Doom 64

Development

The developer team, Midway, originally wanted to re-create all of the original enemies from the previous DOOM games, but due to deadlines and the memory constraints of the Nintendo 64 cartridge, they had to leave out Commando, Revenant, Arch-Vile and Spider Mastermind from the game.

Japanese version

In the Japanese version all blood was coloured green.

Recreation

Since the original Doom 64 was not available on the PC, a number of unofficial ports have been created by fans over the years.

Doom 64: Absolution, released on July 1, 2003, is a Doom mod which recreates Doom 64. It contains several extra levels. If you still have the original Doom2.wad, you can download and play the TC here.

Doom64EX was released on June 24, 2009. Unlike the previous Absolution TC, it boasts 100% recreation of the N64 game on Windows PCs.

Several other fanmade recreations are listed on the Doom Wiki.

Sprite edits

In the 2020 edition of the game, the medikit, stimpack and berserk sprites were edited so that the crosses are blue instead of red. This is because the rights to the red cross symbol are owned by the International Committee of the Red Cross (who have expressed concern that usage of the symbol in video games cheapens its special significance), and its usage in video games technically violates the Geneva Conventions.

Awards

• Electronic Gaming Monthly
  • March 1998 (Issue 104) - First-Person Shooter Game of the Year Top Write-In (Readers' Choice)

Information also contributed by BurningStickMan and Daedolon.