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4776119 No.4776119 [Reply] [Original]

>be dumb kid who enjoys DOOM
>see this in Blockbuster
>"Oh wow, DOOM is on SNES? I wonder what this is like!"
>rent it
>it's just a port of PC DOOM

>> No.4776121
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4776121

>>4776119
>Blockbuster

Why do you hurt me, anon?

>> No.4776125
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4776125

For some time I thought this was a DOOM spinoff. I was a stupid kid,

>> No.4776404
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4776404

>I thought it would be a thing
>It's the thing I thought it would be!

>> No.4776410

>>4776404
No, I wrongly assumed it would have different levels from the PC version. Again, I guess I was just a dumb kid who didnt understand the concept of ports.

>> No.4776416

>buy Doom 64
>expect all new levels and shit
>get it
>buy Quake 64
...

>> No.4776657

>>4776125
I never knew it wasn't related to Doom, but then I never questioned that it wasn't so I never looked it up to find out otherwise.

>> No.4776694

>>4776416
That's why Quake 64 flopped. They acknowledged the problem and corrected it on Quake 2 64

>> No.4776896

>>4776416
>>4776119
Could you not read the back of the box?

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4776934

>>4776416
but N64 quake was called just quake?

>> No.4776937

>>4776896
>dumb kid

>> No.4776938

>>4776119
>>4776410
Good thread

>> No.4777336

>>4776896
I was likely around 10 or quite possibly younger at the time and it probably didn't cross my mind that it would just be the PC game.

>> No.4777348

">it's just a port of PC DOOM"

What else did you expect?

>> No.4777385

>>4777348
Different levels, I guess. See DOOM 64.