Playing DOOM as it was in the 90s (shareware) on MS-DOS

Playing DOOM (1993) shareware version on a 486DX 66mhz, SoundBlaster 16 Isa sound card
#gaming #90s #nostalgia #retro #vintage

[@BuckEtheAlien]

This setup is much nicer than what I had in '93, lol.

[@jsnification]

No shit.

[@strangemarkings]

You could probably get this whole setup today for what, $30?

[@BuckEtheAlien]

@@strangemarkings you should try that and see how much of that setup you can get for $30.

[@brineeggliang5460]

@@strangemarkings even just the CRT monitor can get sold for $400+

[@sealboy1211]

I tried running this on a 386 sx16. Was like two years before I had a good 486 in the house, just in time for it to barely run quake the year after.

[@Mr.Eeeeeeeee]

I am 50 and I think our generation had the best digital and analog transition. Mind blowing how far we have come in terms of technology. I’ve bought Doom on every device I ever owned.

[@Adam-e2w6k]

Same, since 93 I've owned Doom on about 8 or more different platforms. These last few years I mostly play Brutal Doom and offshoots of it, they're like what Doom was in our imagination back in 93 ^^

[@notafraidofchange]

Yeah. I’m a younger millennial, but I see how Gen X really saw an unprecedented leap forward in computing technology that led to the internet, early AI and LLMs, VR and AR, and a lot of other neat stuff that was considered sci-fi just 50 years ago. Some of the early stuff was the work of Boomer ingenuity, while the latter part of this was the blood, sweat, and tears of Xers. Thank God for you guys!

[@pannomic1818]

My dad say the same thing (he's near 60) and I have to agree with him, he started with a single telephone for the whole block in he's old hood to now being able to pay things without even move the bed lol

[@Adam-e2w6k]

@@notafraidofchange it was the culmination of all scientific and technological progression that came before, and still is. Attributing it to specific generations is a bit weird.

[@beardyhat9547]

Doom changed the course of my life. No idea how, at 10 years old, I convinced my Mom to buy it for me (the Shareware version anyway), but she did and since 1994 my life went another direction. I learned how to use, manipulate and fix PC's because I became a PC gamer and that lead me to the life I live today; without Doom, I'm not sure I'd be where I am today.

[@TheVanillatech]

Yeah I got offered a job at a marketing company that was *really* upmarket, the car park was full of brand new Mercedes and BMW's, they had a pool table in the staff room, etc. All because I'd learned how to use a PC for the basic and sole intention of playing Wolfenstein and Doom and Xcom etc on an underpowered PC back in the day. Had to learn how to manipulate the RAM and squeeze all the performance out of it. Later I had to learn to set up networks in DOS for multiple machines at Quake LAN parties. I took their aptitude test (cos I had zero computing "qualifications") and came 2nd out of 50 applicants. They offered me a position but I ended up turning it down, the entire place felt way too intense, people were unfriendly and I was used to working outdoors with my hands by that point. Also, in the back of my mind, I knew I'd hate it despite the high pay. Computers for me were ALWAYS about relaxing, and gaming. I didn't enjoy the technical stuff, it was just something I learned as a means to an end : MORE FRAMERATE IN GAMES! XD

[@Pokitocino]

me too, but in a modern era.

[@xXNickPXx]

For me, playing the shareware lead me to joining the Doom modding community, then modding other games, and after many years eventually going into a game development career, where I am now. Long live Doom!

[@TastelessSoftware]

Same, In 1995 I had to convince my dad to upgrade the family computer (486/33 SX) from 4 MB RAM to 8 MB so I could run Doom shareware. For better or worse, I ended up becoming a programmer (love programming at home and hate it as a career haha)

[@beardyhat9547]

@@TastelessSoftware Any hobby turned to a job sucks!

[@franceslarina5508]

That white box minitower is the epitome of 90's computers that were either home built or built by a computer shop. My favorite feature was that the mhz display on the front was not indicative of the actual clock speed but rather which jumpers one set on the back of the speed display. thank you so much for the memories!

[@franckyrocky]

I had a PC with the same case in 1994. Originally it was a 486/33 and I changed the processor to a 486 DX2/66 but I never managed to get "66" to display with the jumpers (just "68")

[@YodaIamnot1981]

I remember playing Doom on MS-DOS back in the days on my Packard Bell 486. I upgraded that machine from 8 mb to 32 mb with a Soundblaster 32 soundcard and installed a 52K modem in it for the hell of it. Never used it for anything but thought it was cool to have. Anyways, thank you for the memories. Doom and retro computers will live in our hearts forever.

[@pickthestickup]

I had a 386 and ran Windows 3.1. Most of my games didn't run in Windows yet, so I'd have to exit windows to start up Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Street Fighter 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and The 7th Guest.

[@De-M-oN]

Run DOS without starting windows first. If you exit from windows to dos it is much much slower.

[@roflBeck]

@@De-M-oN NOW you tell him

[@De-M-oN]

@@roflBeck yes! so that he knows what he did all the years wrong back then 😂

[@Huntanor]

​@@De-M-oNOr just skip Windows and use the dos shell for file control stuff.

[@CaliforniaKennyMiller]

I just love old technology

[@kyleyoung1156]

Ty for sharing these memories

[@danielmorgan5949]

Over 30 years later and we can still all remember the cheat codes for doom.

[@sanctusdiavolos]

I still remember my surprise when I first tried to type it while playing Heretic. ;-)

[@Huckebein1178]

Iddqd + idkfa

[@joserobertocavalcantejunio7676]

The old and good IDDQD - IDKFA... LOL

[@JariNuukaa]

IDDQD an IDKFA for life!

[@TheVanillatech]

IDSPISPOPD

[@youtubevision6452]

IDCLIP and you cross walls!

[@TheVanillatech]

IDDT gave you the full automap, IDDT again put actors on the map. IDBEHOLD gave you powerups.

[@JozMkII]

Feels like I’m back in the mid-90s, watching my older brother of 8 years playing this on his 486. What a trip.

[@MrCliffda3rd]

90's computer with CompUSA plate took me back, like '95 back! I recall Ultimate DOOM/DOOM II back to back in my Compaq Preserio.

[@stefangoldschmidt7633]

This brings back so many memorys... first time Doom was jawdropping, then addictive 😂

[@eiyukabe]

It must be, I still play/mod it to this day. I'm loving Legacy of Rust.

[@n00ba14]

@@eiyukabesame! I’ve been mapping for years now and I can’t see myself stopping any time soon, or ever really!

[@eiyukabe]

@@n00ba14

[@brianpavlina8638]

OMG. Just watching the computer boot up was nostalgic.

[@streincorp87]

Glorious days

[@oddjob465]

Oh my goodness! I have that exact same case! It was my very first computer! Still have it! So much good memories! ❤❤❤

[@TheVanillatech]

I had a TRASH 486-SLC-33Mhz (the SLC was basically a 386 with a handful of 486 extensions) that barely ran Doom. Had to play in a postage stamp sized window. But my friend had an insanely fast DX2-80Mhz with a Tseng Labs ET4000AX and 8MB RAM, so we played a lot on his machine. I spent 4 months convincing my Dad that I needed a 486-DX2-66 CPU or I couldn't do my homework properly, and he finally caved in, and the difference was icredible. Got it just in time for Doom 2's release! But with that new chip I could play through all the best games of the time that I'd collected but resented playing on the SLC - Raptor : Call Of The Shadows, The Legacy, Heretic, XCOM 2, etc. There were a few games that ran well on the SLC though! Older stuff like 4D Sports Driving (aka Stunts), Wolfenstein + Spear Of Destiny, Dune 2 etc.

[@FloofusTheCat]

Raptor was amazing and I never see anyone mention it.

[@TheVanillatech]

@@FloofusTheCat Yeah it was really a great game of its genre, rivalling the arcades and easily beating the console games of that type. I got it from a computer fair same time I got Doom, but they both ran really poorly on that SLC machine. Still managed to finish it though! Wonder why they didn't make a sequel? I didn't see another great shooter like that on the PC until years later with Starmonkey. But by then I had the MAME emulator and was playing Dodonpachi and everything else.

[@toxikwastedump]

wait until people see what gaming was like on 133 MHz

[@mindtreat]

These videos are so good. You can find plenty of gameplay from old dos games around, even play them in a browser for free. But the whole setup? That's priceless, you just can't beat that feeling.

[@pannomic1818]

That noises are so nostalgic ♥ I remember playng Wolf 3d in a black and white monitor lol

[@MultiJapan]

I remember playing this game on the computer it was a rainy day outside and I used love playing doom during the rainy days while I was younger! My favorite doom game ever to play is Final doom Plutonia Experiment. I still love theses games to this day and I’m 36.

[@shaheryarmuhammadali5843]

"Cheater you deserve no weapons."

[@booman3138]

0:50 This brings back some memories

[@detail___5387]

These are some of my favourite videos on KZbin/Instagram (latter is where I first found them.) As someone who is turning 40 this year it seems like a lifetime ago since I owned a PC like this and honestly emulators and playing them on a modern PC setup on a tv or desktop monitor just doesn't give the same feeling, so I am livinng vicariously through you when I watch these LOL! Honestly awesome content! Can't wait to see more!

[@0001sebamad]

the configuration was that of my first pc in the 90s too much nostalgia super +1 subscription 🙂

[@NeuroPulse]

It was a very elite thing to be playing on PC at the time rather than PlayStation. But now as an adult with money I suppose I have become an elite in that sense.

[@WOGBOY]

SHOW US YA 4090!

[@d_vibe-swe]

Playstation didn't exist in 1993 though :)

[@supahcomix]

@@d_vibe-swe doom was still a big deal around the time

[@d_vibe-swe]

@@supahcomix That's true ofcourse :)

[@CP200S]

I love that old PC cabinet.

[@timothypeart3116]

an absolute gem of a system and display of its capabilities hit that nostalgia spot just right i grew up on systems like these that were made obsolete in a few months time

[@deltatdk6360]

Aahhh nostalgia.... Good times nice set up by the way

[@BalancedSpirit79]

Did the same thing when I was 15 on a nearly identical PC. Good times.

[@pawebatyra1819]

Sooooo nice build! And all those sounds - I love it!

[@Devolve1981]

You were a legend if you had this in the 90s

[@LITTLE1994]

Before GoldenEye 007, there was this and Wolfenstein 3D.

[@Varil92]

This is what paradise should look like

[@inceptionclause]

.....i miss the Days when i used to play FRITZ on my Windows 95 and 98 😢

[@Luccimatic]

playing with the ancient arrow key bindings. nice.

[@d_vibe-swe]

It's harder to play that way, so perhaps it is how it was intended :)

[@clinteastwood14896]

I still play all shooters with arrow keys and some numpad keys. Even in Overwatch or Counter-Strike I've rebound all keys to the right side of the keyboard lol. Started in 1993, never changed my way.

[@brineeggliang5460]

@@d_vibe-swe not really, the manual that came with the game actually recommended playing with a mouse, it's just that keyboard based controls were the norm for PC games so the arrow keys were the default

[@SMJSmoK]

@@brineeggliang5460 Well to be fair, the default mouse controls in Doom were pretty weird. Moving the mouse forward and back also made your character walk forward and back, strafing by holding the alt key was extremely weird especially combined with holding the mouse etc. Compared to this, the keyboard only controls were familiar (as you said) and quite ergonomic, so many people just happily stuck with that.

[@Pazuzu-]

Just the CRT alone makes everything better.

[@Japan_Changed_My_Life]

So simple... yet, SO satisfying! Thank you for the content. 🙂

[@Donutsoverdosed]

We didnt own a computer until 2004 so its very interesting to see how these looked before then 👏

[@FriendZone75]

I had that exact same ViewSonic monitor. It was amazing!

[@francisngannouhaircut2616]

Doom and Wolfenstein went hard back then. Up all night with a shot of coffee i was working them guns

[@Aguz25]

Yes, we played Doom, Prince 2, Street Fighter 2, Carmen San Diego and others that way in 1993/94.

[@jmac79ers]

And Commander Keen!

[@silver_infinity]

Играл когда-то очень давно на 286-м в Doom)) Потом на 486-м играл в Doom) Вот времена были, помню) Таким казался мир огромным (с)

[@Adam-e2w6k]

I wish I'd had this in 93! Thankfully what I did have ran Doom nonetheless haha

[@nicholaswoodall3840]

i love thease computers i always loved useing windows 95 and america online

[@Nomaaaa123]

In 1994 I had this computer, I accidentally pressed the turbo mode - the equipment started to howl so terribly that I unplugged it out of fear.

[@sabrewolf479]

Man, this brings back memories.

[@Pablo.2001]

I love this monstres screams, I played this in 94 here in Brasil

[@pile_ofsalt]

And proper cheating included too.

[@Kamawan0]

A lot of us that grew up on this are probably smiling right now.

[@DavidicusGear]

Omg, I'm super jealous! I've been surviving on emulation since I've lost my first PC. I still have a lot of my gaming discs though 💿💿💿💾. You're sooo lucky! Thanks for the video!

[@ZadroKot]

Great video! My first experience with Doom was on the PSX.

[@Kreege]

nice monitor! I used a viewsonic a91f+ all the way until 2012 when 120hz lcd panels finally became available.

[@DrMarcoAurelioBaldo]

I used to play like this ❤

[@isiahfriedlander5559]

Pretty hands using the pinnacle of human achievement, how can one not love

[@Chaggy1978]

Well said and true.

[@RetroGameSpacko]

I see what you did there

[@rantmarket]

Glorious. Thanks!

[@sandman8920]

So cool. I’m not getting rid of any of my old stuff. There’s this obsession in this modern world to throw everything away and get new stuff but it’s just wrong

[@skatemusicgamerhackveganmodder]

I thought it was some kind of "time machine"😂..... And it is apparently a PC

[@eiyukabe]

Loving this. Fun fact: My dad had the shareware version of Doom (E1) installed on our computer. The guy who did it left a save in E1M8 with IDDQD and no clip turned on. I loaded it and, not knowing what cheats were, thought you gained the ability to go through walls through plot progression. I also thought the "arms" at the bottom (your arsenal) were how many arms you had grown (it starts at 2). That along with the glowing eyes from God Mode made me think you turned into a mutant as you progressed through the game.

[@BeatmasterAC]

the good old days. I remember, when Doom was released, it was instantly banned in Germany.

[@0001sebamad]

to play doom in the conditions of the time it must be played only with the keyboard ;-)

[@Code1D10T]

Love the retro desktop setup! I definitely would've used a crunchy PS/2 ball mouse.

[@lpg12338]

Reminds me of my Tandy 1000 SL2 days. 😎👍

[@hektorlinko]

This is me totally.!! I'm now 50

[@mynameisawesomeman]

66MHZ !!! I remember the days... Not even GHZ yet. Why don't modern cases show you the CPU's clock rate anymore.

[@larrymacfarlane1799]

Nightmare fuel. The pentagrams , the demons. Playing this game with the lights off was risky business back in the day. Commander keen or some street rod helped shake the Doom heeby jeebies…. Then quake came along

[@vrambassador]

oh yes! Street Rod!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheVanillatech]

Do the Vores still chase you in your sleep? XD

[@kennethmelo6336]

My god it's beautiful 😢

[@Rockovissi]

486DX2 66MHz 8MB RAM right here.

[@TGAProMKM]

this is how it's exactly played on old windows 95 pc if my memories are not wrong....

[@franckyrocky]

I had a PC with the same case in 1994 !

[@AK47z]

Who remembers Treasure Mountain? Odell Down Under? Oregon Trail? Glider? Chex Quest? Number Munchers?

[@OmarHermann]

😢simplier days. How i mis DOS era😭

[@SimpCity2000]

I remember my friend and I being scared of the paper demons

[@sweetbabyjesus8467]

My first ever PC game, followed closely by Chuck Yeager's Air Combat. IDDQD & IDKFA 4 LIFE!

[@comesect]

The only thing I miss from those days are the crt curved angled monitors my laptop runs just a smooth as my old towers did but the screens these days are not great

[@AK-qo6tx]

I'm still playing Half Life Deathmatch online....I thought that was old until I saw this.

[@ramgladore]

Rip and tear

[@inceptionclause]

Back then it was FRITZ 3 or 4....but i could never beat it....today i can beat FRITZ 1 or FRITZ 2😊

[@philthatcher6111]

Oh how I envy you!! Amazing you have this set up, not jealous at all...

[@lightsout5107]

It's nice seeing the old fun. Great videos!

[@eupher2]

In 1993 I had AM386DX 40MHZ with I think 8MB of ram. Doom from what I remember ran fine. But in 1994 or 95 we got a AM486 DX4- 100 with 36MB of ram and Doom and everything else ran wonderfully. Yes it ran Windows 95, but everything was great.

[@leonardorosadossantos9876]

When she selected Ultra violence i knew she's one of us.

[@VitorMach]

Good times when we used to turn with the keyboard.. 😌

[@jonnyronnyguy]

Oh wow, looks like you were playing it with the old control setup where you use ctrl to fire. That's extra dedication to that authentic 90s feel haha. My hands would get so crampy after playing with that style for so long.

[@MorrisChannel4]

In 2060 - playing DOOM 2016 as it was in 2016 😅

[@LVATVBR]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@eljugadorescaldenc4002]

Just....PERFECT!

[@d_vibe-swe]

I wonder if ID understood what they unleashed when they released this. Thanks for the memories :)

[@vulkanize]

I very very like ASMR from this video.

[@Chaggy1978]

Very cool! I had a 486 DX2 66 pc back in the day and I played Doom 2 on it and was addicted! Classic game. Those were the good old days 👍

[@pabloabata4635]

Mira ese setup hermano. Que envidia.

[@SerSaratan]

We lined up at the school to play this game

[@Red_Sutter]

The first time I played doom was on a demo pc at HH Gregg back in 1994 or so. No real idea of how to play it since I was used to console stuff at the time, but even then I knew it was something special.

[@Aladdinos2010]

My Nostalgia memories i was 7 years old 1998 i had pentium 2 but this pc seems lagging bit

[@kingpazn]

Kurt Cobain’s era

[@devolve42]

I had a very similar rig but a 15" monitor.

[@vrambassador]

and you are cheating :)

[@brpadington]

I had that exact computer case. Started as a 386 and had many upgrades over the years. I think my final board was an AMD 1ghz.

[@pcorf]

The good old days of the command line. Type "win" to start Windows (I had Windows 95). But cd doom or doom2 would always be my first choice.

[@ballandpaddle]

What an excellent setup, especially that monitor. I feel like Doom ran better than this on my 486 DX-50, but I might be remembering my later AMD 120 MHz "486."