Doom fans, here is something really special for you today. It appears that the unique Nintendo 64 version of Doom, Doom 64, will be officially coming to the PC. PEGI has just rated the game for both PC and PS4.
Now according to the rating, Doom 64 should had been released for the PC yesterday, July 26th. I don’t know whether Bethesda plans to delay this release or aims to shadow release the game later this week/weekend on its store.
Doom 64 featured unique sprites and levels for Nintendo 64. The game was also more of a horror game than a classic shoot-them-all shooter likes its predecessors, Doom 1 and Doom 2. Not only that, but a lot of Doom fans consider Doom 64 to be one of the best Doom games to date.
PC gamers have already been enjoying total conversion mods based on this Nintendo 64 version of Doom. Brutal Doom 64 aimed to bring the chaotic action and the gameplay of Brutal Doom to Doom 64, whereas Doom 64: Retribution was a full remake and “port” of Doom 64 for the Nintendo 64 to the GZDoom engine. Furthermore, there was a Doom 64 remake in Doom 2 that brought all the map layouts from Doom 64 in the classic Doom 2 game with assets from Doom 2 for all enemies and objects.
It will be interesting to see what an official port of Doom 64 will bring to the table. Our guess is that the game will be using the Unity Engine, similarly to the Nintendo Switch versions of Doom 1 and Doom 2 that were released yesterday. This is mere speculation so take it with a grain of salt.
We’ll be sure to share more news about Doom 64 PC as soon as we hear more about it, so stay tuned for more!
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Get Brutal Doom 64 on GZDoom, Bethesda can’t do better
This, Brutal Doom 64 is insanely fun while still having the heavy atmosphere of the original.
Funny you didn’t mention DOOM 64 EX, as that’s what this version is based off of (the Night Dive Studios CEO hinted they were officially bringing it back in a livestream a few months ago). It should be using the Kex Engine like Turok, Blood, etc.
“It will be interesting to see what an official port of Doom 64 will bring to the table”
Denuvo?
lmao
Well, since they just released DOOM 1-3 on consoles, they apparently also require a beth.net account, so if they do this, I’d imagine they’ll require us to do the same, which sucks, because I do have a beth account, but we shouldn’t have to register and have DRM tacked on, for already ancient games, that will hardly net them much profit.
They also somehow managed to bork the soundtrack too!
youtube(dot)com/watch?v=Dh7nZ9t2eJA
What in the actual f*k
Indeed. The true scale of their incompetence seemingly knows no bounds.
Also, they’ve since stated that the bethnet nonsense may be patched out or made optional, lol.
So predictable! ?
you can pirate those games right now, you realize that right?
Loathsome person.
P much, Brutal Doom 64 already did the necessary enhancements, they won’t bother with much
*Christians.
Bethesda is actually run by Christians and not Jews. Not sure if they are slimy.
Drop the nescient anti-Semitism.
Reeks of desperation from Bethesda, porting the doom 1 to 3 to Switch (kek) and now this…jeez.
Not desperation… it’s the 25th Anniversary of Doom. Bethesda is just being smart & releasing it on EVERYTHING to make more $$. And at the prices they are selling Doom, Doom 2, Doom 3 & Doom 64 for, it’s a steal & great for gamers.
Fair enough.
Ah to remember the days when old versions of games were just included. Every time game companies re-re-re-release old games like this as a “celebration” of the newer game and charge again for them, that new game coming feels like it will have some shadiness due to the milking machine running at full power.
Nothing official on microtransactions for DoomE so would not surprise me given Bethesda’s monetizing pattern with the last few releases for them to drop a tweet/press release/etc a few weeks before release quietly announcing their inclusion. Perhaps after the latest hype wave comes in August and more preorders are secured. Even further out, a microtransactions store coming after the reviewers give it glowing praise and that hype train is hitting hard.
Not preordering DE, that’s for certain – especially with Bethesda behind the helm.
“REEEEEE! I wANt FrEe stuFFs!”
Yeah, I was stoked to find a hard copy of Quake 2 in the Quake 4 case when I bought it for Xbox 360.
pointless brutal doom 64 is the best version.
Split screen multi is a must.
Also doom news https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d248cc74a1cd9d89805829876e7181aebc25cb6756209b38c3c6147ab2a5b125.png
Who care about this old games people get so excited, I done with the going back lets go forward give me Doom Eternal.
Timeless is not “going back.”