DOOM game on ZX Spectrum

Yes, I know many people has uploaded this game's video on KZbin 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

[@ReplayRetro]

absolutely amazing, people just dont realize how capable this machine really was

[@seum.]

true

[@rhiannonk3176]

Sometimes it's hard to tell where madness ends and genius begins.

[@monkeymanbob]

It's 1985 and Sinclair's new 128k model comes bundled with this. What a Christmas that would have been.

[@djrec0111]

The music in this version of doom is amazing!!!!

[@halfhumanhalfzombie]

The enemies actually turn around unlike the SNES version.

[@golbibulbus5183]

I think they also turn around in the original PC version and ports made since the PS1?

[@leolaus]

That music's an actual banger

[@samusvikerness661]

Can’t stop dancing.

[@23lief86]

I liked this music

[@SuperJustinChannel]

Holy cow, check out that rockin' theme!

[@AllaniusLeonis]

+SuperJustinChannel so damn catchy !... I would like to listen to the whole thing

[@Flow95]

The soundtrack be OFF THE CHAIN THOUGH. I mean that holy shit I love this XD

[@davanime877]

I can hear AVGN's voice screaming... DOOM ON THE ZX SPECTRUM ?!

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Love the OS red boot screen... like something out of Terminator or Robocop. 😆

[@jostma1505]

I think the same, it really excites.

[@blockker]

This music is amazing!

[@aterack833]

that music is so awesome

[@MarcKloos]

This should've been the launch title of the machine, back in '82 ;)

[@jturner718]

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.

[@Panlew2]

You think that's awesome? Sandisk Clip Zip can play Doom on it's little 96x96 display if you install Rockbox. ... Yeah.

[@TheLastStand001]

Kaka carrot cake

[@aliarib4787]

***** 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?

[@Panlew2]

Ali Arib it's TINY?

[@ajgelado]

***** 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 :-) .

[@nopefish9495]

Doom in a club!

[@Gato303co]

This looks pretty nice for a ZX Spectrum and nice chiptune music theme, guess the audio channel is not available for sound effects ^^;

[@yerzmyeychiptune]

+Gato303co I guess so, unless they'd be made on beeper.

[@Gato303co]

+yerzmyey Take my *thumbsup* 👍 since votes are disabled ;-)

[@valerfor8361]

This shouldn't even be remotely possible. Really good job!

[@Inivican]

ABSOLUTELY TECHNO

[@Freedomm1987]

Still better than Call of Duty.

[@codfish1113]

anyone here because of the AVGN?

[@drtonydavis]

Yup. Couldn’t believe it could play on a spectrum

[@DeadSpecimen]

✋️

[@fatihzirek7440]

me

[@willy9972]

I am cry about music...

[@MSched]

I came here because of a doomworld post.

[@lis6502]

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

[@kebab2002]

Had ZX as my first computer. Never heard music as good as this 👍

[@ldx1202]

The BGM is still awesome as hell !

[@aaronmicalowe]

I'm sure I liked this video 14 years ago. 🤔🤔🤔

[@hanhnnguyen7064]

The music is so great in this game it's like retro

[@Nikku4211]

+Hanh Nguyen It's on an old computer with simple music capabilities.

[@Bitterman97]

Better than 32x music

[@Densester]

Alright this is actually pretty good for a zx FUCKING SPECTRUM

[@humansrants1694]

It's like running Battlefield 5 on the Neo Geo.

[@roadbreach]

I can't believe this is an actual port.

[@MullinsTheRapper]

incredible work, am amazed at how fully this seems to work

[@charliekahn4205]

I think this engine would be better suited to Wolfenstein

[@raccoon681]

But then you can't claim your running doom on a zx spectrum

[@TheRealEvilRoy]

WTF? why is this music so JAMMIN!?

[@basteagui]

agreed, this is snes donkey kong 1 or golden axe on the genesis level of hard driving beats.

[@yurigagarin4974]

this would have kicked arse in the 80s

[@nowhereman5760]

Yuri Gagarin Hell Yeah!

[@m0r1arty]

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 :)

[@dimaleoniv7987]

Hell, yeah! Speccy forever! Still play it.

[@BIT1FFY]

This soundtrack has gotta be some of the worlds very first techno

[@BlazeRhodon]

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.

[@BIT1FFY]

Ahh, see theres my mistake, i was thinking this was from the early 80s

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Wow, even booting the computer is cool. It's like from the point of view of terminator.

[@probablymelgibson2344]

Exactly what i thought

[@retrogamer33]

Techno-Doom

[@nowhereman5760]

Awesome! The Calculator version was great as well 👍

[@nickblackburn1903]

The music at 2·20 then 3·30 is brilliant

[@5456thasmynumber]

YES

[@prulcan]

soundtrack is amazing :-)

[@GuruMediator]

Fantastic! Amazing we can still squeeze more technical chicanery out of these old machines...Now just waiting on Rage for the Vic 20.

[@xRocketzFighterx]

Nice music! So many games I never realised got ported to the spectrum.

[@felipeguimaraes1359]

Awesome music!!!

[@Bondie11]

Its amazing how far gaming has come, respect to the beginning stages.

[@SleepyAdam]

HEAVY CHIPTUNE MIX BRO!! XD

[@MMSZoli]

Fantastic work. Just speechless...

[@BleughBleugh]

WOW! if only this could have been available back in '82! Amazing stuff, AND our 3 month old loves the soundtrack!,

[@fohstick]

i like this soundtrack better than the original

[@The_Real_DCT]

Impressive, it's really amazing what alot of the old 8-bit computers like the speccy and the c64 were really capable of

[@psxdoomforever7028]

Music cool 😎

[@ACEANIMATIONSTUDIOS]

I feel the same lol

[@ukinfidel1148]

I loved my spectrum, but this game was virtually unplayable....

[@RMCRetro]

Hey Yerzmyey - Can I use some footage from this video for use in mine? I will include an on screen credit to your channel

[@yerzmyeychiptune]

Hi there; Whhy not - it's OK, I suppose. :) :)

[@RMCRetro]

yerzmyey thank you sir much appreciated

[@DarkShroom]

behind the scenes of the mancave lol!

[@vibri_]

Spectrum ZX always wins on music terms

[@demon4ello]

Не ожидал) если бы застал спектр в своё время, эта игра была бы одной из ходовых. Музончик крутой кстати

[@Incantator2000]

Hey, the music is damn good! It's awesome.

[@LightTheUnicorn]

This is amazingly cool!

[@oldandnewgamer]

This is mad impressive!

[@Helvetica_Scenario]

This is absolutely amazing....and listen to that music!

[@galaxymaster]

that's really well made omg

[@yerzmyeychiptune]

Nice, dude. There were also several "Windows-like" desktops for ZX Spectrum but finally I think the best are "NortonCommander-like" GUIs for ZX.

[@Nacho05.]

I like the song

[@YadonTheCat]

Absolutely amazing

[@billtree52]

I would love to play this version on ZDoom. Somebody get on that!

[@DeadPixel1105]

Nice music! That would sound incredible if an actual band did a cover of that with real instruments.

[@OrionSensation]

music

[@ManjiMaltePetter]

That's a Fucking heavy SoundTrack Dude. WOW ❗❗ 😮😮😮 💖💖💖

[@SamekhAniki]

Loved the music!

[@drfaust8]

Is there a way to get this soundtrack because it's amazing!

[@8gres8]

its free give it

[@JRichVid]

Да, было время, убил несколько дней на эту демо-игру двадцать лет назад.

[@borpothewizard]

That soundtrack is kinda better than E1M1!

[@Rakiarmas]

I miss the days when FPS had more colour than black, grey & brown. Thanks for showing this game.

[@basicforge]

It's definitely an upgrade on the C64 version that I saw.

[@sumrukumru4203]

Is rtx on?

[@beingatliberty]

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.

[@hitelbevettborsgaminghun2053]

The music is badass here. :)

[@pepe6666]

thats beautiful.

[@ColumCoyle]

this is just awesome. love this game

[@eateroftheflame]

For the Spectrum this looks and sounds awesome

[@thashiznitfoshizable]

Sheer excellence.. mind blown

[@Natureworld1986]

WOW this is really nostalgic

[@poorlymadeproduction]

The jammin music has to be the best thing to come out of this.

[@sompret]

That's a pretty rockin' take on the first level theme

[@antonnym214]

Then I guess Crysis is out of the question?

[@nrz666]

Pretty amazing music for such a port.

[@yerzmyeychiptune]

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

[@dylbob9000]

man the ZX can pump some good tunes, the castlevania soundtrack on the the ZX is amazing too

[@Ryusuta]

That music is surprisingly badass.

[@Ian-Bru]

I miss music like this. Bring it back, damnit!

[@VinylHogger]

@herzmeister Great explanation! I always wondered about that but never brought myself to research it. Thanks!

[@elephantrange]

It's limited, but the fact that this was accomplished at all is amazing.

[@Matsute]

The music is AWESOME.

[@ToastMaster623]

that is some AWESOME music!

[@segasaturncouk]

Fantastic!

[@derManeken]

the music here is awesome

[@spiderjerusalem100]

Despite looking horrific, this would have blown my tiny little mind back in the late 80's on my ZX. Awesome soundtrack too.

[@cyberen]

Cool music too!

[@TheItalodancers]

Wooow,the best music !

[@SirCheeseEater]

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