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The achievement that made Doom timeless probably has less to do with graphics than it does with an innovative distribution and marketing model. The Doom demo wa
by cainxinth 8y ago
The achievement that made Doom timeless probably has less to do with graphics than it does with an innovative distribution and marketing model. The Doom demo was a blockbuster. It spread in a manner that we would probably call viral today.
- swivelmaster 8y agoNo, it’s definitely the graphics and gameplay. The distribution helped, but that wasn’t new - id and Apogee and others had been distributing demo “episodes” of their games going back to Commander Keen at least. Doom was a monumental technical achievement when it came out, and if you want some real perspective on that, check out the game that came out just a few weeks earlier and was considered “cutting edge” at the time: “Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold.”
- bananaboy 8y agoAs a point of interest, Blake Stone used the Wolfenstein engine with a bunch of modifications.