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Posted June 23, 2022
Fight against demons in your crusade to hunt down the Mother of Demons and stop Hell's invasion in DOOM 64, a game originally released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997.
Genre: Action (in the purest of forms)
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Posted June 23, 2022
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Gudadantza: Requirements are a bit high, ain't them?
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J Lo: That's what the N64 expansion pak was for XD
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idbeholdME: Doom stuff? Where's Doom 3 + RoE? Come on, stop teasing already.
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J Lo: It's here:https://www.gog.com/en/game/doom_3_bfg_edition
Doom 3 + RoE ≠ Doom 3 BFG edition, as already explained. BFG edition is the watered down version for casuals, originally a console release. Downgrade in most respects imo.
Posted June 23, 2022
Not the Doom I was looking forward to.
Posted June 23, 2022
Now I hope this other lost FPS game from the N64 gets the PC re-release.

Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion
Posted June 23, 2022
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Gudadantza: Anybody knows if this official port can be used to run the game with the DOOM 64 EX pc port? I guess it will be lighter, less accurate though
Yes, you can run this version in the old EX port. It requires a converter as detailed here:

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Doom_64#Mods
Posted June 23, 2022
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Themken: This spells Doom for GOG...
how?
Posted June 23, 2022
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J Lo: It's here:https://www.gog.com/en/game/doom_3_bfg_edition
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idbeholdME: That's Doom 3: BFG Edition. Which changed a ton of things and usually for the worse from the original.

It still is listed separately on Steam for example.

Just the most notable offenders:
1) Most levels have been brightened up, completely killing the atmoshpere.
2) Flashlight can now be active along with a weapon, killing the dynamic of trading visibility for a ready weapon.
3) A lot of ammo has been added throughout the levels, killing any potential resource scarcity.

They basically transformed an atmospheric horror shooter into a generic action shooter.
How is the flashlight being active along with weapons a bad thing? That was a big complaint from people was Doom 3 came out. The other two complaints seem trivial and this coming from a guy that has both versions
Posted June 23, 2022
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Gudadantza: Anybody knows if this official port can be used to run the game with the DOOM 64 EX pc port? I guess it will be lighter, less accurate though
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Lucian_Galca: Yes, you can run this version in the old EX port. It requires a converter as detailed here:

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Doom_64#Mods
Great, thanks a lot. And who knows, maybe the original requirements are just oversized a lot and I will not need to patch the wad. The price is very tempting to let it go.
Not a lot of faith, though, because the Blood Port runs like crap in my rig, not tried the Powerslave one.

Greetings
Posted June 23, 2022
You can find the official soundtrack of Doom 64 on Bandcamp:
https://aubreyhodges.bandcamp.com/album/doom-64-official-soundtrack

or

Official Soundtrack - 20th Anniversary Extended Edition
https://aubreyhodges.bandcamp.com/album/doom-64-official-soundtrack-20th-anniversary-extended-edition
Posted June 23, 2022
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idbeholdME: That's Doom 3: BFG Edition. Which changed a ton of things and usually for the worse from the original.

It still is listed separately on Steam for example.

Just the most notable offenders:
1) Most levels have been brightened up, completely killing the atmoshpere.
2) Flashlight can now be active along with a weapon, killing the dynamic of trading visibility for a ready weapon.
3) A lot of ammo has been added throughout the levels, killing any potential resource scarcity.

They basically transformed an atmospheric horror shooter into a generic action shooter.
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Syphon72: How is the flashlight being active along with weapons a bad thing? That was a big complaint from people was Doom 3 came out. The other two complaints seem trivial and this coming from a guy that has both versions
Because it simplified the game and it lost some of its charm. Light and shadow play was a huge factor in the original, which the BFG neutered by this along with point 1. Before, you had to pick between going in with good visibility, or gun at the ready, risking getting ambushed from the dark. It all added to the atmosphere of the game being primarily a horror shooter.

And I don't really consider changing the game genre as something trivial.
Posted June 23, 2022
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J Lo: That's what the N64 expansion pak was for XD

It's here:https://www.gog.com/en/game/doom_3_bfg_edition
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Spectrum_Legacy: Doom 3 + RoE ≠ Doom 3 BFG edition, as already explained. BFG edition is the watered down version for casuals, originally a console release. Downgrade in most respects imo.
"watered down version for casuals, originally a console release"

The original Doom 3 was released on the first Xbox. I think I still have the box for the Xbox version.
Posted June 23, 2022
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Spectrum_Legacy: Doom 3 + RoE ≠ Doom 3 BFG edition, as already explained. BFG edition is the watered down version for casuals, originally a console release. Downgrade in most respects imo.
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J Lo: "watered down version for casuals, originally a console release"

The original Doom 3 was released on the first Xbox. I think I still have the box for the Xbox version.
The original Doom 3 was a PC game first and foremost, ported to Xbox later on by 3rd party developer. Facts.
Posted June 23, 2022
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Lucian_Galca: Yes, you can run this version in the old EX port. It requires a converter as detailed here:

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Doom_64#Mods
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Gudadantza: Great, thanks a lot. And who knows, maybe the original requirements are just oversized a lot and I will not need to patch the wad. The price is very tempting to let it go.
Not a lot of faith, though, because the Blood Port runs like crap in my rig, not tried the Powerslave one.

Greetings
Yeah, I prefer the EX port as the newer official one lacks an option for the old N64 style texture filter that was in the original for some reason.
Posted June 23, 2022
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Gudadantza: Requirements are a bit high, ain't them?
That was thinking.
Posted June 23, 2022
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Syphon72: How is the flashlight being active along with weapons a bad thing? That was a big complaint from people was Doom 3 came out. The other two complaints seem trivial and this coming from a guy that has both versions
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idbeholdME: Because it simplified the game and it lost some of its charm. Light and shadow play was a huge factor in the original, which the BFG neutered by this along with point 1. Before, you had to pick between going in with good visibility, or gun at the ready, risking getting ambushed from the dark. It all added to the atmosphere of the game being primarily a horror shooter.

And I don't really consider changing the game genre as something trivial.
Maybe I'll do side-by-play through this weekend of both versions. Been some time since I played Doom 3. Because I remember BFG still had the Horror shooter feel to me.
Posted June 23, 2022
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J Lo: It's here:https://www.gog.com/en/game/doom_3_bfg_edition
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idbeholdME: That's Doom 3: BFG Edition. Which changed a ton of things and usually for the worse from the original.

It still is listed separately on Steam for example.

Just the most notable offenders:
1) Most levels have been brightened up, completely killing the atmoshpere.
2) Flashlight can now be active along with a weapon, killing the dynamic of trading visibility for a ready weapon.
3) A lot of ammo has been added throughout the levels, killing any potential resource scarcity.

They basically transformed an atmospheric horror shooter into a generic action shooter.
BFG Edition had frame rate issues for me compared to original despite me being well above the requirements too. That and mod incompatibility why I requested a refund some years ago after trying it out.
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