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X06: Xbox Live Arcade Doom-ed

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Sep 27, 2006 12:44 pm PT

Classic first-person shooter from id Software gets a surprise release on Microsoft's downloadable game service.

The wait for nostalgia-hungry gamers wanting to play their favorite titles of yesteryear on the Xbox 360 can be interminable. The 360 version of Capcom's Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting, originally announced in January, was delayed repeatedly before finally arriving on the Xbox Live Arcade in August. Fighting fans looking forward to the 360 edition of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, originally announced for the Arcade in March, are still waiting for the game to arrive.

Such was not the case for id Software's classic first-person shooter Doom. The PC game was announced for the Xbox 360 earlier today during Microsoft's X06 media briefing, and the game itself was released on the Xbox Live Marketplace almost simultaneously. The game is actually a port of Ultimate Doom, including that game's fourth episode, "Thy Flesh Consumed."

Nerve Software did the honors in bringing the game to the Xbox 360 and made sure to throw in a few features along the way. In addition to the mandatory achievements and leaderboards every Xbox Live Arcade game supports, Doom also has "enhanced graphics," 5.1 surround sound, and online or split-screen modes in cooperative and deathmatch flavors for up to four players.

Doom is available to download for 800 points ($10) and is rated M for Mature.

109 Comments

  • JBiker51

    Posted Oct 20, 2006 3:01 pm PT

    The difference between the GBA and 360 versions is the GBA release had much of the gore removed. The 360, however, is Doom in all its greatness.

  • _Sam_

    Posted Sep 30, 2006 4:40 pm PT

    that's cool

  • fonzieahmed

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 5:11 pm PT

    Its DOOM!!

  • neoand12

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 1:07 pm PT

    oh yeah...its really fun

  • hemakm3

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 11:11 am PT

    Way Cool.

  • skiberdi

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 8:13 am PT

    oo just got the demo. works soo well. and the music is tweaked it i think but still awesome and oldskool.
    buttt i wont be able to use iddqd or idkfa dammit.....

  • Andrew0824

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 8:12 am PT

    Is it worth getting for the multiplayer alone? I already have the single player version that came w/Doom 3, so the only reason I'd get it is for MP.

  • ulrikz

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 3:16 am PT

    Awesome!

  • Treesong

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 2:07 am PT

    I'd almost buy an Xbox just for this game.

  • e1viento

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 2:07 am PT

    Ahh...

    the FPS that got me hooked on FPS.... too bad I already have this game on state of the art 3.5" Floppy disks

    d'oh.. my computers never had floppy disk drives since '00

    heh

  • kryptin

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 1:50 am PT

    funny this version is rated M when the GBA ports of Doom 1 and 2 were rated T. It's the same game what's different?

  • veracity024

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 1:44 am PT

    i hope all the maps in sp are avail in mp.

  • anamnawshad

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 1:34 am PT

    MS is very clever

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:43 am PT

    cool

  • ftjx

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:36 am PT

    WE WANT QUAKE...

  • WESLY_SNYPES

    Posted Sep 27, 2006 11:48 pm PT

    Please, PLEASE don't bring Duke Nukem back. That was one of the worst "me too" games released. Now everyone repeat after me: "WE WANT QUAKE..."

  • Neoyamaneko

    Posted Sep 27, 2006 11:10 pm PT

    When I saw this suddenly on the "new downloads", I had to change my pants

  • Seafury0000

    Posted Sep 27, 2006 10:34 pm PT

    I think the way it works is a 15 yrs old can download it, even though it is rated M, but because of the parent controls can't play it.

  • OtterX

    Posted Sep 27, 2006 10:00 pm PT

    So on most of the Xbox Live Arcade games I actually stop and wonder if I should spend the points on them.... but with Doom, the second I heard it was up on Live, I signed on and downloaded it without even debating it. This is by far the best Xbox Live Arcade game to date.

  • gamecube124

    Posted Sep 27, 2006 9:52 pm PT

    Well now my Win95 can rest in peace...
    Doom, even now has that creepyness...
    Back then I only had shareware...
    Now today I get the full...
    Didn't give the download a sceond thought...
    Although some of those achievements bight be a little hard to get...
    Ultraviolent...

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