Brand new Doom for... SNES?

[Dark Jaguar]

Yeah, I'm kind of with you there.  The chip being what it is isn't fast enough for BSNES cycle accuracy, and the clock speed they're going for is pretty crazy for a console even in 1996 (The PS1 was a 33Mhz processor for example).  It does feel more or less like cheating, and the lack of actual saving with a tiny bit of Flash memory onboard is an odd choice too.  They're adding proper mouse support, but not support for the XBand keyboard, but also... a new standard they've put together for rumble on board.

I guess all I can say is... well it certain is interesting on some levels.  It's just not all that compelling to me personally.  With what it's doing, I may as well play it emulated on my PC, and at that point, I may as well just play a modern Doom source port.  I'm not saying it's a pointless project, it's just not one that piques my interest.  I find the modern update of the 32X version of Doom more interesting personally.

Anyway, it's up for preorder now, and the collector's version just vanished in an instant.  I guess there's a lot of people who've got some interest in it after all.