Join the Doom Slayer, Fighting Against the Forces of Hell, Again!

Last week saw the release of Doom: The Dark Ages, the eighth installment of the classic franchise, and prequel to the Doom of 2016.

I was just about 10 years old when ID Software released the original Doom game and, back then, the way we interacted with the gaming world was very different. There wasn’t an accessible internet, nor thousands of titles and a massive indie market, there was just a niche little market for people who had a computer or console to mess around in their bedrooms. In fact, I’m not even sure the game had an age rating, but instead a warning of blood, gore and violence… a LOT of violence in the case of Doom!

Video from STEAM Store

Unfortunately, today, my aging laptop would likely struggle too much to support the amazing graphics of this new installment, but from the pictures and videos I’ve seen so far, I will definately be trying this out if/when I get the chance.

The reason I am making this post is more because of the nostalgia ride I went on, looking back at the Doom franchise’s history, and also of other games that were linked to this period of time. For example, I came across the Wiki entry for Commander Keen (1990-91; excluding the 2001 game for Game Boy Colour). I remember playing this off the floppy disk, back when I was a kid spending the summer holidays with my aunt, on their ancient PC! This was a side-scrolling platformer by the ID too.

Anyway, just thought I’d share this.