Succeeded in reproducing the legendary multi-monitor mode of DOOM 1.1, a crazy configuration that requires 1 PC per monitor



The FPS game ' DOOM ' released in 1993 has been ported to

Windows notepads , Lego blocks , medical ultrasound scanners , etc. and enjoyed by enthusiasts even now, about 30 years after its appearance. The initial distribution version of such DOOM was equipped with `` a function that allows one person to play using multiple monitors '', but on the YouTube channel ` ` Tech Tangents '', `` You can actually install DOOM on a PC and use multiple monitors. A movie to play with' has been posted and has become a hot topic.

Doom The Way it Was Meant to Be Played-v1.1 Multi-monitor-YouTube


Many of the games released in recent years can be played with multiple monitors, and you can play games while using multiple monitors as ``long width monitors'' as follows.



It seems that old games like DOOM do not have the above multi-monitor function, but in fact the initial distribution version of DOOM 'DOOM 1.1' has a multi-monitor function. DOOM has been released on various media such as floppy disks and CD-ROMs, but only the floppy disk version 'DOOM 1.1' has the multi-monitor function, and DOOM released after that has multi-monitor A feature has been removed.



Tech Tangents has prepared 'DOOM 1.1' and 'MS-DOS' floppy disks to play DOOM on multiple monitors.



To enjoy multi-monitor play with 'DOOM 1.1', one PC is required for each monitor. Tech Tangents provided 4 PCs and a floppy disk reader to play on 4 monitors.



First, check if there are any problems with your PC.



Next, install MS-DOS on each PC.



First, in order to try multi-monitor play with two PCs and monitors, we set up two PCs and two monitors on the desk.



Install 'DOOM 1.1' on each PC.



Successfully started 'DOOM 1.1'.



As a result of connecting two PCs, I was able to play 'DOOM 1.1' on two screens. The right monitor shows a continuation of the area displayed on the left monitor.



You can also use one monitor as a map display monitor.



Tech Tangents, which succeeded in multi-monitor play with two monitors, installed four monitors and four PCs to play with four monitors.



Install and start 'DOOM 1.1' on all four PCs.



As expected, we succeeded in multi-monitor play with four monitors.



When the monitor placed on the upper left is set as the monitor for map display, it looks like this. It looks like the command room of some kind of organization.



in Hardware,   Video,   Game, Posted by log1o_hf