Doom Playstation Game Review 

"You will probably miss seeing the appearance of the Archvile..." Naw, not really.

I've never seen Doom as a horror game personally; to me it's always pure action with obvious horror inspirations from film but the Aubrey Hodges soundtrack and the coloured lighting along with the chunkier sound effects of the PS1 version turns it into a damn creepy game at times. But I feel Doom 64 does a fantastic job at being far scarier thanks to its darker aesthetic and tone along with Aubrey's awesome tracks.

"The ports for the Jaguar, 32x and 3do were all horrible trainwrecks" "Any Doom is good Doom" Hmmmm

The shift between Doom PC and Doom PsX is pretty interesting. PC doom made you feel like a Hardcore Badass, where as PsX is almost like being in a 90s Industrial Horror Movie like Event Horizon or Aliens.

I bought a second PlayStation back in the day, just to play link up with Doom. Awesome game. Also loved the "Club Doom" Easter Egg levels :D

Oh also, in case you didn't know, if die and you re enter the password you get at the start of the level, you restart the level with all the weapons you've previously aquired.

The crying babies in the music was so scary when i was a kid. fucking loved it.

Loved the atmospheric soundtrack on the PS1 version.

"Any doom is good doom...." ...like Hdoom?

The PSX Ultimate Doom / Final Doom soundtracks were simply amazing with their eeriness and atmospheric ambient horror soundscapes! I used to play jDoom sourceport on PC with PSX soundtrack and PSX sound fx pack, that was my choice for the original Doom experience; namely taking the best parts of the PSX and PC Doom. The only downside of the PSX Doom series is a bit simpler level design and texture replacements in some map layouts. There's no Arch-vile demon either maybe due to the techical limitations and memory capping of the Playstation. Still, PSX Doom is a 100% Doom experience for anyone still new to the original Doom.

My copy of Doom on the SNES turned up two days ago and playing that on a harder difficulty is not only a test of skill but also how well you handle avoiding epilepsy.

This version of Doom might still be the creepiest, scariest game I ever played in my life. Even till today it is. 😂

As a huge fan of PC Doom, this port is still worth playing, if only for the creepy atmosphere and unique sound design from Aubrey Hodges. And also, CLUB DOOM!!! RAVE PARTYYYYY!!@!!@#!!!

You can pause the game and then swap between weapons. Gets over the slow swapping speed.

The PS1 version of DooM was my introduction to the game. I loved it. When I got a decent PC to play DooM, I thought, "WTF is up with this cheap-sounding metal music?!" PS: Now, I love the OG soundtrack, don't hate me.

Who remembers the SNES port LOL.

"Boy meets demons, boy goes to Hell, boy kills everything." I laughed so hard! Thank you for that summary!

This is my favorite version of Doom.

I remember playing the PlayStation version of this for days at a time. I really loved it and didn't really have to compare it to the PC version until 24 months later. Great video and amazing channel. 👍🏻🎮❤️

I prefer my heavy and thrash fucking metal. FUCKING DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

9:37 - "And let's face it - any Doom is good Doom". Except 3DO port. It's a horseSHIET!

Another great review, didn't know this even existed! Ever heard of Project EDEN? Would be interesting to hear your review on that. Cheers

One secret with this game is if you pop it into a CD player you can listen to the soundtrack and it makes for great music during Halloween. The same is true for a lot of ps1 games most allow you to listen to the music

“Check out the music from E1M3 and then the music on the same level during PlayStation 2” **Ad plays after that** Elliot is most cutest baby

Doom....the best there is, the best threre was, the best there ever will be.

Ok, so I love Doom and all, but I'd hesitate to call it horror. Horror elements are present, sure, but as soon as the legions of Hell are made out to be pretty vulnerable to one massive bloke with a badarse shotgun and throbbing erection, it loses all scariness to me.

There is just something about Doom, it's timeless in its atmosphere and gameplay. Had the Jaguar version first, then we got PS1 Doom and a link cable, and life was basically over at that point.

6:35 I disagree, the difficulties are there so you can play in the one where you feel more comfortable. I always play in hurt me plenty cause it's not hard but it's not that easy. Like, man, why do you hate other skill levels? There's nothing wrong in playing in HMP or even ITYTD.

Doom on 32X was my first “DOOM” experience. I didn’t even know what a PC was. So when my uncle got this version of the game, it became my most played style of DOOM. It’s hard for me to play the superior PC version, but have the original soundtrack. I grew up with the amazing PlayStation soundtrack, and it added a certain feel to the game. I’ll never forget it.

You derided Jaguar Doom, but although being far from perfect, was programmed by John Carmack himself. More importantly, it was used as the source code for the 32X, 3DO, GBA, and even the PlayStation port. The Playstation version could also use the Playstation mouse, which in theory works like the PC mouse with aim look.

The change in sound fx and music was the best thing to ever happen to DOOM even now when I play the various pc mods and wads I always add in the ps1 sfx and music.

Actually, PS1 was really powerful for its time. So powerful in fact, that atleast its 3D capabilities were better than on any PC back in 1994, if I'm not mistaken. And Doom came out a year earlier, in 1993. So what is going on? Doom is actually not even a 3D game, so maybe that's one of the reasons. And while the PS1 was very powerful, its hardware was very different compared to PCs. The PC Doom was probably difficult to max out back in the day as well, I'd imagine? Also, look at the best looking PS1 games, like MGS, they look very different and they have graphically aged even more than Doom, but I don't think they are technically inferior to it, if anything quite the opposite.

Gba port review when?

1:03 "best port ever made" Pinky : clipped.

And another 90's FPS bites the dust. The fact that you have covered around 80~90 FPS games from the 90's at this point is just amazing to me. There are soo few left of the good ones that, at some point i would think you would get to the point where you have played and reviewed them all. Amazing as allways. You rock.

Still playing this on my PS2....classics never get old. Love the creepy soundtrack.

Now all I'm waiting is for an Android/ios port of the RPG Dooms 💀

Aubrey Hodges is an audio genius

When you die, you can go to password in the menu and the password of the current level is already filled. You start with your loadout you had before you died.

I used to watch my brother play this version every night when I was 4 or 5. Hearing the plasma rifle again brought back some memories.

My all time favourite game, especially the Playstation version which I appreciate for the added creepy atmosphere and awesome lighting. The few unique levels to this version are great too. I seem to revisit this annually (along with Doom 64) :D

"Lets face it, any doom is good doom" Exept for the snes verision.

If I remember correctly, there was a bug in the Playstation port where the Cyberdemon could kill itself by its own rockets. Its possible to do it on the Tower of Babel level, by getting behind one of the Pillars at the corner and standing far, yet inbetween the pillar and the corner of the central room. Get the Cyberdemon on the other side, and wait for it to blow itself up slowly as it fires at you and the rockets hit the wall.

Definitely my favourite version of the game. I fired it up last night on my PS2 and it still creeps me the fuck out. Aubrey Hodges did an amazing job on the soundtrack.

A good port for its time, but honestly, If you, God forbid, havent played DOOM in the modern era, the PC classic is NECESSARY and the best to go to, with the PS1 port more for an experience from the traditional DOOM. (If you also think the BFG edition of DOOM and DOOM 2 are another good option for newbies to experience, I will break your hands- Im sorry, gettin' alil too violent.)

"Any Doom is good Doom" So you admit you enjoyed HDoom.

I love how the PlayStation version of Doom has both Doom 1 and 2 combined, I love how it feels like the classic PC Doom as far as the graphics and the gameplay, but I love the horror soundtrack and the effects. It fits the tone of the game really well. I like the heavy metal soundtrack and I'm not taking away from it, but I think this game would have scared me more when I was younger on the PC version if it had this horror style music in there.

7:51 talkin' out your arse with the jaguar, that port was superb gameplay wise, even with the music missing.

Great review but man you should have chosen the tracks from Mt Erebus and Deimos Anomaly when you were comparing the PS1 and PC music. Those are great examples of how terrifying PS1 Doom soundtrack is.

"Any source port"? What, Legacy? 3DGE? Eternity? Boom? Chocolate? MBF? SMMU? ...or do you mean any recent Zdoom-based source port?

I actually do not understand why this version of Doom was less than the PC. Allow me to explain why I say this. As an avid Doom player that started in 1993 with the shareware first 8 levels (technically 9) I know this game pretty well. I chased Doom for the better part of a year. That is, I chased a decent console port that would run Doom properly on a big screen TV. You see, by the time Doom released I was diehard gamer. Living in two separate homes does has its advantages. My parents got along, were (are) both professionals, and one upped each other for years. This rings especially true considering my medical history (8 neuro surgeries so far). By the time Doom launched in 1993 I had a Sega Genesis/Sega CD and SNES connected to two separate screens in my room. I went through the 3DO, 32X, and Jaguar trying to find a competent version of Doom before making a 486 DX2 in 1995. No big screen but it ran Doom like a top and let me build my own levels. (No music on the Jaguar killed me...it was close). I have played so much Doom, I can retrace the entire campaign in my sleep from beginning to end. I ended up fulfilling my wish getting a console strong enough to play Doom (PSX and Saturn at PSX launch). These were the first consoles I purchased with my own money and my parents were pissed....that's another story. The 486 DX2 is considerably weaker than a standard PSX. From clock speed to needing far less resources to run than a PC. This is why it does not make sense to me. I know why the Saturn version had issues- ask John Carmack about that one. Lastly, a final thought about Doom that has always bothered me. I always thought that the SNES version was just terrible and never understood why they did not attempt a Sega CD version or SVP driven cart. Both the Sega CD and SVP chip are considerably more powerful than anything Nintendo offered back then. I get the color limit on Sega's machines; However, they broke the 64 color limit by 1991 with Sonic the Hedgehog. Virtua Racing has at times 128 colors at once...I have heard it was much higher at times. Sorry for the long post, excellent video as always. I have such a history with this game and your video sent memories flooding back like a monsoon. I had to put pen to paper so to speak. I have easily sunk 4-5000 hours into Doom in my life and I would not change a thing. ;)

This Was The Very First Gman Video I Saw Love Your Content And Sense Of Humor

6:32 - 6:40 GGGMan calling out Caddicarus there, oooooh.

"Doom is a first person shooter" I think the genre at the time was known as "Doom-clone".

Best port and version in my opinion. My first experience with Doom, my pc couldn't run Doom at a playable framerate but in '95 this happened. I miss the 90's.

I love the atmospheric playstation soundtrack. Wish the future releases will include all the versions as an option

Hey G. Can you do a video on Duke Nukem Total Meltdown(aka Duke Nukem 3D for PSX)?

Part of what made Doom great was the original soundtrack. It was fantastic.

This is where I played most of my Doom multiplayer

6:17 "HorseSHIET" The only time I know that Gggmanlives ever rapidly changes tone.

Quake 2 PS1 please 😭😭😭

6:47 Glad someone agrees that Episode 4 sucked, I always hated it.

I was 8 in 1996 and I got a ps1 with Doom, Tomb Raider and Destruction Derby for Christmas that year 👌 What a time to be alive.

@6:23 actually when you die you can put in a code it gives at the end of every level in order to restore your weapon/health/bonuses to what it was when you began the level

I'm a simple man...i see ggmanlives has a doom review, I like

Wow, a fucking ps1 port? I mean if n64 can do it why not a ps1

I found myself thinking about that comment he made "Like solving a rubix cube covered in Doritos dust " way more than I wanna admit xD

The music changed from every Thrash Metal soundtrack on earth to every Trent Reznor music piece ever made. I love it.

I much prefer the music and sound effects of this version. They made a PC mod for this version :) I used to have nightmares about this as a kid. Like the game would glitch and break and wouldn't pause in the dream and that music omg NIGHTMARE FUEL!

Doom is not a "real" horror game. I'll stick to the original soundtrack anyday.

Fell in love with doom on PSX. Both Doom and Final Doom are forever classic games etched into my collection. Love the PC game, but always hated the PC music. It just didn’t match the game imo, this is where the PSX version hit a home run with me, the music and sound effects were a PERFECT fit and made the game 10 x more atmospheric. It’s just so sad that in the countless re-releases, that Aubrey Hodges masterful compositions were never included again. I would love to see the current PC re-releases come with the option to use either the original PC theme or switch over to the Aubrey Hodges version, that would be sick!

This is the best console port of the original Doom! Playing it now on my BC PS3.

i think this version is kinda overrated. it doesent play well with the controller and low fps and you cant see shit because of the low res and just how dark it is (as if the original dos doom wasnt dark enough) the new soundtrack and the light effects are a matter of taste i guess. but it also uses alot less different textures than dos.

I wish the new Doom leaned more toward horror. I got bored of just killing everything and I wanted it to creep me out or disturb me, but it's not scary in the slightest.

There's a total conversion of this to PC, as well as the PS1 version of Final Doom. They're extremely good.

Does anyone else remember triggering the “Texture Cache Overflow” glitch in ps1 DooM?

"Any Doom is good Doom" ... Tell that to Doom 3.

Played it back in the day on the PSX...A fantastic cover and the best version I've ever played. That ambient music had a lot of tension that made Doom scary at times compared to the pc version which felt more like a over the top balls to the walls action pack shooter. The Psx version had more horror embedded. Me and my buddies played it with a link cable at the summer vacaction...There was a lot of hot and scary nights...

"it feels like you're trying to solve a rubiks cube covered in Doritos dust" - GmanLives 2017

The Special Custom Edition. This was like a preview of what Doom 64 would be once Midway was completely unleashed.

This was the first doom that i guess you can say tried to be scary, the sound track alone is just classic and ive always loved this version

The PS port of Doom was so playable and addictive as I've finally been able to play it after having seen it run on shop PCs that were out of my price range.

Had no idea it was so unique among the other ports - might have to go source a copy 🤔 for, umm, posterity....of course 😬

Oh man I love you so much for doing this... literally playing this right now on my PSvita and I'm committed to see that through the end

thank goodness that 5 generation console has some extra easter egg on that bonus presentation.

Almost embarrassed to admit the PS1 version was my intro to Doom and the fps genre. PC gaming wasn't even on my radar at this point but man I loved this game and it started my love of fps games

That music comparison was, for some reason, fucking hilarious.

You are right on with music, sound effects etc. Williams is streets ahead of the PC format..

to qoute caddicarus, it makes you think:"oh shit, im alone. there are demons here. im surrounded"

Man those music comparisons are nuts. I couldn't imagine playing doom with a soundtrack like that. Would be a whole new experience and pretty fun I reckon

I read somewhere they changed the Soundtrack because they could not get the port to play as fast as the PC so they made a new score & reworked the lighting etc to make work better with the slower Gameplay

Excellent review as always Sunny Jim. I'm really happy you reviewed this. You may be interested to know Gggman that there is a WAD collection called PSX Doom: The Lost Levels which reimagines the rest of the levels from Doom, Doom II, Master Levels and Final Doom based on this port. Cheers.

The soundtrack is half of why I got into Doom in the first place, so needless to say I'm not too big on the alternate PS1 soundtrack.

The ps1 version is what I got into (didn't have a PC back then) I loved the co-op option with two TV's so much fun going through the game with another person.

Great game, the strong horror vibe is a great change. Same with Doom 3 and Doom Eternal, both great but completely different tone/vibe.

I love your brutal honesty in any reviews you do!

I had Doom for ps1,jaguar,3do,and 32x. 3do, and 32x were not very good, but ps1, and the Jaguar ports were just amazing in my eyes!

Played a lot this game on my ps1 and still love ir in 2022. Best Doom 1 and Doom 2 ever!!

The colored lighting, and the music make the game. It feels so much different then the PC doom, and I like the horror feel over the rock and roll PC doom. Also I love the sky of fire and it looked super cool back then. The game itself is probably a little weaker then the PC one for technical limits, but the positives outweigh those.

Ever since I found the WAD files needed for playing the PC Version of Doom with the PSX/N64 Music & Sound Effects, that's all I play Doom with nowadays. The MIDI metal tracks are always awesome, but that Dark Ambient soundtrack just takes the cake for me