3DO does have an interesting feature called interpolation , where the 320X240 image would get upscaled to 640X480 , which made the games look a bit blurry, but also help hide the aliasing in the game (although Im not sure how many games on the 3DO are native 640X480)Darkman2007

Ah starfighter, I remember it was ported to the PS1 and saturn, but it ended up looking worse then the 3DO version

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="rilpas"]

Ah starfighter, I remember it was ported to the PS1 and saturn, but it ended up looking worse then the 3DO version

rilpas

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] which is very odd, because if you see the other 3DO to PS1/Saturn ports, they are usually just as good if not better (if I remember correctly, NFS was actually faster than the 3DO original)Darkman2007

I was thinking of getting it for the saturn

what's wrong with it?

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="rilpas"]I remember reading around the 3DO forums that space hulk was actually better on the 3DO, not sure if it's true though :P

rilpas

I was thinking of getting it for the saturn

what's wrong with it?

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="rilpas"]

I see. But I guess it probably couldn't run anything that looked better then Doom or the Need for speed?

rilpas

Ah starfighter, I remember it was ported to the PS1 and saturn, but it ended up looking worse then the 3DO version

I just recently picked up Star Fighter on PS1 from Goodwill for $4. Yeah, it looks Terrible with a capital "T". Yet, it's still pretty fun in short bursts to just blow the hell out everything (literally).

[QUOTE="rilpas"]

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] that may or may not be true, ports sometimes turn out badly, even if a system is better. a similar thing happend with Lucienne's Quest, it was better on the 3DO , while the Saturn version suffered a bit visually though I do have Space Hulk on the 3DO and I can't stand it :P,Darkman2007

I was thinking of getting it for the saturn

what's wrong with it?

Nah, I've been told it's a pretty unique game. I was also told it's a love it or hate it game

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="rilpas"]

I was thinking of getting it for the saturn

what's wrong with it?

rilpas

Nah, I've been told it's a pretty unique game. I was also told it's a love it or hate it game

Technically, the ZX Spectrum port would be the worst:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v7cFGneuaw

But I think it looks really well, considering the limitations of the machine it's running on.

I think the worst version I've played was probably the Saturn one (which I didn't expect at the time). The framerate issues were just strange considering that Doom ran competently on the PS1. I also found it a bit hilarious that Duke 3D and Quake worked better on the Saturn than Doom. It was fun to have a higher rate of fire on the shotgun though.

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]All of them why would you play doom on a console?J-Man2244

http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Doomsday

opengl etc

Snes by far. SNES has the best worst version of Doom.Heirren

This,which i sadly own.