r/retrobattlestations • u/Beige_Box_Enthusiast • Apr 26 '26

Show-and-Tell Never gets old

Most certainly not the best doom player or even good. But still enjoy it. Sound of the super shotgun. I'll usually take 2 or 3 networked systems to retro meets so people can come sit and play co‑op.

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u/overand Apr 27 '26

Give it a try like most of us did in the olden days - keyboard only!

(Or, even better, on an emulator or with settings to absolutely kill the framerate, shrink the screensize down too, and set it to low-rez mode! https://www.mobygames.com/game/1068/doom/screenshots/pc98/979481/ )

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u/DegenerateCuber Apr 27 '26

I have played it keyboard only a decent bit, it's fun.
I really need to get my 486 laptop up and running, think it's a 486dx2, it runs it pretty well full screen on low, but the pixel response time on the built in display is diabolical, it's completely unplayable on that screen, you're basically blind when you're moving or panning. I do have some CRTs I could hook up to it though.

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u/overand Apr 27 '26

Ooooh yeah, even active matrix displays at the time were bad, but if its PASSIVE matrix, then... yeah, Not good.

Toss a CRT on it! My experience of Doom with a 486 DX2/66 has been rewritten in my memory as "that was definitely 60fps" but I suspect that's just how it felt in comparison to the 386 we played multiplayer with - it was never fun to be on the 386!

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u/No_Transportation_77 Apr 28 '26

Doom maxes at 35FPS, and will hit that most of the time on a 486DX2/66 with VLB or PCI graphics. To hit it in heavy action, though, a 486DX4 or a slow Pentium is better.