The birth of 'POOM', which is an old version of the first 'DOOM' in the 80's style, 16 colors & 128 x 128 pixels super classical visual



Introducing the clone game ' POOM ', which is a 1980s-style version of the classic

FPS masterpiece ' DOOM ' released in 1993. POOM is created with the game engine ' PICO-8 ' that emulates the game consoles of the 1980s, and you can enjoy the tasteful graphics of 16 colors and 128 x 128 pixels.

POOM by freds72, Paranoid Cactus
https://freds72.itch.io/poom

PICO-8 is a game engine and emulator that aims to create / play old visual games, and has a visual limitation of 16 colors and 128 x 128 pixels, assuming a 'fictitious game machine that appeared in the 1980s'. In addition to that, the acoustic aspect is also characterized by the fact that it has a limit of simultaneous playback of up to 4 channels, which is almost the same as that of family computers . It is also famous that the highly acclaimed 2D action game ' Celeste ' was developed at PICO-8, which won the Game For Impact category at ' The Game Awards 2018 '.

'POOM', which is said to have made 'DOOM' old by such PICO-8, can actually be played on the official website . The POOM screen is located directly below the logo on the official website.



Click the window to start POOM. On the menu screen, move the cursor up and down the arrow keys on the keyboard, press the X key to confirm, and press the C key to cancel. First, select 'NEW GAME' ...



Select an episode. Only one 'HANGAR' can be selected in the initial state.



Then select the difficulty level. The upper option is easier and the lower option is harder.



The game starts with a load of about 20 seconds. In the game part, the arrow keys on the keyboard move, the X key shoots, and the C key is a use key such as opening and closing the door. The state of actually playing is as follows.

I dared to play 'POOM' which is an old 80's style of the first 'DOOM' --YouTube


Along with the detuned version of BGM of ' At DOOM's Gate ', the play feeling that you can mince the enemy by shooting is DOOM itself. You can enjoy DOOM reborn as a classic visual by PICO-8.



in Video,   Game, Posted by darkhorse_log