DOOM strikes back on the ST!

Lately two projects have emerged on the web in an attempt to bring world famous Doom game onto the ST. So far we had been given a few great FPS in the likes of Substation  in 1995 and above all Wolfenstein 3D in 2025. In 2021 the new challenger was called Dread and a great playable demo was even released before the game gradually vanished for some reason. The project later changed name/background and now calls itselft Grind but this time the ST version has disappeared...

In the meantime our friend AtariCrypt has written a couple of article about these new projects so let's try to sum things up:

1. First there is STDoom. Developped by Jonas Eschenburg who earlier brought us an ambitious voxel engine, this port uses the original sources. A few previews later what we have is something that looks like Doom yet requires an accelerated ST (Mega STe in the videos right below) but we can still dream of a final version running on a standard ST or STe.

2. The second project is called Doom8088 and is a port from the PC low spec version coded by a guy named Frenkel. It runs on standard STs even though much still has to be done before final version. Yet it also looks promising!

Want to read more about these two then go to AtariCrypt to learn more about STDoom and Doom8088. Now let's cross fingers and see what happens in the next few months!