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Mobygames has a scan of the packaging: https://www.mobygames.com/game/1068/doom/cover/group-1549/cover-3354/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/1068/doom/cover/gro

by mrob 3y ago

Mobygames has a scan of the packaging: https://www.mobygames.com/game/1068/doom/cover/group-1549/cover-3354/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/1068/doom/cover/group-1549/co... "System Requirements: PC compatible 386 or greater" But unofficially, you needed a fast 486 to run it properly. On a 386 you have to switch to low detail mode and/or shrink the view area to get an acceptable frame rate.

JohnBooty 3y ago
I seem to remember having a good time with it on a 386SX 20mhz. If I am remembering correctly (I have about 75% confidence in these memories) I just dialed down the view area by a notch or two which worked well for most of the game until I got to an area with a looot of monsters. It was pretty tolerable since quicksave and quickloads were so fast. If you stumbled into an area where you took a bunch of damage because your frame rate dropped to 5fps you could just quickload, downsize the viewport, and try again.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago
  Only if you somehow time traveled and brought a FAST DOOM source port with you. 386SX 20MHz no cache: https://youtu.be/osgld_uynl8?t=95 https://youtu.be/osgld_uynl8?t=95 486SX 8KB cache: https://youtu.be/osgld_uynl8?t=151 https://youtu.be/osgld_uynl8?t=151 386DX 40MHz 8MB RAM: https://youtu.be/9_2qGaIOvjs https://youtu.be/9_2qGaIOvjs 386DX 33MHz 8MB RAM ET4000: https://youtu.be/KQDEKoRcXZc?t=140 https://youtu.be/KQDEKoRcXZc?t=140 386DX 40MHz 4MB RAM 256KB cache (probably bullshit), full viewport: https://youtu.be/L6U8fyEgRH4 https://youtu.be/L6U8fyEgRH4 Notice how it's fine in the corridors but starts to lag at any open space. There was a reason DOOM/2 got it map design.
  - JohnBooty 3y ago
    HAH! Wow, I'm glad I didn't say I had 75% confidence instead of 100%. That's really cool. Thank you for posting that, it's super interesting. I guess I was playing it on my 486SX 33mhz then.
  - nsxwolf 3y ago
    That's about how I remember my 40MHz 386 playing it. At the time, it was mind-blowing anyway. I would usually play it with the window shrunk a couple notches.
  - scheeseman486 3y ago
    What's bullshit about that last one? I had a 386DX40, AMD made them, they were a popular budget option in the early 90s and the first time I played Doom was on that PC. It ran better than that video demonstrates, even at full res, though I ran it half-res and with the window downsized a notch. I presume they're using a particularly crappy video card.
    - justsomehnguy 3y ago
      The amount of cache. I'm not sure why but my BS-meter went off on that one.

by mrob 3y ago

JohnBooty 3y ago

I seem to remember having a good time with it on a 386SX 20mhz. If I am remembering correctly (I have about 75% confidence in these memories) I just dialed down the view area by a notch or two which worked well for most of the game until I got to an area with a looot of monsters. It was pretty tolerable since quicksave and quickloads were so fast. If you stumbled into an area where you took a bunch of damage because your frame rate dropped to 5fps you could just quickload, downsize the viewport, and try again.

justsomehnguy 3y ago
Only if you somehow time traveled and brought a FAST DOOM source port with you. 386SX 20MHz no cache: https://youtu.be/osgld_uynl8?t=95 https://youtu.be/osgld_uynl8?t=95 486SX 8KB cache: https://youtu.be/osgld_uynl8?t=151 https://youtu.be/osgld_uynl8?t=151 386DX 40MHz 8MB RAM: https://youtu.be/9_2qGaIOvjs https://youtu.be/9_2qGaIOvjs 386DX 33MHz 8MB RAM ET4000: https://youtu.be/KQDEKoRcXZc?t=140 https://youtu.be/KQDEKoRcXZc?t=140 386DX 40MHz 4MB RAM 256KB cache (probably bullshit), full viewport: https://youtu.be/L6U8fyEgRH4 https://youtu.be/L6U8fyEgRH4 Notice how it's fine in the corridors but starts to lag at any open space. There was a reason DOOM/2 got it map design.
- JohnBooty 3y ago
  HAH! Wow, I'm glad I didn't say I had 75% confidence instead of 100%. That's really cool. Thank you for posting that, it's super interesting. I guess I was playing it on my 486SX 33mhz then.
- nsxwolf 3y ago
  That's about how I remember my 40MHz 386 playing it. At the time, it was mind-blowing anyway. I would usually play it with the window shrunk a couple notches.
- scheeseman486 3y ago
  What's bullshit about that last one? I had a 386DX40, AMD made them, they were a popular budget option in the early 90s and the first time I played Doom was on that PC. It ran better than that video demonstrates, even at full res, though I ran it half-res and with the window downsized a notch. I presume they're using a particularly crappy video card.
  - justsomehnguy 3y ago
    The amount of cache. I'm not sure why but my BS-meter went off on that one.