Doom (Snes) Gameplay Sample

I've called this the budget version of Doom in the 90's before. I don't say this because the Sens version was cheap to buy, but because any other versions required new hardware/add-ons to play, or a PC which weren't even close to being cheap at the time. If you didn't own a computer (Most families didn't unless their dad needed it for work), you could buy a 32X, Jaguar, 3DO, PlayStation, and even a Saturn to play Doom, or you could buy this Snes cart, which housed a surprisingly playable (for the time) version of Doom. Chances are, you probably already owned the Snes, verses having to buy new hardware to play it.

This game may not be playable by most modern standards with it's terrible frammerate, and overall sluggishness, but I love seeing games run on hardware they should never have been able to run on to begin with. I like the Snes version of Doom, but it is the worst playing version that I have personally played. I have yet to play the 3DO or Saturn versions, but I think the Snes version might actually outdo the 3DO port at least. Not fully sure about that.

Note: I am using the Hyperkin HDTV cable and running it off a Snes for this footage

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