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Doom Classic released for iPhone and iPod Touch

by Randy Nelson on Nov 3rd 2009 12:00AM

How many versions of id Software's seminal FPS, Doom, can you possibly buy? At least one more. The developer has released Doom Classic for iPhone and iPod Touch, not to be confused with Doom: Resurrection, the ~~tech demo~~ rail-based shooter released earlier this year.

The title is going for $6.99 [app store link] and includes four episodes: "Knee-deep in the Dead," "Shores of Hell," "Inferno" and "Thy Flesh Consumed." It offers multiple control configurations, at least one of which we've gotten fairly proficient with after an embarrassingly long and death-filled adjustment period. We haven't tried out the four-player local Wifi deathmatch yet, but as for internet play? Based on John Carmack's comments, we'd expect to find that washed up on the shores of Hell.

Tags: app-store, Apple, doom, doom-classic, id, id-software, iPod

Reader Comments (30)

Christ. What next? The wii?

Doom: Resurrection was a Wii title. But they decided it would sell more on the iPhone.

I think they were right.

OK, so It can play Doom, but can it play Crysis?

A few more years, and I might smirk.

Old news, Joystiq! I bought this on Saturday!

And I must say, I wish they had gone with Wolfenstein's iPhone control scheme. I don't particularly care for the Doom alterations. It's not terrible, just different.

that's the thing tho. Wolf is a much simpler game, so a simpler control scheme works. I knew once they made the jump to more than two axes of gameplay, people would prbably praise the controls less. It's why I haven't bought Duke 3D. I gotta go check out reviews on that.

And this makes four copies of Doom, Joystiq. One for the PC, one for the iPhone, one for the 32X, and my "Ultimate Doom" port that came with Doom 3 LE.

They have the old Wolf control scheme if you prefer. Turn "center sticks" off in the settings.

*gets*

GET SOME!

Oh wait...wrong game :(

They already have this for FREE on Android. And the physical keyboard and trackball on the G1 make it much easier to control. http://code.google.com/p/doom-for-android/

I tried it on the G1 and found it nearly unplayable. The controls are cramped as all hell, it's laggy, the music just drops at points, and I could never get the shooting right. I tried using the camera button but I got a damn hand cramp.

It's fairly better on the iPhone, clearly Carmack put some elbow grease into this port. I'm certainly having a good time with the game and made it through the first Episode, but I'm still having some trouble adjusting to the controls.

Is it me or did the control scheme feel soooo much better on the Wolf port?

Either way, it's Doom so it's awesome. GET IT.

Why have you been downvoted? You're completely right...

Its all the Iphone fan boys that did it... Those faggots

And now we need quake

yawn

Why do you even take the time to post such a meaningless comment?

@aussa

Well it did get a reaction from you...

I think I got one more Doom run in me.

It's not available in Germany!

yeah! been waiting for this one for months.. the wolf classic port was friggin sweet.

Wolf classic is excellent, the map is done well and u can resize it. You don't have to find the key to get to the next level if you choose not to. Also they just added Spear of Destiny as DLC for free if you already own Wolf. I will pick up Doom on Thursday.

Hmmm...I wonder how I'm gonna put the game into GOD mode without a keyboard...

You tap with 4 fingers to bring up the keyboard.

That price is wayy to high for a game from the 90's.

Oh come on I think it's a fair price considering we're getting 4 episodes, and similar 90's games go for 8-10 dollars on Wii's Virtual Console...and they're not as good!

On top of that Doom timeless and such a fantastic game. That said, you might not like spending 6 bucks on a game with questionable controls. I mean I dig them, but I'm not sure if you will. BUT on the off chance you were down with Wolf for the iPhone, pony up the money and show Carmack that we will pay for his games!!

Otherwise he may stop releasing quality titles T__T

I WANT QUAKE DAMN IT!

I totally agree and you're right, in the large picture it's not a lot of money for a quality title. I think we're (I'm) so used to seeing iPhone games for $2 or less that now I'm like "over $2.99?? *ragee*!"

But quake seems too hectic for an iPhone title.

The app store really devalues decent games ecause of their free pricing model and how so much crap is available for $1. $6 really isn't bad for 4 episodes of Doom, but at the same time, it's too much for a lot of us who have played it so many timea it's only worth a couple bucks to have it on the go. I mean.. I played Doom on several computers, in several engines, on SNES, N64, GBA... That might be it.. But that's still a lot for one game. Considering you can get OpenGL Doom for free, $6 is pushing it.

So how powerful is the iPhone?

it's over 9000!!!!!!!!!!!

They have the classic Doom on the Google phone too!

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