It is impossible to overstate just how astounding Doom was when it was released. 100%. We had a 386SX-25 with 2MB RAM and there were two things that were just

It is impossible to overstate just how astounding Doom was when it was released. 100%. We had a 386SX-25 with 2MB RAM and there were two things that were just out that I couldn't run: Slackware Linux and DOOM. I took DOOM to my uncle at a birthday, since I knew he had a more powerful machine. I started up DOOM and I was shocked, I just couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was just so otherworldly. I never had the same feeling with earlier and later advances (though Quake was really nice). I was 11 or 12 and immediately after that I started lobbying my parents to get 2MB extra memory. Lots of fun DOOM (and Linux) hours followed.