Doom 32X Resurrection

[@spoonybard13]

Glad y’all like the music I did for this project! I originally made it just for fun, but I still used instruments in such a way that it would be easy to implement into a Romhack (No new PCM samples, for instance) I’m happy to see that it’s become the backdrop to the awesome engineering work that the rest of the team has put into it. ^^

[@lantinkan9013]

awesome job man! thanks from everybody for using your time and talent on this!

[@Norweeg]

Fantastic work! You have much to be proud of.

[@TheSocialGamer]

Fantastic addition to the game.! Many thanks and appreciation!

[@PacisJusticia]

You can now add 'has composed for DOOM' in your mead hall boast!

[@bbuggediffy]

Yeah The music pretty much rocks

[@viciious1234]

Thanks for the spotlight on your channel, it’s an honor :) To address your complaint, I gave fitting real map names into the menu my best effort, but it wasn't working out due to screen space constraints. There's even less space left in the Load Game menu, which also displays map information, so fitting longer sentences there was even more problematic. So I went with a less pretty, but more concise option there. Maybe I'll figure a better one some day.

[@AlphaZeroX96]

No no, everything is fine as it is. Maybe now there will be an update that makes 32x Doom less like Jaguar Doom.

[@ItPutsTheLotionOnItsSkin]

Why not use the short map names like E1M1, E1M2 and so on? Most Doom fans know these names better than the full names anyway, like "E1M1: Hangar". It's just E1M1 to most people (Episode 1 Map 1). Great work btw. Edit: I see you've now added map names in the v1.1 update!

[@NewZer0Kanada]

I first played Doom on the 32x, so I have a lot of nostalgia for this port.

[@buckroger6456]

That's where I first played it too.

[@A31Chris]

This is a different port. This isn't the port you grew up with.

[@SuaveCerealKiller]

Me too...I truly enjoyed my 32x. I get bummed when I think about the cancelled games

[@j.goggels9115]

Back on it. This version is so much better.

[@MikeC-ps1tc]

My sister and I played the heck out of Doom 32x! It was such a good addition despite some of the visual/animation quirks. Thanks for doing this vid!

[@thomaselers7416]

This looks (and sounds) absolutely amazing. Feels like a Saturn title more than 32X, kudos to the programmers!

[@ShadyFurball1]

Would love to see someone do something like this with the Saturn version.

[@denraimei32]

They'd call it Doom Redemption.

[@boblowes]

Holy crap, this is amazing. Just shows you what the 32X is truly capable of. Time to dust off the Tower of Sega Power!

[@marakarthegreat]

this is how the 32x port should have been in the first place

[@FoxUnitNell]

I think they should have got the chip VR for the genesis so more people would have bought it even if it needed two controllers if the 32x had Saturn controls.

[@philipbolin6776]

I loved it. When you had no access to the PC version, it did good for me and played many hours

[@RetroJedi9]

Oh man this is what I expected when I first put that awesome looking 32x cart in my system back in the day. I hope this effort continues onto the saturn version

[@31leoceara]

What... sorcery... IS THIS?? This hack is MIND BLOWING!

[@Charlie-eq3dj]

I'd love to hear a 32X / 32X Resurection / SNES comparison video. Great job on the team that worked on this! I knew the 32X had more in it than a bordered window. Glad to see fans showed the world it's true potential.

[@philcooper9225]

We were too poor to afford a PC so I got a 32X On clearance at wal mart and it got me through to my first lawn mowing job with which I saved up for my first PC thanks to Doom and Star Wars Arcade

[@dad7275]

Me to bro. I remember gathering aluminum cans, and mowing to save money to go to the fleamarket and buy 2600 games when people was abandoning Atari for Nintendo. You could score 2600 games for around 50 cents a peice. Very memorable.

[@f.k.b.16]

Its... Its... Beautiful 😭 I knew my mushroom could do it!

[@Cwiiis]

I'd love to see the developers give the same treatment to Saturn Doom... This is fantastic work :) I remember reading that a lot of it is derived from a disassembly of the Jaguar version, but not sure how true or not that is.

[@wolfgangfrost8043]

Really impressive work! This version rivals if not surpasses the Jaguar port! If it had been the official release back in the day? The 32X story might've turned out a little differently. A port of this quality would've really shown what the hardware was capable of & raised gamer's expectations for other developers to match it.

[@wolfgangfrost8043]

@ammonitida SNES Doom ran on a custom engine & while the source code is out there? It might be an apples & oranges situation since it's a different engine on different hardware. Hopefully another team as talented & passionate as 32X Resurrection picks up that challenge!

[@Asunox]

Played through the first few stages of this yesterday. It feels like a version of the game worth playing all the way through. Phenomenal work. Great video as always.

[@JessicaChastainFan]

That's awesome! Never had a problem with the initial release of Doom on the Sega 32X. I loved it.

[@billybobby4637]

Damn this channel is quickly becoming my go to for content simply based on the upload schedule. Bravo, sir. You work very hard and deserve more recognition for your efforts.

[@blackishjustin]

I was curious about this rom hack, as my phone gave me a notification about this the other day. The 32X version was my first entry into DOOM and I must admit that while everyone rightfully hates on the music of the game, the craptastic 32X tunes always will hold a special place in my heart. I'd like to give this a go on my actual hardware some day, but I'm definitely going to check it out on emulator this weekend. Nice coverage on this update, SLX.

[@dad7275]

Yea im with you on the music. I liked the original too but id admit this is better.

[@dad7275]

@ammonitida i liked it too. The rough, low bass tones in the original i liked too but the new was definitely an upgrade.

[@kumatorahaltmanndreemurr]

This rom hack looks awesome! Maybe someday the Saturn port could get the same love and attention

[@AnthonyRiddle]

This is jaw dropping awesome. I kept having to tell myself I wasn't watching the PC version. What am amazing job that was done to the all time great of classic gaming.

[@SuaveCerealKiller]

Just patched it and played. Love it! It makes me wistful for what could have been.

[@indiaalphanovember8217]

Doom on 32X was my favourite version of Doom! Played it the most out of all ports.

[@rjmeaney]

Just got it running on real hardware. Surpised how well it runs on full resolution and full screen. Very nice find.

[@GameSack]

I dwnloaded this a few days back but haven't tried it out yet. Isn't there some form of Sega CD compatibility too? Like if you have a Sega CD attached it streams the sound effects or music from the Ricoh sound chip? Or did I just misinterpret the release notes? I'd love a soundtrack coming from the Sega CD Ricoh.

[@rustymixer2886]

Can you email me the patch + 🇬🇧 rom so I can try on my everdrive Joe? I have no pc to great patch rom.

[@Mittens0407]

It can play redbook audio from a CD during gameplay. All other audio however is done with just the Genesis and 32x.

[@arcticridge]

collab with the two Sega lords when!

[@viciious1234]

It streams red book audio from the CD if SegaCD is attached

[@mxggo9046]

. IMHO, feel Slx is good on his own. Wish Joe had a Nintendo guy to talk games with....and to bully on...a little.

[@patrickholt8782]

This is like someone saying “oh I’m gonna upgrade a Honda Civic and then then a Lamborghini rolls out the next day

[@starlimitz2]

People say that the Saturn couldn't handle Doom... but they seem to forget the Saturn had the most awesome Quake port.

[@Sinistar1983]

@@FloridaEbikes plus, I own a doom style game called tyrannosaurus tex on the gameboy color. Showing that even the smallest of consoles can run a fps style game

[@edwest2263]

Don't you mean most awesome Duke Nukem port? Quake on Saturn is an ambitious mess that is barely playable.

[@singletona082]

Saturn also had Power Slave and... 'if it can run this it should have been able to easily do Doom.'

[@respectfulremastersbymetal8336]

DF did a thing on that. They had a 60fps port of it that ran great but Carmack nixed it because he didn't like affine texture warping. So instead we got the crap port we got.

[@sammymcfone8281]

@@respectfulremastersbymetal8336 be grateful. That warping aged terribly. All the modern emulators try to fix it for psx

[@Awup208]

Amazing - i hope these guys or somebody does the same thing for the saturn port!

[@skins4thewin]

This looks freaking fantastic! HUGE improvement over the original!

[@georgeweeman9057]

This is a welcomed upgrade to an already good port. I owned this game back in the day, and played the Hell out of it. I was in love with it, that is, until I got the Atari Jaguar's port, and then that became my favorite!

[@mnomic8371]

Wow, just imagine if Doom 32x had come out like this.. and the thing is, it could have been like this. Doom was one of the reasons I wanted a 32x as a kid but just couldn’t afford one back then. Back then it still looked amazing to me 👍🏻

[@Cormageuh]

Am I the only one thinking about Thunder Force when that remade E1M1 theme plays ? Great improvement though, I Wonder how much extra time devs would have needed to deliver such quality back then.

[@j.goggels9115]

Il a mis dix mois pour améliorer la rom.

[@Cormageuh]

"back then".

[@Akiga_games]

The comparisons were a great way to implement the differences between each game! I enjoyed this episode! The devs who made the changes did a great job! Awesome video SegaLX! Good job on the music as well spoonybard!

[@thehumbleone1983]

This is amazing thank you to the people who worked on this

[@carllavery4442]

I've been playing this for a few days and it's an amazing version, especially the soundtrack, which in turn just showcases how disastrous the Saturn version is as even without VDP2 it's still an overclocked 32X

[@carllavery4442]

@ammonitida yeah I just got them mixed up when writing this

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Having spent time playing through this, I can honestly say THIS version of Doom would have made the 32X a worthy purchase back in the day. Its more-or-less the Jaguar port, but with in-game music. If Sega wasn't so damned up their own asses in needing to be first. This is the version that could have been.

[@casedistorted]

The 32x doom was my first version I got to play. I wish there was the option to play this version with the old music. I’m one of the only people on Earth who likes the 32x music because it’s just nostalgic for me and makes me feel like I’m playing on the Genesis again at home in a darkly lit room. New music sounds good though, I like more options tho

[@taionalmeida5337]

Miles above the piss poor Port Of Saturn. Thats Just incredible.

[@Sinn0100]

Bro...have you seen the Symphony of The Night project for the Sega Genesis?! We're talk company stock Genesis without any additions to the cart pushing Symphony. It looks and sounds so incredible it's surreal. They're even working on a 16-bit Yamaha translation of the soundtrack and it sounds damn good. Addendum- The things being done by the indy community is incredible. This is yet more proof that Sega really knew how to build hardware if only they would have taken the time necessary things could have been so much better. If I remember correctly John Carmack worked on this version of Doom and I believe he could have replicated this if he wasn't forced into the release on Christmas box.

[@SonofSethoitae]

What a coincidence, I just discovered this last night on RHDN, and now here you are covering it

[@ultralowspekken]

Dude, your prayers have been heard. Added stage names to level select 2 days ago

[@vincediesil]

This is pretty awesome. I always felt that the 32X never hit its full potential because of its short life span.

[@douglinwatson1345]

Loved the video! I work at an at risk boys home and I watch some of your videos with the boys and the laugh as much as I do at the games. I tell them about my memories playing the games myself and how spot on (most of the time lol) you are about a game. So super appreciate the videos please keep um coming.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

My god..... when I got doom as a kid on 32x I loved it. I knew it was cut back and my mate had it on jaguar..... If I had this in the day I'd of been so happy! I spent hours upon hours on 32x doom. I hope one day we get to see that Saturn version engine that carmack killed....

[@BigDominoakaGerard]

Thank you for reviewing this and bringing it to my attention. Just downloaded and played. It is a big improvement.

[@Retro90sgamer]

Awesome job here! They really made this game so much better! Great video!

[@heilong79]

Excellent, this was something I was hoping for a long time.

[@masterofreality1687]

Great video and I'm glad the retro community gave Doom on the 32x a second chance.

[@ndk1537]

My dreams come true! Long live the 32X!!!

[@jamesburchill7522]

Just what I needed. Thanks for the info, man. I can always count on you to come through with some primo content.

[@SRGIProductions]

Funny thing. I have Spoony Bard's soundtrack not only as a WAD file to use via source ports, but the mp3 soundtrack as well. I gotta say, his work is phenomenal and definitely shows what could've been if DOOM on the 32x was given more time in development. Glad to see this exists. :)

[@Sly2Cooper]

Such an amazing piece of fan dedication to the platform! I guess every Doom port on every platform back then would be so much better given the proper developmnent time and resources. Maybe we will see a polygonal Saturn port of Doom someday.

[@benjaminlivingston9706]

I could easily see this version contend with the Jaguar and even Saturn ports. Props to everyone involved with the project!

[@stepheng8061]

Wow how is this the first time I've heard of this I'm a huge doom and sega fan

[@thewingedavenger1007]

Great video, and thanks for giving the romhacking community some much-deserved appreciation!

[@edwest2263]

Such a great effort. To the original developers' credit though, it is much easier nowadays to fully utilize the hardware than it was back then. Tooling is much better today. Better compilers, communication between developers, easy access to documentation and Q&A on the Internet. Also keep in mind how much faster machines are now, which means fast compilation instead of having to wait a long time to rebuild an entire ROM, which would then have to be flash to an EEPROM. That required one heck of a long development cycle. I would not slight developer's past efforts in comparison to what ROM hackers are accomplishing today, because it is so much easier to get every bit out of the hardware now then it was back then. The comparison is unfair IMO.

[@Mittens0407]

The reason that the original version was so poor was due to it being rushed out the door, not lack of documentation or tools. I'm pretty sure the original devs working for Sega had much easier access to proper documentation than these guys, the 32x isn't as widely understood as the Genesis by homebrewers. Also this isn't a romhack of the 32x version, it's based off the Jaguar source.

[@edwest2263]

@@Mittens0407 Re-read my post. You couldn't just Google info back then. Also the tools nowadays allow for much faster development. Probably sub 1s compile time versus an hour or few back then. There's no comparison.

[@A31Chris]

@@edwest2263 They didn't need to Google info. They were literally inside Sega Studios with John Carmack and a team of Sega developers when the original 32X version was made. And this isn't a romhack.

[@edwest2263]

@@A31Chris I can tell you're not a developer.

[@Mittens0407]

@@edwest2263 You're correct about the compiling (except when I compiled it myself Chilly Willy's 32x devkit would never work with multiple jobs and it would actually take an hour) but there really isn't much modern documentation on the 32x. Any documentation you find online was likely done by the people who worked on this project, Chilly Willy especially.

[@tylerd4884]

This looks awesome X thanks for sharing

[@MessiahProphylaxis]

"Sometimes there are decades where nothing happen and weeks in which decades happen" - Abraham Einstein Lincoln

[@LoveatFirstHike]

I just played this for the first time and it's pretty incredible. The latest release fixes a lot of the issues too, such as level names being present in the level select. The default resolution is also set without the borders. I'm blown away that the 32X was capable of this all along. Back in the day I had SNES and my cousin had a Genesis & 32X. We both had Doom and argued over which version was better. I argued the SNES had all 3 episodes, more levels enemies and weapons, and that music was a million times better. Had this been what we got on 32X back then, I would not have had that same argument!

[@rancid_]

Ty for making this video and please continue to make rom hack videos, didn't know this even existed!

[@rubendarioreymartinez2073]

increible poder ver doom en la 32x con esa calidad , los felicito . saludos desde colombia

[@gamertagstories]

I interviewed John Romero on our podcast (InstaGamers Assemble) recently and he was speaking about how much he loves the modding scene for DOOM. He's also appearing in Gamertag Stories: Level 2 the new book sequel to Gamertag Stories. Fantastic guy.

[@charlesantill5838]

Thanks so much. I have a couple of 32x consoles and it's awesome to see it utilized on my favorite 90's game in a better way!

[@l1uchill]

This look amazing! Nice job to these developers and awesome content as always SLX!

[@lazarushernandez5827]

Nice! I played the original 32X version back in the day and had a good time. This looks so much better. Sega rushed it out the door to beat the Jaguar version to market.

[@umiami80]

Fantastic!!!! Thank you!

[@TheSocialGamer]

Downloaded and Patched, you're a legend bro. Thanks for the information, I want to run this on real hardware via Everdrive if possible.

[@SegaLordX]

Works fine.

[@rapidloaf]

I've been waiting and hoping for something like this to happen!

[@paldinox1]

My god, the new soundtrack is AMAZING.

[@happenstance7530]

Thanks man. I couldn't figure out how to get the rom working. I didn't know you needed the EU version or how to patch it. I internally hard wired a 32x to a genesis model 2 so I only need one power supply and wanted to test it out on my mod. I figured it would work because the rest of the 32x roms did but I couldn't get it running on my flash cart. It actually looks good through the pound cable I got that outputs HDMI. I'm gonna try to go through the levels in full screen to see if I get any crashes. Thanks again for showing me how to patch it. Keep it up, I enjoy your content.

[@Cory_]

So excited! I can't wait to patch my copy and put it on my everdrive when I get home!

[@kinorai]

OH MY GOD! THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US THIS UPDATE!!! I have been hoping for a doom mod on 32x forever!!! Thank-you and thanks to the guys that made this possible!! On a related note, would you consider talking about Megaman the sequel wars? This project is shaping up to be EXTRAORDINARY!!!

[@HedgehogY2K]

I just had an awesome idea. Master Chief, in side-scrolling fashion. 2D backgrounds, 3D polygonal players and enemies. I now want that to be a 32x game. If that were ever to become a thing, I will play it on Kega Fusion 3.64 emulator no questions asked.

[@djstyles97]

Please give us more of these videos! I had gotten Doom with the 32x when I originally bought it (it was either that or Cosmic Carnage) and being a PC gamer as well at the time, I hated this Doom port right away. Would love to see more videos on newly enhanced ports of Saturn and 32x games.

[@The90sGamingGuy]

I played this game last night on Rasberry Pie 3 with retro pie but the original 32 X version. Even though i have the original game through steam on PC,PS3 and Switch I'll be checking this improved version soon. Thanks Sega Lord X!

[@CodeStew]

My favourite part about this mod is that it has compatibility with the SEGA mouse. Connect that to Port 2 with a controller in Port 1 and you practically have PC Aiming. Outstanding work by the people who made this hack.

[@Hektols]

This version shows what can be done without time constraints and a limited game size.

[@AlexK1dd]

I still have a brand new Sega 32x and games with receipts from video games heaven back in 94. I loved this system. Loved MK2

[@Cafeman_2D]

I just learned about this from Sega 16 a day ago, and here is a fast turnaround review of it, great!

[@keithstone001]

I love this port making it better is freaking awesome im so stoked for some old school doom now.

[@miltonbates6425]

Awesome! Just downloaded it and put it on my Everdrive. Thanks for the heads-up! Are there any other quality hacks out there for 32x and/or Genesis?

[@AceTrainerX3]

There's a sweet homebrew port of Wolfenstein 3D on the 32X

[@A31Chris]

This isn't a hack. This is a complete port and engine rebuild of the Jaguar version.

[@subsonix_]

The biggest and best change has to be that the enemies don't constantly face you anymore and you can run all the time :)

[@SDK2K9]

"Just because a game is released in a poor, or downgraded state back then. Was in now way indicative of what the hardware is fully capable of." I agree. I mean look at the Saturn version of Doom compared to Powerslave, Duke Nukem & Quake. Lobotomy have showed how well those games can look and run on the Saturn. Doom on the Saturn would've have been much better if Carmack didn't interfere.

[@cndctrdjful]

that looks sounds and seems to play amazing! the team did a great job. i loved doom when i got to play it for the first time on my 32x. i really need to try this version and actually complete the game, instead of getting that screen at the end. i think it was a command prompt

[@MatSpeedle]

Wow what an upgrade! This would have been a real system seller had the 32x port been this good from day one. Can't wait to fire this up! Nice work guys!

[@willweisgerber245]

This morning I burnt the Doom 2016 soundtrack to a CD. Makes an amazing experience while playing this game.

[@PyronsLair]

Thank you for share and review this amazing project

[@Myako]

Thanks for covering this, SLX. Great video. 😊

[@OpenMawProductions]

Just makes the Saturn port look all the more unforgiveable when you can see the raw performance on display here. Wow.

[@thegreatmightyd]

I'm still hoping against hope that someday we will get the full rom dump of that canceled Xmen game for 32X.

[@dad7275]

This is nice. 32x had so much potential. Now, i want this in cartridge form.

[@keithstone001]

Version 1.3 is out now. Works on og hardware in an everdrive like silk. So nice.

[@TheHulkingMenace]

as of now, 1.5 is out with a new Hud, few fixes and a split screen. Split screen is experimental as it has bugs, but It's not a deal breaker as its fun to blast your friend in a deathmatch or work together in co op. Also been using my Sega CD to play Brutal Doom Metal Music on a cd I burned to play on Doom 32x Resurrection.

[@nimaiiikun]

the sega community of developers is awesome.. we see all these great improvement hacks for street fighter, doom, mortal kombat, etc.. and new games that look great. like Demons of Asterborg, and that new Megaman trilogy.

[@maxrichards5925]

This is epic! Once I get a sega 32x and complete my tower of power, I’d want to check this out.

[@TJPactronix]

Outstanding work. God level.

[@Kokomadeta]

I'd really love to try this. Doom 32X was my first real exposure to Doom. I got it used around the time the Dreamcast was on its way out. I liked it then and played it plenty. This update looks great and I wish it were the version we got in the first place.

[@DerivitivFilms]

Man If the gems driver never existed there would never be an argument over genesis sound quality. Genesis music is amazing when effort was applied.

[@yellowblanka6058]

I also think it depends on the music style - the FM chipset in the Genesis is great for rock soundtracks, but not as good for classical sounding music where the sample-based sound-chip in the SNES excels. Both systems could produce some great music if used well of course.

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

Generally yes, byt GEMS could actually produce some good results in the hands of people who actually knew what they were doing, like Tommy Tallarico. Unfortunately, most didn't. :( With the original version of Doom 32X, they just run the PC MIDI files through the GEMS auto-arranger (MIDI to FM converter) and never manually cleaned up/corrected the results. They were planning to, but ran out of time before the release date, shipping the game with the "placeholder" soundtrack.

[@ghostito]

It would be great to see more work on the 32X, I always thought it's a system with huge posibilities that was sadly discarded too early.

[@Swordslinger-hb1ns]

Hard to believe that the 32x original port of Doom is vastly superior to the more powerful Sega Saturn port. Crazy world we live in.