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the most contraversel game i know has invaded the N64-beware

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

To this generation doom 64 would look like the most cruddy game ever concived.but it is far better than about 95% of the games on most consoles,but this game is not without blemish.let us start out with the following....
1) the good, the graphics are spectacular for a n64 FPS the enemis are well animated as well as the levels themselves,the lighting effects are divine when there is a neon red light not only will it show on your gun but also the enemies too,there is no music but there is ambient sounds and what not,the story seems to be the same old same old but this is not bad.

now heres the bad news(this should be read by parents for there own benefit)
the bad-as you know Doom is about a group of scientist that find a martian lab
that in game terms opened a portal to hell,so guess what the scientist do
they open the portal and low and behold they let out a boat load of demons that either kill or zombifiy the people there(you'll find some of the limbs ,and such in the levels, of the unfortunate ones) and you are sent to exterminate them and close the portal. the blood/gore factor of game is not pretty, of course i have not got past the third level but if i know Doom well its not going to get any better,as for demonic/satanic i haven't found any yet but there is 100% chance you'll find some in the latter levels,thats all for now for the bad.

in conclusion i would never recommend this game to anyone and this game should be avoided at all cost!!!(even though it is a high graphics games)
signed sir drusel

Be DOOM-ed!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love Doom ever since I first played it on the PC. To have it for my Nintendo 64 is great! Good graphics and all. Everyone should be DOOM-ed!

Quake 64 owns this

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

...because, for me, in this game there is too much running around going, "okay what in the @#$% am I supposed to do now?" and "Where is the little arbitrarily-placed secret opening in some wall somewhere in the map which the switch I just pressed opened? Great, now I will probably spend 5 excruciating minutes searching for the thing. meanwhile I could be playing Quake." It is too frustrating for me because these elements (switches, keys) necessary to keep the momentum in the game going seem to me to be arbitrarily located around the levels, whereas in Quake there is a "rhyme and reason" to their placement. One time as I was playing this they hid a switch behind some secret armor inside a wall, but I got the armour and missed seeing the switch because it blended in with the background color and pattern. when I finally went back and noticed it I was fuming. This game is no fun for me to play at all, indeed, quite the opposite, sir.

DOOM at it's best!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you like scif/horror first person action games you can't go wrong here. Like in previous versions of this game, there are no objectives, you just blast your way through level after level of monster infested spaceports and labs. The enemies are still 2-Dimensional, but they have been revamped and look new and different. The weapons have also been improved. The framerate is very smooth and the graphics are clear and stylistic, with ambient lighting. There are 4 difficulty settings. The soundtrack is also very dark and ambient. The controls are a bit of a pain, you definetely have to adjust them. But theyr'e solid and fully customizable. This is one of the most fun shooting games Iv'e ever played. It's fast, simple, and intense. Doom 3 is great and all, but I still think this one is the best!

Great retro-gaming

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

With anticipation of the Nintendo Wii's release, and the subsequent availability of all previous Nintendo platform games, I have been looking through the online archives for some of the games I am looking forward to playing again.
DOOM 64 was by far the most played game on my Nintendo 64. I have not played the game in about 5 years but I remember it fairly well. This review is based on what I do recall. If some details are inacurate, I apologize in advance.
The graphics in this game are clearly outdated by now. But good graphics does not a game make. I played DOOM3 and while it was spectacular to look at and had some genuine scares, it still was lacking something. Perhaps it had too much. It tried to give a story to DOOM. I actually liked the arbitrary action in DOOM 64. You were a Marine and you were fighting hell spawn on the moon of Kronos. Your objective was not to live, but to survive long enough to kill the Mother Alien. You had some puzzle solving and plenty of killing to so. Nice. SImple. Perfect.
What I liked about DOOM 64 was that there were 4 secret levels that contained hidden Pentagrams. Through the course of the game, as you came upon them you weren';t sure what they were for. It wasn't until the final boss battle that you realized just how significant they are to your ultimate success for they are actually locks to portals that prevent infinate legions of demons bearing down on you while you try to destroy the Mother Alien. If you do not have at least two of these locks, then your chances for success are minimal, at best. Finding these pentagrams added a whole new depth and challange to DOOM 64 that was not present in DOOM3.
THat aside, the moody soundtrack and countless jolt scares made it a first of it's kind. It improved on the original PC versions with better graphics and better level designs. Levels would morph right in front of you as you hit switches, sometimes completely changing the layout of a whole level.
Also, sorely missing form DOOM3 were the Cyber Demons and their obliterating rocket launchers. THese beasts were the rare enemy that would consistantly have me running in fear. Barons, you could side step and take down with a few double barrled shotgun blasts. But Cyber Demons required you to use strategy and precision. And they would waste you in a heartbeat if you were not careful. A great adversary to be sure. Just hearing the grinding of their mechanical hooves as they treaded in my direction still gives me semi-chills. Great stuff.
Overall DOOM64 is a great game. What it lacks in graphics and presentation it makes up for in style and attitude. THis was the peak of what DOOM would be until DOOM3 came around 8 years later. I can't wait to play it again in the near future. If you have not played it, and you get a Wii....give it a try. I don't expect many people to connect to it the way I do, but who knows.

Thanks for listening.

Awesome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm not much for these types of games, but Doom kicks the rest to the dirt. The game is so much fun. I love the idea of shooting up Demons. I have had the pleasure of playing any of the other doom games but i bet they rock.

I regret selling this game and my n64.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I remember freakin out when I got this game back when n64 was "in." The game is so awesome and is the perfection of the original DOOM series. The weapons are nicely redone, as are the demons. It's a little difficult playing a game like DOOM using a controller rather than a keyboard and mouse, but that is a small price to pay for playing a masterpiece like Doom64.

The music is just plain eerie, and the lighting and graphics are pretty good. I was also quite surprised that such a game would be on a console that *mostly* kids used, the n64. But anyways, the game is cool and you should buy it.

A New Look

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What I like most about this game is the new look of the weapons and monsters. This was the first Doom game to really look different. The new weapons and monsters have an awesome design. The only ones that I think looked better in the original are the Lost Souls and Cacodemons. Every other monster is streamlined to look real nice.

The final monster at the end is some kind of big ugly rat thing. An interesting new character.

The levels are pretty darn complicated, I think even moreso than the previous Doom games. It might only be because it's harder to cheat on this game than the computer Doom games.

I thought the music and atmosphere made the game creepy, and the goofy skipped-frame way the monsters moved made the game funny. It's an interesting mix.

This game is fun to play. If you like Doom, you'll like this. There's cool levels and secrets just like in every Doom game.

Killing Satanic Spawn Has Never Been So Much Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am another one that has recently pulled out their old N64 to play. Looking through the bag of games I found Doom 64. My love of Doom began again. I have been a fan of Doom ever since the original came out in 1993 when I was ten years old (22 years old now). This is game is immense fun.

Man, did this bring back old memories. Doom 64 is a then updated version of the classic series. The demons looked better and still had the eeriness the series has always had. This game is also very challenging, I find my self dying every now and then. Luckily I have a N64 memory card that I can load so I don't have to start over without all of the weapons I have picked up along the way.

This game is surprisingly lengthy, hours of game play for the Doom fan that will bring them to a state of heaven.

I recommend this game to anyone who still has an N64 and a video game store near by that sells old/used video games. This is definitely something to pick up. If you are just now discovering the wonderful world of DOOM, this game is for you.

One of my favorite versions of Doom

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Doom returns in this 64-bit entry of the Doom saga. The gameplay is, basically, Doom, but with 32 new levels, one new weapon (the Laser), and one new enemy type (the final boss, the "Mother of all Demons"). The graphics, with their high resolution textures, are head and shoulders over all the other Doom games before this. The ambient soundtrack and solid sound effects also get high marks.This game is a bit dark (as far as how bright the screen is during gameplay), there's no multiplayer option, and without a controller pak, the passwords are a bit hard to remember. But at the end of the day, this game is still a lot of fun, and is highly recommended.

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