/vr/ - Retro Games

I am working on some videos that showcase different source ports in action so that new players (and old players who originally played in the 1990's) can decide which source port they want to play on. The source ports I chose so far are: Crispy Doom, to show a pixelated, classic Doom look; PrBoom+, to show a retro-look but with full-screen 1080 resolution; and GZDoom, to show what's possible with mods and OpenGL lighting. I might include more in the future, like Doom Retro; some anon said that Doom Retro is the second-most downloaded source port, though I have yet to find a source to back up that claim.

One thing I noticed while recording these demos is that GZDoom is significantly easier to play on than the other two. For whatever reason, I consistently get better luck while playing GZDoom, though this is admittedly just anecdotal evidence.

Another reason I made these videos is so that players can find a video on how to beat the original three Doom episodes on Nightmare difficulty. I couldn't find a guide on how to do a full episode clear on Nightmare; all I found were either NM-speed or NM-100S speedruns, or Nightmare Pistol Start runs of each level, so I had to create a route through the levels myself that included only the important secret areas and that skipped all the pointless secret areas (like the one on E1M2 that only includes four armor bonuses). Anyway, I will share those routes with you now.

I am still recording demos, but this is what I have so far:

E1 (Crispy Doom)
> https://youtu.be/ct_sh9A39to
E1 (PrBoom+)
> https://youtu.be/z7DlbPP8-hA
E1 (GZDoom)
> https://youtu.be/ALWb8WbzbZs
E2 (Crispy Doom)
> https://youtu.be/-2czsgD7DjA
E2 (GZDoom)
> https://youtu.be/gupliqxM-l8