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==Localisation comparisons==
{{Comparison
| image1=Doom 32X Level1.png
| image2=Doom 32X EU Level1.png
| game1=NTSC-J/NTSC-U
| game2=PAL
| desc=The PAL version technically runs in the full 320x240 resolution (versus 320x224 for NTSC), but the extra 16 rows of pixels are only used to extend the height of the HUD, making it less accurate compared to the original IBM PC version in the process. The real gameplay window is 256x144 in both versions (or 128x144, as there is a pseudo-doubling of pixels on the horizontal axis).
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==Version comparisons==
{{Comparison
| image1=Doom 32X Title.png
| image2=Doom IBMPC Title.png
| game1=32X
| game2=IBM PC
| desc=''Doom'' on the 32X does not hold up well when placed side-by-side with the original IBM PC version. The title screen lacks a background (and a Cacodemon) and has been blindly ported over from the PC version, with no attempt to adjust for the different aspect ratio (IBM PC ''Doom'' runs at 320x200 while the 32X attempts 320x224, so all ported graphics appear "fatter" than they should). As a result of this, there is a 12 pixel horizontal border at the top and bottom of the image, meaning the space marine's legs are abruptly chopped off.
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{{Comparison
| image1=Doom 32X Level1.png
| image2=Doom IBMPC E1M1 Start.png
| image3=Doom IBMPC E1M1 Start Border.png
| image4=Doom IBMPC E1M1 Start Border Low.png
| game1=32X
| game2=IBM PC
| game3=IBM PC (border)
| game4=IBM PC (border; "low" graphics detail)
| desc=The 32X version does not run in full-screen. You can simulate a similar look in the IBM PC version by adding borders (pressing "+" twice) and setting the graphics detail setting to "low" (which doubles the width of in-game pixels).

While perhaps a crude way to play today, ''Doom'' on the PC officially supports Intel 386 processors with as little as 4MB of RAM. For many users in 1993/1994, achieving stable performance (maxing out at 35FPS) required that these memory-saving measures were used, so at a quick glance, the 32X's visuals would not have been out of the ordinary for the time. 

To get the game running on the Atari Jaguar (and by extension, this 32X port), a further round of cost-cutting was introduced, with simplified geometry, fewer textures and less static scenery (such as the dead space marine in the opening of E1M1, assuming this is not console censorship). It creates an "emptier" and a less colourful ''Doom'' experience, with more browns and greys rather than, for example, the blue carpet seen above.

On top of the Jaguar changes, the 32X has to make do with a lower colour count for its HUD (owing to the fact this section is being drawn by Mega Drive hardware, not 32X) and a lower average frame rate.
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