Sachys: though that is probably not aided by the one friend with a PC I knew at the time, being one of those who never actually let you play, and forced you to watch them play for hours on end.
I first played Doom at a friend's too. Luckily he was one of those with whom I played a lot together, and it was more often a case of "Go ahead, it's your turn now." "Are you sure? Don't you want to have another go?" Too bad 20 years later he is no longer a gamer :'(
I got Doom and it was a definite improvement over Wolf 3D which I loved. Unfortunately my PC would run it very slowly, so I took it over to my friend and we played at his machine which could run it smoothly.
I got a new PC later and played Doom a lot but unlike Wolfenstein 3D, I've never gotten to completing it. I still have it, so maybe I will some day.
Not in, thanks for the giveaway.