Doom — Atari Jaguar
1994 · First-Person Shooter · Atari Jaguar
Overview
Doom (1994) on the Atari Jaguar is id Software's own port, with 22 of the PC game's 27 levels plus two new ones, squeezed onto a 2 MB cartridge.
Deep Dive
The game fills the whole screen above a status bar and runs at a fairly steady frame rate. It drops the Cyberdemon, Spider Mastermind and Spectre, plays no music during levels, and offers two-player deathmatch through the JagLink 2. Weapons are chosen on the controller's number pad.
Developer Story
id Software developed it and Atari released it in November 1994, stripping the game down to fit the cartridge. Progress saves automatically, and players can restart at any level they have reached.
Did You Know?
- Next Generation called it "definitely the best Jaguar title we've seen so far".
- Rebecca Heineman built the later 3DO version from the Jaguar port's code.
Sources & further reading
- List of Doom ports — Wikipedia
