8-bit Atari is the latest platform that can claim it is capable of playing Doom thanks to a new, mind-blowing port.

Written in assembly, the "port" of Doom includes cut-down versions of the shareware Doom levels, excluding the secret level. Various enemies like sergeants, demons, imps, and cacodemons are featured, with AI code derived from the original Doom source code.

Atari port by Krzysztof Swiecicki - Swiety/ZELAX rewriten to asm , optimized and fixed. Double horizontal view, viewfinder.
Original Doom for the VIC-20 ported by Steve Mccrea.
This is a "port" of iD software's Doom.
Released at Lost Party 2023.

Features:

• cut down versions of shareware Doom's levels, minus the secret level
• sergeants, demons, imps and cacodemons, with AI code cut down from the Doom source
• fist, chainsaw, pistol, shotgun, chaingun
• health, ammo, keys, weapons, security and combat armor
• corpses
• exploding barrels
• secrets
• 11 music tracks, converted from the original Doom midi files
• 20 sound effects, converted from the original Doom PC speaker sounds
• cheat codes
• panning and zooming map
• intermission and victory screens
• arbitrarily angled textured walls

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[impeeza]

Does your bear fursuit reveal your true form?

that's my undercover "cute" costume, so the rest of life on this planet find me no threatening.

 

[tatumanu]

Doom on a Gen II console?
noice... but can you make it run on a Gen I console?

Yes you can and so can you! Get an acetate and draw a doom maze level. Stick it in front of your 70s tv, boot up your odyssey. You are the dot, you win by going through the maze. Boom Doom gen 1, pacifist mode!

 

[Frankbel]

That's just amazing. The graphic engine is more like Wolfenstein 3d.

 

[Payne]

Doom on garlic bread, when?

it has not been ported YET? wtf??

 

[Dust2dust]

Really impressive to see Doom run on the Atari 8-bit computer, my first system. See my avatar? It was generated on an Atari 8-bit computer. Now I'm really curious to see how Doom runs on the VIC-20, which was a lot weaker than the Atari.

 

[MikaDubbz]

it's bound to play better than ET

For what it's worth, ET was far from the worst game to grace Atari. It was just another typical bad game when bad games were a dime a dozen, with a recognizable name; making it an easy title to point to when the video game crash happened not long after its release.

 

[duwen]

Kind of a misleading title... I read it and initially thought "no way! they ported Doom to the 2600??!"... and I was right. The XL/XE is technically 5th gen Atari, coming long after the 2600/VCS, 400/800, 5200, 7800.
The Vic20 port is pretty impressive work too.

 

[VinsCool]

Kind of a misleading title... I read it and initially thought "no way! they ported Doom to the 2600??!"... and I was right. The XL/XE is technically 5th gen Atari, coming long after the 2600/VCS, 400/800, 5200, 7800.
The Vic20 port is pretty impressive work too.

This also bothered me a little considering I have been doing a bunch of stuff on that platform, and at least once a day I get someone who can't tell the difference between the 2600 and the 8-bit computer series, and this definitely doesn't help itself lol

 

[The Real Jdbye]

For what it's worth, ET was far from the worst game to grace Atari. It was just another typical bad game when bad games were a dime a dozen, with a recognizable name; making it an easy title to point to when the video game crash happened not long after its release.

I don't know about that. I've seen a lot of bad games and ET is still one of the very worst. The game just made no sense, it was barely playable.

 

[impeeza]

I don't know about that. I've seen a lot of bad games and ET is still one of the very worst. The game just made no sense, it was barely playable.

Even the "user manual" worth nothing

 

[MikaDubbz]

I don't know about that. I've seen a lot of bad games and ET is still one of the very worst. The game just made no sense, it was barely playable.

I've played ET, there is a logic to it, but you do have to read the instructions to wrap your head around it, as no it is not clear at all. Meanwhile I've played many significantly worse Atari games. Furthermore, ET was not the cause of the video game crash, it was going to happen regardless of if that game came out or not.

 

[IRUZZ]

Can't wait for the Atari 2600 port

 

[BakerMan]

"Yeah, the Atari is cool, but can it run Do- oh, it can, nevermind."

 

[impeeza]

"Yeah, the Atari is cool, but can it run Do- oh, it can, nevermind."

and Crysis also.

 

[Kevbo]

and Crysis also.

Hey! Thats my line!!!