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[–] Sylver@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

In their honor, let’s get DOOM to run in the comments

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

No John, thank you!

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

When I was 12 in 1994 I typed my friend's phone number into the dial up peer-to-peer option Doom offered and played a game online for the first time. This definitely stuck with me as one of those "this is going to change things" moments

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

In high school, we wasted time in the computer lab playing Doom. We didn't know what a "null modem cable" was, but a bunch of us had one and knew we needed one to play multiplayer Doom.

[–] ezures@lemmy.wtf 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Guess I need to replay some classics

"Cant leave without my buddy Superfly"

[–] addie@feddit.uk 3 points 9 months ago

Since all the games of that era now have laughably out-of-date tech, the fact that Daikatana did at the time doesn't stand out so much. Played through it again a couple of years ago; it's more janky-but-interesting than the disaster that you'd believe from its reputation - has some good bits in amongst the mostly-okay.

The Gameboy Color version of Daikatana, which is a top-down JRPG instead? That is genuinely a good fun game. Think JR has it for free download on his home page? Easy to get, anyway.

[–] brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago

the classics and the newer entries are all great games, super stoked for the next one