 Welcome back to Classic Replay. Today doing something a little different I'm looking at the 32x version this is the new version of Doom Resurrection. For those that don't know this is the 32x original. It was highly playable unfortunately it didn't have the best audio and sound effects and as you can see there was a big brick border around the outside of the screen. Now this wasn't a problem for me because I'd also played it on the PC on a 386SX and on that you have to have a border as well. I just wanted to show what they've done with this new version. Nice intro there quite impressive and I've always been an advocate of the 32x hardware just not its poor implementation geez I've played Doom on pretty much everything I think I've even played it on the speckey there's some legendary names up there John Carmich John Romero Dave Taylor Sean Green so nice of them to include and then the 32x Doom Resurrection team Victor Joseph and Spoonie. You really have to give these guys some kudos and respect and a big shout out for what they've done. So here it is look at that in full screen the 32x didn't need borders now I'm playing this on Kega Fusion it's multi-region so it supports both PAL and NTSC as you can hopefully see it's faster it looks better and everything runs smoother apparently it's running at 30 frames per second Doom 32x resurrection comes with 8 game save slots and it automatically saves at the end of each level and this version also comes with a 24 level expansion pack and get this apparently it restores sprite directions from the Jaguar version now I just read that out I have no idea what it means so if somebody can explain that to me without my eyes glazing over good stuff there's also support for using the Sega mouse well I didn't even know that existed I know the Dreamcast had a mouse and keyboard but not the 32x so just look at the speed of this thing look how fast everything's zipping along the programmers have also included support for three button and six button pads in the option field you can select always run is on and I've got the Everdrive Pro and I've tested it and it works effortlessly on original hardware and I'm just looking on the romhacking.net website and so far this is patch version 1.4 and there's been 4,793 downloads way to go this is really smooth and really faithful to the PC original there's split screen as well deathmatch modes you just wouldn't play the original over this it's 32x Doom done the right way the way it should have been done all those years ago it's probably one of the best projects hack projects I've seen and if you're intrigued about owning the 32x this is yet but another reason now if you want to play this game you'll have to head over to romhacking.net and download the patch but you'll also need the original European ROM as well obviously I can't tell you where to get that but Google is your friend and there's also an online ROM patcher that you'll need once you've got both files and you just select them and then select continue and it does it all for you in the background now I'm not sure if it's my monitor or the output but you do feel like you're moving around running around in the dark sometimes where on the PC version I didn't have any issues like that and I have messed about with the brightness but there doesn't seem to be any in-game brightness settings but rest assured this is as good as it gets until they decide to do Doom 2 that is but I think like most people I've played Doom on lots of other systems as you can see there on the top right the top one being the Super Nintendo and then that bottom one there being the Panasonic 3DO now the SNES version looks like it's running better but I do remember the SNES version playing like a slideshow and thinking back then oh god this this could have been a lot better it was if I'm honest like wading through Treacle but despite all of its faults I actually played it and enjoyed it I think back then I was just desperate for a Doom fix but can you believe it they brought Doom out and Doom 2 on the Game Boy as well the Game Boy Advance I mean the top one is Doom and the bottom one is Doom 2 of the screenshots and on the small screen it plays amazing and probably still one of the best reasons to keep alive your Game Boy Advance in 2021 but this 32X version really captures the atmosphere of the PC original and the detail and the speed now I know it's not running at anywhere near the pace of the PC version but it feels like it is I'll give you my word I've played the PC version what's and as you can see there when you see the screenshots side by side the PC version is a hell of a lot smoother there's no question about it but this is still a massive triumph for old hardware in 2021 there's no way a 32X would have competed with a high-end PC back in the day no way and that makes it even more special playing a game as intended on the 32X it was a flagship PC title now it starts to get a bit dark here so you have to be really careful but I can't for for the life of me work out if that's my PC or if that's the way it's intended I wish I could show you a video of me playing this on original hardware plugged into my 60 inch TV but it just doesn't make for good media and I know it's cliche but you just have to be there you have to see it to understand it and appreciate it a little bit more I mean look at that it's really dark I don't remember it being this dark on the PC but I don't mind it it reminds me of dark forces you can't beat that feeling of going into a room running into a room and narrowly avoiding death I'd also like to see Duke Nukem 3D converted to the 32X after seeing this I think it could do it and it's one of the best games ever now the end of level screen of Mars is missing on this version and you just get that green wallpaper effect which is no biggie I imagine they've got to save massive amounts of space somehow but the technical achievements are here for everybody to see just in the running of the game I'm playing this it all comes flooding back because I remember spending hours and hours playing through this level it's good it's good nostalgia my only hope after watching this video is that maybe people out there retro gaming fans will give the 32X another chance another try even if that's through emulation but more importantly give this a go honestly I'm knee-deep in monsters now and it's starting to ramp up a bit need to work out I remember how to get that blue orb just because it's a little bit darker than usual I'm just struggling my way around which is kind of adding to the atmosphere a little bit if that makes sense and before I get inundated with a load of comments about that I've tried all the different brightness settings and this seems to be about the best one if you go too bright it makes things look a little bit garish look at this lamas of the slaughter have it come on pick that from your mate's teeth loving the ultraviolence here can you imagine the impact this would have had on a kid now the closest I probably got to this was on the amstrad cpc with death wish 3 or barbarian although aliens from electric dreams that was quite eerie and the atmosphere was really dark but just the grunting noises alone in this game would have kept me up for weeks I'd have had nightmares and I'm 99.99% sure I wouldn't have gone out there rampaging with a shotgun so doon came out in 1994 1993 so I'd have been 1718 and I did play the pc version but it wasn't until probably 94 that I played the 32x version and the thing to remember is the SNES version and the PlayStation version and I think the others came out a lot later I think the 3DO version came out in 96 or 97 and I think the Sega Saturn version the same year 97 and they were awful compared to what you got on the 32x that came out in 94 I mean certainly true of euro I think the 32x was the first official port and then I seem to remember the Atari Jaguar receiving a port a few weeks later or so and I didn't play the Atari Jaguar version until recently really probably about four or five years ago and I compared that to the 32x original and the Jaguar version I think played the better game but didn't have all the music and extra sound effects but then thinking about it even though the 32x had all that it wasn't very good I mean I seem to remember it going something like but if I'm honest I didn't really notice it all that much back in the day I was just happy that we had Doom and I was able to experience what people were experiencing on a PC for you know a couple of grand so I think that's a wrap I think what I'm trying to say here is this is absolutely brilliant I'm giving it a 10 out of 10 I hope this is only just the beginning there's so many games I look back at and think god they need a remake well you know what just fixed I know that probably sounds far easier than actually done which is why I want to spread the word because I'm really thankful to these guys for what they've done and it would be great if all fps shooter nuts in the retro gaming community could experience this and enjoy it but emulation's one thing experiencing this on real 32x hardware for those that own the console back in the day is the real dream well I hope you've enjoyed this video if you've liked it please subscribe please also don't forget to share with other like-minded people it would be great as well if you could leave a comment and don't forget to ring that bell for notifications of new videos and for the 1442 subscribers as of now I'd like to thank you and if there's anything you'd like me to cover just drop me a comment so until next time thanks for watching and bye