As the Atari fellows over at Ataricrypt report, there is a proof of concept for an ST port of Doom. Apparently Jonas Eschenburg who recently surprised with hisย new voxelspace engine has now delivered a preview of the legendary shooter running on an ST. Steve from Ataricrypt investigated deeper and also provides a video of the game engine running on his page.
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To get anything playable, you'll need acceleration, probably hefty acceleration.ย
At least Ataricrypt is showing as running on 8/16 Mhz 68000 and not PiStorm.
It's almost like people have forgotten the Falcon Bad Mood project. It took a herculean effort with high use of the DSP by one of the most skilled persons we have in the scene to get a playable game out of it.
I think we're fooling ourselves to think the original Doom will run well on an original ST(e), but I understand the fun in doing a proof of concept (and being featured in Toms Hardware!)
Sorry for being the grumpy party pooper.
It's a nice little project but the attention is completely undeserved.