DOOM game on ZX Spectrum
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 มี.ค. 2009
- Yes, I know many people has uploaded this game's video on TH-cam however last times some people can't believe the game works on regular ZX Spectrum 128K.
So it works. Therefore this video is different than others: on the beginning I loaded Computer Tester to display what machine is that (ZX Spectrum 128+). Then I reset it and loaded DOOM game via diskdrive.
Yes, it slows down when a hero opens the door (it's because Russian Spectrum - Pentagon - has a bit more tacts on its 3,5Mhz CPU) but still works fine on normal ZX Spectrum 128 and its 3,5Mhz CPU.
However please don't expect Pentium effects. :)
That's still old good ZX Spectrum 8-bit computer.
It's a game for diskdrive but if You wanna load and test it on real Spectrum128, then there has been made a snapshot:
mbeep.republika.pl/doom.mp3 - บันเทิง
absolutely amazing, people just dont realize how capable this machine really was
true
It's 1985 and Sinclair's new 128k model comes bundled with this.
What a Christmas that would have been.
Sometimes it's hard to tell where madness ends and genius begins.
The enemies actually turn around unlike the SNES version.
I think they also turn around in the original PC version and ports made since the PS1?
That music's an actual banger
Can’t stop dancing.
The music in this version of doom is amazing!!!!
I was going to say this looks like crap, but then I looked at the hardware specs and couldn't figure out how they pulled off as much as they did. I wouldn't want to play it myself, Brutal Doom has spoiled me, but as far as the ZX Spectrum goes this is friggin' awesome.
You think that's awesome?
Sandisk Clip Zip can play Doom on it's little 96x96 display if you install Rockbox.
...
Yeah.
Kaka carrot cake
***** Smaller display = easier job.
Not even to speak of the San Disk's 80MHz 32bit CPU va, the Spectrum's 3,5MHz 8bit CPU!
That's about 90times the performance on the Zips's side, while still only considering CPU. So what's awesome?
Ali Arib
it's TINY?
***** Sandisk Clip Zip (and almost every other MP3/MP4 player with color screen) is a lot more powerful than the Spectrum: they use to mount a 60 to 100 MHz 32-bit ARM CPU rated at 60 to 100 MIPS, while the Spectrum uses a 3.5 MHz 8-bit Z80, capable of up to *one* MIPS. Also, the screen resolution for the Spectrum is much higher (256 by 192), so it has to paint five times more pixels every frame. That's why this is really awesome :-) .
I liked this music
I can hear AVGN's voice screaming...
DOOM ON THE ZX SPECTRUM ?!
Love the OS red boot screen... like something out of Terminator or Robocop. 😆
I think the same, it really excites.
This should've been the launch title of the machine, back in '82 ;)
that music is so awesome
The soundtrack be OFF THE CHAIN THOUGH. I mean that holy shit I love this XD
Holy cow, check out that rockin' theme!
+SuperJustinChannel so damn catchy !... I would like to listen to the whole thing
anyone here because of the AVGN?
Yup. Couldn’t believe it could play on a spectrum
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me
I am cry about music...
I came here because of a doomworld post.
This looks pretty nice for a ZX Spectrum and nice chiptune music theme, guess the audio channel is not available for sound effects ^^;
+Gato303co I guess so, unless they'd be made on beeper.
+yerzmyey Take my *thumbsup* 👍 since votes are disabled ;-)
This music is amazing!
This shouldn't even be remotely possible. Really good job!
Doom in a club!
i feel HUGE lack of 'LOVE' button beween LIKE and DISLIKE.
Although i am more Commodore fan, i can tell whether something is good or not. Definetely this implementation of Doom as well as its music completely ROCKS
ABSOLUTELY TECHNO
I think this engine would be better suited to Wolfenstein
But then you can't claim your running doom on a zx spectrum
I'm sure I liked this video 14 years ago. 🤔🤔🤔
Alright this is actually pretty good for a zx FUCKING SPECTRUM
Still better than Call of Duty.
Better than 32x music
Had ZX as my first computer. Never heard music as good as this 👍
WTF? why is this music so JAMMIN!?
agreed, this is snes donkey kong 1 or golden axe on the genesis level of hard driving beats.
I can't believe this is an actual port.
Не ожидал) если бы застал спектр в своё время, эта игра была бы одной из ходовых. Музончик крутой кстати
incredible work, am amazed at how fully this seems to work
Wow, even booting the computer is cool.
It's like from the point of view of terminator.
Exactly what i thought
The BGM is still awesome as hell !
Да, было время, убил несколько дней на эту демо-игру двадцать лет назад.
It's like running Battlefield 5 on the Neo Geo.
The music is so great in this game it's like retro
+Hanh Nguyen It's on an old computer with simple music capabilities.
Then I guess Crysis is out of the question?
Thanks for presenting this - it's amazing what the speccie could achieve!
Not sure ti'd be as much fun as Dynamite Dan or Attic Attack but sure looks good :)
It's definitely an upgrade on the C64 version that I saw.
Techno-Doom
Is rtx on?
I don't know if someone will read this comment, but here's the in-game music:
zxtunes.com/author.php?id=453&play=11838
Sweet, thanks!
Wait... this is sweet, but what's an .ftc file? I've never heard of that before, how do you play it?
Music cool
😎
I feel the same lol
Awesome!
The Calculator version was great as well 👍
Hell, yeah! Speccy forever! Still play it.
The music at 2·20 then 3·30 is brilliant
YES
Nice music!
So many games I never realised got ported to the spectrum.
Is there a way to get this soundtrack because it's amazing!
its free give it
I loved my spectrum, but this game was virtually unplayable....
Fantastic! Amazing we can still squeeze more technical chicanery out of these old machines...Now just waiting on Rage for the Vic 20.
this would have kicked arse in the 80s
Yuri Gagarin Hell Yeah!
soundtrack is amazing :-)
This soundtrack has gotta be some of the worlds very first techno
No, very first techno was created at the beginning 90's and game is from 1996. Some composers tried to make such soundtrack for video game but only on Amiga it sounded good back then. Good example is Project X and Stardust soundtrack.
Ahh, see theres my mistake, i was thinking this was from the early 80s
music
I would love to play this version on ZDoom. Somebody get on that!
Its amazing how far gaming has come, respect to the beginning stages.
Impressive, it's really amazing what alot of the old 8-bit computers like the speccy and the c64 were really capable of
WOW!
if only this could have been available back in '82!
Amazing stuff, AND our 3 month old loves the soundtrack!,
Hey Yerzmyey - Can I use some footage from this video for use in mine? I will include an on screen credit to your channel
Hi there;
Whhy not - it's OK, I suppose. :) :)
yerzmyey thank you sir much appreciated
behind the scenes of the mancave lol!
This is mad impressive!
That's a Fucking heavy SoundTrack Dude.
WOW ❗❗ 😮😮😮
💖💖💖
that's really well made omg
HEAVY CHIPTUNE MIX BRO!! XD
Nice, dude. There were also several "Windows-like" desktops for ZX Spectrum but finally I think the best are "NortonCommander-like" GUIs for ZX.
Hey, the music is damn good! It's awesome.
i like this soundtrack better than the original
Fantastic work. Just speechless...
Nice music! That would sound incredible if an actual band did a cover of that with real instruments.
This is absolutely amazing....and listen to that music!
I always am inspired by the ingenuity of coders in situations like this, some people can make hardware do backflips if the will is there, a way can often be found, things that to some extent seem when suggested an impossible idea on such a platform. long live the coder.
That soundtrack is kinda better than E1M1!
Spectrum ZX always wins on music terms
Awesome music!!!
man the ZX can pump some good tunes, the castlevania soundtrack on the the ZX is amazing too
I like the song
This is amazingly cool!
Absolutely amazing
I miss the days when FPS had more colour than black, grey & brown.
Thanks for showing this game.
For the Spectrum this looks and sounds awesome
@herzmeister Great explanation! I always wondered about that but never brought myself to research it. Thanks!
That's a pretty rockin' take on the first level theme
Seems like it'd be hard to judge distance in this. But that soundtrack is kick-ass. I want a midi of it. Or at least a youtube upload of it.
Loved the music!
Despite looking horrific, this would have blown my tiny little mind back in the late 80's on my ZX.
Awesome soundtrack too.
The jammin music has to be the best thing to come out of this.
Atleast the music is kick ass!
Yes!
Even doom guy agrees
Impressive! If only this was available when i was playing my 128k, back in the late 80s...
Pretty amazing music for such a port.
Sheer excellence.. mind blown
thats beautiful.
Hi,
yes - I added a simple tape version in the video's description (the game is a disk-version, but most people have access to tape-recorders, so I made some snap, just to take a look).
Greetz,
Y
this is just awesome. love this game
I miss music like this. Bring it back, damnit!
@0GBrooklyn It looks like it's rendered at character resolution, since there's no colour clash. But the ZX Spectrum's single screen mode was 256x192 bitmapped, with 8x8 colour cells overlaid. 2 colours per cell.
So the Speccy doesn't have a character mode. It's all done bitmapped. I imagine tho that the tex-mapping is done by placing predefined 8x8 blocks. Looks like that.
its 3d in pixels.
Hi, yes - it is actual ZX music. It is PSG, which means it uses AY chip.
People better be glad this was able to work on the ZX Spectrum..... It looks amazing for it, not much color bleeding which surprises me and some people, but only the gun has it. I bet the controls were BUTCHERED due to how he is moving.
WOW this is really nostalgic
It's limited, but the fact that this was accomplished at all is amazing.
This is an amezing port with lot's of details qnd that tune is freaking awesome,it even remembers those killed zombies you have shooted down, even the gba version does not do that.
This is a mind blowing achievement, only problem might be that it will overheat & meltdown your beloved zx spectrum because of being overpushed to it's ultimate limit.