Anyone else tired of the "DOOM runs on anything" meme?

Nope! Cant get enough of it in fact. I love the technical aspect even if its completely new games based on Doom running on archaic hardware like ZX Spectrum Doom.  I'm only a software hound when it comes to my Doom personal knowledge, but I can definitely appreciate the finesse and mechanics of getting Doom to run on stuff it has zero rights on even being on. The same logic also applies to building games inside of Minecraft that have no business even running in that environment like Sonic the Hedgehog GreenHills Zone 1 .

Basically, since we have the power to build complete rebuilds or remakes inside of ZDoom/GZDoom Engine, there's absolutely nothing wrong porting Doom into a ham sandwich as far as I am concerned.

i'll get tired of the meme when it stops producing interesting ports (and """ports""") of doom to weird pieces of hardware

Doom runs on me. I run Doom. I am DOOM.

Holy sheeeeet

// Nope... keep 'em Flowing...

// Can someone get Sigil to run on the American National Debt ??

20 minutes ago, SupremeBioVizier said:

Holy sheeeeet

 

// If this was "Doom movie 2005"... i think we would have been happy...

2 minutes ago, LoatharMDPhD said:

// If this was "Doom movie 2005"... i think we would have been happy...

I recall being like "FINALLY!" when they do the FPS scene towards the end..some day, some day.

When someone gets an actual copy of Doom or a source port of it running on something, that interests me, even if it's limited.

When someone makes an approximation of Doom that has no actual relation to the Doom code, i generally don't care. That "Doom" you got running on a TI-83? That's not Doom any more than someone making a PowerPoint of screenshots is Doom.

The exception to that is when the end product is interesting on its own, like the Doom demake for some sort of Pico-8 here. It has entirely new levels and textures, and it's far more interesting than those little generic raycasters that get turned into clickbait.

https://youtu.be/WxDqsAI35iw?si=5RBXo6PfHkcJ0WUu

yes, im tired about it

no its good

It's a huge pet peeve of mine as well, right next to all of those "Look at this incredible Doom mod! How did they get it working on this ancient engine!?" vids which clearly feature gzdoom instead

On 12/12/2022 at 2:03 PM, xdarkmasterx said:

No I'm not. To prove it, I made Doom run on this thread

 

Absolute madman.

On 12/12/2022 at 10:37 AM, TasAcri said:

 

These are not running anything resembling the DOOM engine. Or even Wolfenstein 3D for that matter. There's nothing resembling the original maps, not even in a heavily gutted form. It's like those crappy Tiger LCD games. Sure, they share the titles with some popular games but can you really say that "Sonic" or "Golden Axe" runs on a Tiger LCD?

 

And how about all the "DOOM runs on a pregnancy test" articles? It wasn't even the test device that was running the game but an external one, using the pregnancy test's screen for the output. IIRC, there was also a "DOOM on the NES" that did something similar, i think it was an FPGA system in a cart and the NES was only using it's video output. I guess the SNES port of DOOM is

On 12/12/2022 at 10:37 AM, TasAcri said:

It would at least be funny if half of these "ports" had anything to do with DOOM other then the name and maybe a few similar looking sprites. How is this DOOM?

 

 

 

Or this?

 

 

 

These are not running anything resembling the DOOM engine. Or even Wolfenstein 3D for that matter. There's nothing resembling the original maps, not even in a heavily gutted form. It's like those crappy Tiger LCD games. Sure, they share the titles with some popular games but can you really say that "Sonic" or "Golden Axe" runs on a Tiger LCD?

 

And how about all the "DOOM runs on a pregnancy test" articles? It wasn't even the test device that was running the game but an external one, using the pregnancy test's screen for the output. IIRC, there was also a "DOOM on the NES" that did something similar, i think it was an FPGA system in a cart and the NES was only using it's video output. I guess the SNES port of DOOM is also questionable since most of the work is done by the FX chip but hey.

 

Anyone else annoyed by this or is it just me not allowing any fun?

I'd say maybe a bit of both. 

As for my serious and honest thoughts regarding this particular matter:

I find the "can object XYZ with a digital or electronic screen run Doom" memes to be somewhat fascinating and impressive in and of themselves. And they piqued my interest initially.

But as of now, after watching a segment of AVGN's episode on Doom when he touched upon this subject a year ago, I can safely say that the memes kinda felt way past its peak for me. 

With that being said however...

I'd honestly be a lot more emotionally invested or interested in seeing a different (and better) boomer shooter from the 90's as the subject of these "can object XYZ with a digital or electronic screen run game ABC" meme templates than just Doom for a change.  

Preferably Wolfenstein 3D? Spear of Destiny? Blake Stone? Corridor 7? Operation Body Count? Rise of the Triad? Catacomb 3D? 

Or if you wanted to stick to another Doom engine game, I'd honestly rather prefer Heretic, Hexen, and Strife. Or hell even Hacx or Doom 64. 

Now that would actually be something.

On 11/6/2023 at 3:41 PM, SLPerrin said:

I got in contact with the fellas who made the Doom piano for research for my book.
They sent me a ton of info on how they made it and how it works. Loads of pictures of it being built, etc.

Well, that's cool. But I suppose nobody are interested to build another one Doom Piano or something.

39 minutes ago, Dexiaz said:

 

Well, that's cool. But I suppose nobody are interested to build another one Doom Piano or something.

According to one of the guys that made it, The original still exists and it being refurbed.

On 12/12/2022 at 6:45 PM, Herr Dethnout said:

The meme is annoying, but the technical achievement is amazing. At this point, Doom is the "Hello world" of the gaming. 

I want for the 30th anniversary being able to play Doom on Doomworld.

This should do it:

https://js-dos.com/DOOM/