Doom (32X)

For the Sega Saturn release, see Doom (Saturn).

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Doom

System(s): Sega 32X

Publisher: Sega

Developer: id Software

Sega of America

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-12-03	¥7,8007,800	GM-4003
US	1994-11-21		84506
EU	1994-12-04		84506-50
BR	199x		152010
AS	199x

ESRB

Sega

ESRA

Tectoy

Doom (ドゥーム) is a first person shooter developed by id Software and released on December 10, 1993 for DOS-based IBM PC compatibles. It was later ported to numerous platforms, including the Sega 32X (as a launch title). t is widely considered to be one of the games that pioneered and popularized the first person shooter genre, and retains a large, dedicated fanbase to this day.

The player assumes the role of a nameless space marine and through use of a varied set of weaponry, must fight his way through moonbases on Mars and the depths of Hell itself.

Gameplay

The game is played through the eyes of the main character. The player navigates through the level and collects weapons, ammunition, powerups, and other miscellaneous items. Certain doors are locked via a red, blue, or yellow keycard which are hidden throughout the level. Eventually the player finds the exit and progresses to the next level. Every so often a boss is encountered, where the level ends upon defeating the boss.

Levels are often made more varied by use of gimmicks and traps such as elevators, poisonous pits, monster closets, and secret rooms.

Differences to the PC Version

The 32X port of Doom derives from the Atari Jaguar version, which adjusts level layouts in areas to ease with rendering, as well as potential hardware constraints, and/or aesthetics on a TV screen as opposed to a computer monitor. Despite this, the game managed to debut on the 32X before the Jaguar version was finalised. Leaked prototypes suggest that 32X Doom was originally more in-line with the PC version, the switching of levels occuring as an mid-development optimisation.

32X Doom does not run at full screen - while the system is technically capable of rendering a full 320x224 Doom image, a border is applied to mitigate performance concerns in some areas.

Due to storage space limitations on a cartridge, the 32X version contains a reduced set of levels from the PC version. The music was also noticeably changed, the developers deciding to remake the soundtrack with GEMS and keep it on the Mega Drive side only rather than use the 32X's PWM — having to make launch date didn't help the situation either. It is considered to house one of worst intepretations of Doom's music, with even the SNES surpassing it in terms of quality.

The game now features a level select menu, allowing the player to select any level within the game; however, by using the level select, the game only presents the user with a DOS prompt at the end, instead of giving the true ending away.

Interestingly enough, even after the game was released to the market, the developers continued adding onto the game, with builds being leaked onto the internet in February 2008.

Production Credits

(in-game credits)
id Software Development Team: John Carmack, John Romero, Adrian Carmack, Kevin Cloud, Sandy Peterson, David Taylor, American McGee, Shawn Green
Sega of America Development Team:

Programming: Jonathan E. Flamm, Banjo Bob Hardy, Toshiyasu Monita, Marty Franz, Rex Sabio, Unni Pillai

Music: Brian Coburn

Art: Jenny Martin

Producer: Jesse K. Taylor

Software Testing: Mike Baldwin, Joel Breton, Chris Lucich, Matt Underwood, Fernando Valderrama, Kim Rogers, Ben Cureton, Lloyd Kinoshita, Alfred Dutton, Sam Sallba, Stan Weaver, Mike Mansourian, Carey Camacho, Aaron Hommes, Jeff Loney

Special Thanks To: Jay Wilbur, Dave Albert, JBM III

(US manual)

id Software Team

Biz Guy: Jay Wilbur

Biz Assistant: Donna Jackson

Software Engineers: John Carmack, John Romero, Dave Taylor, Shawn Green

Artists: Adrian Carmack, Kevin Cloud

Designers: Sandy Peterson, American McGee

Composer: Robert Prince

Doom Logo: Don Punchatz

Sega

Producer: Jesse Taylor

Assistant Producers: Vincent Nason, Greg Becksted

Product Manager: Tim Dunley

Product Specialist: Nemer Velasquez

Programming: Jonathan Flamm, Robert Hardy, Unni Pillai, Toshi Morita

Art: Jenny Martin, Susan Greene

Music: Brian Coburn

Game Lead: Michael Baldwin

Assistant Game Leads: Joel Breton, Christopher Lucich, Matt Underwood

Testers: Fernando Valderrama, Aaron Loichinger, Kim Rogers, Ben Cureton, Lloyd Kinoshita, Aaron Hommes

Manual: Carol Ann Hanshaw, Jay Wilbur

Special Thanks: Haven Dubrul, David Albert, Robert W. Lindsey, Doria Sanchez

ROM dump status

System

Hash

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Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
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1995-03-07

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CRC32
MD5
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1995-02-21

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1995-02-15

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-12-01

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

Cartridge

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-10-08

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-10-08

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-10-02

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-09-28

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-09-27

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-09-25

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-09-23

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-09-21

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-09-16

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-09-14

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-09-09

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-09-06

Page

Promotional material

32X ES PrintAd 1994-12.jpg

32X ES print advert

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[6]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

94

^[2]

Computer + Video Giochi (IT)

90

^[7]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[8]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[9]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[10]

FLUX (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[11]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

87

^[12]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

93

^[13]

Gamer (GR)

81

^[14]

Gamers (DE)

PAL

60

^[15]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

91

^[16]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[17]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

90

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

92

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC

84

^[20]

Mega (UK)

PAL

95

^[21]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

92

^[22]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

87

^[3]

Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)

100

^[23]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

93

^[24]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

92

^[4]

Player One (FR)

95

^[25]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

87

^[26]

Power Up! (UK)

95

^[27]

Power Unlimited (NL)

78

^[28]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[29]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

96

^[30]

Sega News (CZ)

80

^[31]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

95

^[32]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

94

^[33]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

84

^[34]

Sega Force (SE)

100

^[35]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

88

^[36]

Todo Sega (ES)

91

^[37]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

91

^[38]

VideoGames (US)

80

^[39]

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Based on 37 reviews

Doom (32X)

32X, US
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, EU
Cover
Cart

32X, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, BR
Cover
Cart

32X, Asia
Cover

NEC Retro has more information related to Doom

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↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 26
↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Gennaio 1995" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 76
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 74
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-09" (JP; 1994-11-25), page 39
↑ FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 82
↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 27
↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60
↑ Gamer, "Ianouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 35
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 15
↑ Game Informer, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 12
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 78
↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 90
↑ MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 48
↑ Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 20
↑ Mega Force, "Megadrive 32X elle est là!" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 22
↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 60
↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 22
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 64
↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 101
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, December 17, 1994" (UK; 1994-12-17), page 1
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 40
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 February" (JP; 1995-01-07), page 34
↑ Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 70
↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 34
↑ Sega Power, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 50
↑ Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 40
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 24
↑ Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 8
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84
↑ Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 28
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 97
↑ VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 72

[:File:CVG_UK_158.pdf_p73-1] File:CVG UK 158.pdf, page 73

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[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_02.pdf_p87-5] File:UltimateFutureGames UK 02.pdf, page 87

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1995-01.pdf_p26-6] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1995" (JP; 1994-12-08), page 26

[:File:CVG_IT_44.pdf_p76-7] Computer + Video Giochi, "Gennaio 1995" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 76

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_29.pdf_p74-8] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 74

[:File:EGM_US_066.pdf_p40-9] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40

[10] Famitsu, "1994-12-09" (JP; 1994-11-25), page 39

[11] FLUX, "Issue #4" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 82

[:File:GameFan_US_0212.pdf_p27-12] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 12: December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 27

[:File:GamePro_US_067.pdf_p60-13] GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60

[14] Gamer, "Ianouários 1995" (GR; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-01.pdf_p35-15] Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 35

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_08.pdf_p15-16] Games World: The Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-xx), page 15

[:File:GameInformer_US_020.pdf_p12-17] Game Informer, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 12

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_039.pdf_p78-18] Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 78

[:File:Joypad_FR_037.pdf_p90-19] Joypad, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 90

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-01.pdf_p48-20] MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 48

[:File:Mega_UK_27.pdf_p20-21] Mega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 20

[:File:MegaForce_FR_Supplement_34.pdf_p22-22] Mega Force, "Megadrive 32X elle est là!" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 22

[:File:MicroKidsMultimedia_FR_03.pdf_p60-23] Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:Micromania2_ES_079.pdf_p22-24] Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_048.pdf_p64-25] Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 64

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-02.pdf_p101-26] Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 101

[27] Power Up!, "Saturday, December 17, 1994" (UK; 1994-12-17), page 1

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_018_199502.pdf_p40-28] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Februari 1995" (NL; 1995-01-25), page 40

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-02_19950215.pdf_p34-29] Saturn Fan, "1995 February" (JP; 1995-01-07), page 34

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_12.pdf_p70-30] Sega Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 70

[:File:Sega_News_4_CZ.pdf_p34-31] Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:SegaPower_UK_63.pdf_p50-32] Sega Power, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 50

[:File:SegaPro_UK_40.pdf_p40-33] Sega Pro, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 40

[:File:SegaPro_UK_56.pdf_p24-34] Sega Pro, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-02-28), page 24

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1995_02.pdf_p8-35] Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 8

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p84-36] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84

[:File:TodoSega_ES_21.pdf_p28-37] Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 28

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_02.pdf_p97-38] Ultimate Future Games, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-01), page 97

[:File:VideoGames_US_71.pdf_p72-39] VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 72

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Doom (32X)

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Differences to the PC Version

Production Credits

ROM dump status

Promotional material

Physical Scans