Why PLAYSTATION DOOM Is So Much More Than Just A Port - REVIEW 

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It's amazing how much a change in audio direction can completely alter the feel of a game. Seeing Doom without that iconic soundtrack is very unsettling.

I've been playing Doom since 1995 and was active on the doom online community and modding scene throughout all of the early 2000's and I have to admit, I only recently bought Doom on Playstation and dear lord did I think Doom couldn't get any better. I grew up playing playstation but never thought of getting Doom since I already had it on PC. I never thought there would be any differences, but man was I completely wrong. This is now my favorite version of Doom of all time

Just recently bought this version of Doom.The nostalgia hurts so bad, this is the version my dad played way back when.As a kid I would watch him play it for hours now it's my turn

Played it on game pass for the first time in decades recently and had a good time with it, just out of curiosity I then hooked up the PS1 version which I've had for a very long time to see the differences, I was expecting to find just some dated control layout and low res graphics but what I got absolutely haunted me. the feeling of loneliness and isolation and spookiness of the PS1 version compared to the game pass version is chilling, the PS1 version feels like a Sci fi horror game like dead space where the game pass version feels like a disco shooting gallery on Mars, the difference a soundtrack can make (as well as dated control layout and low res visuals)

DooM is just the gift that keeps on giving. I will never not watch DooM videos and I’m glad I discovered your channel because of it.

The level computer station in ultimate doom on that version has some of the most scariest ambient music I've ever heard in any shooting game really does set the horror tone so well....

3:24 This effin grilled meatball scared me 5hitless when I was a teenager, diving in into hype new revamped PS1 version after mastering original PC version of Doom, thinking I've seen and know everything and nothing can stop me, I run right into him in that redesigned darker secret passage watching only on shield bonuses under my feets.

I wish this version of DOOM would release on the PS store. I'm glad we have the regular versions as well as 64, but this is also iconic.

I love this port. It doesn't run as smoothly as it should, its default controls make no sense, and the lack of a save function baffles me, but it's got so much atmosphere and it's actually worth it just for that.

Aubrey Hodges is an underrated and underappreciated sound designer that knew how to make you feel the horror of the game and get under your skin with his soundtracks for Playstation Doom and Doom 64. As a matter of fact, many of the sounds in this game are in Doom 64 as well.

As somebody who’s played doom on just about anything that can, I’m now playing the psx version on my ambernic and it’s easily my favorite version. The music turns it into almost a horror game and I love it.

I feel like Holly from Red Dwarf is giving me a tour of PS1 Doom. ;) In all seriousness, great video, very extensive. You did a good job covering all the differences that make this version so cool.

OH MY GOD I forgot about Disco Doom!! I haven't seen that level since this game was new. Its so cool and it was so unexpected... that just brought back some great nostalgia fun! Thanks for that

I always wanted to play this version of doom. I have recently bought and I am enjoying my time with it.

man the port version is so much more interesting to me after having played all dooms for many times except eternal and 64; your ps1 one looks just unlike what any amateur wad would suggest and present: that ambience, the new gloomy sounds of monsters and new levels! hot damn i'd like to buy a ps1 just for playing it! doom is my second skin and is home for my childhood nostalgia .. started at the age of 3. a great review and walkthrough on your side! keep up the new postings about rare and noteworthy doom makings and versions! have a great one

i remember this was my very first experience with doom (i believe i was around 10 years old, it was pretty long ago) and i was legit horrified just cause of the dark lighting and ambiance lol

the midway team behind this needs to be commended for churning out ports of doom 1/2 and all of final doom like they did with most of the concessions they made either being hardware limitations or parts the team just didn’t like the combination of the lower detail of the levels and the lighting adds a lot to the atmosphere

I'm playing it now and damn it'looks like seeing my own gameplay... the exit in traps and tricks damn! I managed to do it only with the secret teleport. Is incredible this game have a ton of secrets that i did not know still, and i play doom since i was kid ! Nice video!

Hell Gate is a consequence of the Ps1 Doom being a port of the Jaugar Doom with the bosses readded. Tower Of Babel (console) is exclusive to PS1 and Saturn due to that. Saturn Doom is a port of PS1. Its also why Thy Flesh Consumed Onwards Levels tend to be more similair to PC.

You had me at ''Crystal Maze and Knightmare''. That was my childhood right there.

In PS Doom, the music of the intermission screen between levels just never gets old. It's so epic.

I've still got my original PS1 Doom disk from the 90s and notebooks full of passwords as I've played through this game countless times. To this day a playstation one lives in one room with a copy of Doom in it's drive.

I discovered doom in 1996 with my PlayStation, my best friend brother got it on PSX and he brought the manual. I fall in love. I think it’s the only game I have did all along with all the difficulty level. I had a small notebook where I have written all the password for each level on each difficulty level. It was kind of success 😂 I’m plying this on my steam deck with the gzdoom PSX ce mod. Awesome even if there is some strange sounds. A good port anyway.

Im glad you did a review of this, I've been playing this doom a whole lot on my emulator. You can change the shaders and give it a more crisper look. cheers for doing this vid!

Fun side note for ps1 doom fans if you have the retro fighters defender controller you can use the analog sticks with a little switching around of the controls using the in game options menu

There is one enemy in the game that actually has its own official file in the game that alot of people dont know is a unique enemy, I forget if its called the Spectre Cacodemon or the Nightmare Cacodemon. Its just the translucent Cacodemon stuck in a 1x1 cage 😂

The tried and true "Jaguar Version". I love this version! The pros definitely outweigh the cons of cutdown levels and a few final bosses taken out. I'd like to believe there has to be a custom .wad out there that is full PC version, but with the PSX's ambient lighting. Be that as it may, this definitely holds a place in my heart of MUST HAVE Playstation 1 games along with Tomb Raider, Crash Bandicoot and Twisted Metal 2. Didn't know about a password generator! That's cool! For curiosities sake, the password system is compatible across both the PSX and Saturn version of the games. i.e. play through playstation at home, jot done the password, go to your friend's house and continue on his SEGA Saturn.

The sound track for PS1 Doom made it that much better for me. Love it

This is the Doom I grew up on, and was amazed at how the original (played on the XB1) felt almost "happy-go-lucky" with the original soundtrack I wasn't aware until I played the original how much story there was because of the missing tidbits of story and some missing levels, nor how relatively smoothly it ran With all that said, the PS1 version is a darker form of the game thanks to the soundtrack and SFX in my opinion, and I love both equally, PS1 Doom is scary and fun, Original Doom is exciting and fun. Thanks for an interesting video!

As long as the baby noises aren't actual babies being bullied outside your door when you fire the shotgun, I'm good.

Man, I loved Doom for the PS1. I even have the cover on my keyring! The music transformed this port. It's so atmospheric, especially the baby crying, that's f-cked up. I never unlocked the Super secret level, I must buy a pre-owned PS1 and replay it.

My only issue with the PS version is the less variety of textures. The rest is amazing. I love how it feels darker and more horror themed.

This is my favorite console Doom port of the 90s. Though, I was also letdown by the final level. The original Spider Mastermind is one of the weakest bosses of all time. They could've given it a secondary BFG attack and teleporting ability when it got cornered.

You had me with Doom but the Father Ted clip was a nice bonus. Craggy Island would make a good Doom level.

Great video. I liked the informative side from someone who obviously knows the game well

Thank you for the review! I'm so glad to see PS1 Doom port getting attention.

I think a big reason the Doom 2 portion of Playstation Doom doesn't stand out well is because the horror feel of Playstation Doom doesn't work as well with Doom 2's maps. Doom 1's maps are more cramped and have innately scarier environments, what with you being in a moon's abandoned space station, then in another moon's space station that is being taken over by hell, and then you go into hell itself, which gets amplified with Playstation Doom's music, sounds, the colored lighting, and the fire sky in the hell levels. Doom 2 on the other hand has larger and more action-based maps that take place in just drab environments that don't mesh well with the horror feel, while Doom 2's hell levels don't really feel like you're in hell for the most part, especially with them not getting the fire sky (and also not having The Spirit World and The Living End, the two most hell-like maps in Doom 2). Another issue is that due to the Playstation's RAM limitations, each map could only have a limited variety of enemies, with more complicated enemies taking up more of that "variety space". This didn't really affect the Ultimate Doom maps, as the Doom 1 bestiary (aside from the Cyberdemon and Mastermind) were simpler and so they could use all the enemies the original maps did while having room to throw in a Doom 2 enemy or two. Much of Doom 2 maps however were designed containing a wide assortment of its expanded and more complicated bestiary, so in the transition to Playstation Doom the enemy variety had to be significantly pared down in most maps, thus making the maps feel more like direct downgrades and overall not playing as well since those maps were designed with having those now-missing enemies in mind. For example the original Monster Condo contained every enemy within the game except for Cacodemon, the Cyberdemon, and Mastermind, but in the transition to Playstation Doom, in addition to the obvious loss of the Archvile, the map lost its Chaingunners, its Pain Elementals, its Arachnotrons, its Baron, and the Mancubi you pointed out in the video. Playstation Doom tried to compensate by putting more Shotgunners, Pinkies, Lost Souls, Hell Knights, and a few Nightmare Spectres in the map, but they of course don't live up to the gameplay and challenge offered by the original enemy placement.

1:55 They could add new versions of Pinky with double HP, but couldn't add the super shotgun? Foul, diabolical, unfathomable even!

The sounds seem a lot meatier in PSX Doom. Especially the weapons. I wanna look for a PC mod with the PSX sounds

I would have liked to have seen this version with affine texture mapping and the necessary subdivisions that the PS1 used to hide its warping artifacts. The Atari Jaguar version, the first console port, used the affine technique, owing to the insistence of John Carmack, who unfortunately was more concerned with preserving the PC versions' clarity than maintaining a high frame rate. Every port that followed--minus the SNES, which had a proprietary engine, and Doom 64, which had much better rendering--had the same issue, which is why nearly every port struggled in terms of frame rate.

I really think this port is clearly a good shift in direction in regards to Doom, it gives us a completely different view of a classic fps game. (400th like)

This was the first version of doom that I played. I bought it right away after playing the ps1 game called, "Disruptor." Disruptor was the first first person shooter I had ever played. It was great. I tried to get every first person shooter in the ps1. A co-worker told me about doom on the pc a long time ago. I bought doom and final doom for the ps1. I loved the story of doom, the dark lighting and the creepy atmospheric sound. I was so disappointed when I first played Ultimate doom for windows 95 on my first pc because it had the midi music instead of the creepy sounds of ps1 doom.

This is one of the best PS Doom reviews I've ever seen. It brought back all those memories of 2.5 decades ago, all the long nights playing this game. I absolutely loved Doom at this time, and when we got this port I was over the moon! I dont have the focus or patience to destroy this game again, but I may play it for a while this weekend... Thanks for helping me find that love again. What a great game this was. Did you do a video on Final Doom?

I’ve still never played this version. I do remember being scared shitless when I first played Doom64 lol. I just stood there in the first room listening to the music and almost started sweating

Some of monster replaces aswell monsters missing and maps cut off is due ps1 limitations, if you wanna play the missing levels with missing monsters aswell spectre and nightmare versions of some (as replace of bigger enemies who use to much memory than allowed per map) there is a project called GEC master edition, they worked those maps under same limitations, official dooms maps aswell single map wads such as titan manor, oh and sigil is there too.

I’ve been playing PSX Doom, a total conversion for the PC to something 90% close to the PS1 version, except with a framerate that isn’t 15fps and keyboard/mouse controls obviously. I just finished the Ultimate Doom section, and I must admit I really enjoyed going through ultra-familiar levels with twists a few surprises. Most of the level omissions were irritating parts anyway. (Slough of Despair can suck a loaded shotgun.) Anyway, thanks for the quality video! Subbed! Re the broken levels, perhaps there’s something up with your disc? Sounds like you eliminated all other possibilities so it must be that

My cousin and I used to link our PS1s together, set our TVs back to back and we'd play deathmatches until the sun came up.

I spent more hours on this than the PC version. The soundtrack and lighting really makes this game unsettling and creepy.

I’m committed to PS1 Doom audio. You can now play RTX lit doom with original WADS in PRBOOM with PS1 Doom music and sound. Absolute Doom heaven!

Amazing port, I have houndreds of hours in this in my teens

Still love this game. The music and sound effects are so good in this version, where the PC made the game very fast and tense, the Ps1's soundtrack made the experience a lot more of a dark and atmospheric experience. I also like the gabba track they threw in the club doom level too.

The factory music is terrifying though

This feels oddly like retro youtube, i dig the vibes :P

i was born't 1992 but I still some how played the shiiiiiit out of this game, thats how popular doom is

oh yesss an older doom game! it reminds me (very vaguely) of alien storm on sega...but with more crying baby samples

I too adore this port and its beastly soundtrack.

When ur hud pops up in real life, ur health displays 23%😅😅

Ahhh good times with Doom. Sadly I never finished the game so I may do just that just to check that off the list.

I really like this version, i have the actual copy of it but i prefer playing it via mod on GZDoom. Higher resolution, Stable Frame rate and you can restore the missing monsters from the pc version.

PS1 doom was the one I grew up with and once I discovered the different sound track and sound effects of the PC ports I just couldn't get over it You're forgetting final doom though unless there's a separate video on it

Invader Gir intro ❤️

15:14 yeah that room was BRUTAL on this port lol

a lot of those consoles could run similar versions of Doom but none did. Sony pushed key games to be released as flawless as possinble on that hardware, and Doom was a key game in 1995. Sega and 3DO ports were treated just like any other game and released as if it doesn't matter that the ports are terrible as long as it's Doom.

Best version of doom , the ambient sounds and the controller set up really help push it to the top . Slowdown can be a bit of a pain but fak it , it's still awesome. Does it run smoother played on the PS3 ?

Marvellous. Loved it on PlayStation back in 2000!

Jaguar aka Console Hell Keep is known to be messed up in terms of balance. One of the most difficult official levels to pistol start, ever!

they need to rerelease these on PS4/5. they've done Twisted Metal, RR4 and other great PS1 games but never these. (plus Critical Depth please) I still have my original boxed copies complete with the cheats written on little cards & tucked inside. If you've never played them it's well worth it..the lighting & atmosphere are really unearthly. even when I finally played the PC Doom games I still think these PS1 versions are my favourites..😊🐹

First video I’ve watched of yours and it’s amazing! You have a new subscriber. I got PS1 Doom in January, 1996. I’d previously played the first Doom on my cousin’s 486 that played the sound effects but not the music. So when I played this version, I noticed the lighting changes but just assumed that this music was the same as the PC version. To me, Doom is a horror action game and Aubrey Hodges’ soundtrack just fits. I don’t have a PC so I’m hoping they had the PS1 Doom to the add-ons for PS4 Doom or even release it on its own. I’d buy it instantly.

Its like a mash up of Doom 2 with Doom 64's sound effects lol

club doom, love it. i recently started playing this again after many years on my ps1.. on easy lmao. you're not wrong about how the controls handle, trying to run around a corner on a collapsing floor was so irritating after surviving rooms filled with imps, cacodemons, barons of hell and a cyberdemon! i swear my thumb is about to break from using the d pad.

Let's hope that this gets an official re-release for PC and especially modern consoles.

the first way i ever played doom scared tha shit outta me as a kid lmao

i would love the PC / original Doom but with the playstation music

This is the version of DOOM I grew up with and ever known. Until DOOM 3 Steelcase Edition on the Original Xbone. When i played the original version I will not lie it was kinda underwhelming to me. I wanted this versions lighting music and sound more.

I think it might need like 20 pinkies more a level E1M1 has like 49 pinkies 👍

Need a remaster this!

OST= ERASERHEAD Soundtrack.🎉🎉

I got this recently and still have no idea what to think on it. I didn't know if it differed from the original Doom by much

I honestly don't way which version of Doom I experienced first (I know it wasn't since we didn't have one), but we (my brothers and I) had an N64 and a PlayStation. I want to say it was on N64, but could be wrong. Either way, based on the Quake video I'm really curious now how the graphics compare from the PC to the port.

Is it bad that Doom came out just as my love for gaming started and I have never ever played it in my life?

Shame this wasn't included in the latest remaster from night dive. Like quake and quake2 did with their Nintendo 64 variants.

Doom is my alltime favorite game . And since i discovered mods i am literally in gaming heaven

Bit late in the game here, but you mention it runs slower, however, like me, I bet you're playing the PAL version, which simply slows the game down to 50fps (or maybe even 25), whereas the NTSC version runs it at 60fps (or possibly 30). Playing the NTSC version on an emulator feels a lot smoother, it's also possible to run the PAL version at NTSC frame rates in emulators or by using some magic software on FreeMcBoot on a PS2 (which the name escapes me at the moment)

Doom 2 monsters and weapons is enough to make me try PS1 doom, but knowing weapons carry over between episodes takes it to a must play. To this day I struggle in the early stages of episode 2 as I claw my inventory back up to what it was. But episode 3 and 4 are slogs that my patience never wins over so I've not finished them without cheats. - Sweaty Rob (on his personal account)

My favorite version.

naming the anticlimactic final level "satisfaction denied" is poetic

This is the first game that I played on my PS1 when I was 3 years old back in 2000, I wish they will bring this version back to PS Store one day!

I can only imagine what fighting the Icon of Sin, or the ArchVile, with a Gen 1 Playstation controller would be like...

Theres currently a port of psx Doom to pc called psydoom. I really recommend it if you want to play this version of Doom.

Good video man, I support all doom channels. Liked and subbed

I recently played the original PC versions of D1 & D2 for the first time and although I loved them, I just couldn't get into the soundtrack and the somewhat comical monster sounds. Doesn't fit the mood and very repetitive. I am however a little biased towards ambient music in general though. I'm currently playing PSX Doom CE for PC and I'm having a blast with it! The visuals are stunning, the gameplay is fast and smooth and there's tons of options and features to mess with.

Awesome video, subscribed

My dear good sir, those passwords don't represent your actual stats pretty much unless you leave the level with full health, armor and ammo since they all get rounded UPWARDS if necessary to reach a certain pre-set value it goes to. Thus immediately password loading when getting into a new map may give the player a slight advantage. There's a FAQ online for more infos. And then there's PS1 Final Doom, which uses these exact same passwords...

It’s been a minute since I played ps doom. But the only way I played it was link up with a friend co op. Wasn’t doom and doom 2 mixed in with each other that way? I vaguely remember having the super shotgun on doom one levels. Something like 54 stages consecutively?

You should try PSY Doom on pc It's PS Doom ported to pc You just need to provide a ISO of the game.

PS1 doom is the real doom in my opinion it just sounds and the music is just more superior and creepy

Spider Baby.........Fucking SPIDER BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I nearly drowned in my coffee when I saw that part. Holy Christ I laughed so hard. I used to call refer to something else in Neverwinter as Spider Baby and my friend had no idea what I was on about but she had never seen Father Ted. It is nice to see someone else use that. =)

Spider babies!

Did i hear correctly? They're chaingunners in ultimate doom? Specifically knee deep in the dead level my fav of all time .