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Pluto · January 7th, 2002, 09:11 AM

This may seem a silly post but .....
I recently bought a P4 1.8Ghz, 256MB XP PC - a huge upgrade as I was running a Pentium 66 beforehand! Anyway, I downloaded DOOM thinking at last I will be able to play this game but ......... it doesn't run as it should. Jerky when firing, jerky sound!!! Surely it should run OK on this PC? Other more sophisticated games do. Is DOOM too old for the PC?
Any help appreciated.

MacGyver · January 7th, 2002, 09:21 AM

A P66 should be able to run Doom without any problems. Are you using the DOS version or DOOM for Windows? Look here: <a href="http://www.idsoftware.com/archives/doomarc.html" target="_blank">http://www.idsoftware.com/archives/doomarc.html</a>

It's also possible that XP doesn't support this software.

Raven · January 7th, 2002, 09:21 AM

use windows compatibility mode to set the OS type back to support that old of game

Garak · January 8th, 2002, 04:17 AM

Doom, is compatible with XP, as long as you run it with one of the newer ports such as JDoom, or Doom Legacy avaidable here

<a href="http://cjworld.webexperts.net/files/jdoom/jDoom10_full.zip" target="_blank">JDoom (Full Install)</a>
<a href="ftp://jfiles@server1.thefourwinds.net/jdoom/jDoom110.zip" target="_blank">JDoom Patch 1.0 - 1.1 (unzip this over the top of original install)</a>
<a href="ftp://jfiles@server1.thefourwinds.net/jdoom/jDoom111.exe" target="_blank">Patch 1.1 - 1.11</a>

<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/doomlegacy/legacy_132beta4_win32.zip" target="_blank">Doom Legacy 1.32 Beta 4</a>

Good Luck.

January 7th, 2002, 09:11 AM	#1
Pluto Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Devon Posts: 335	Doom! This may seem a silly post but ..... I recently bought a P4 1.8Ghz, 256MB XP PC - a huge upgrade as I was running a Pentium 66 beforehand! Anyway, I downloaded DOOM thinking at last I will be able to play this game but ......... it doesn't run as it should. Jerky when firing, jerky sound!!! Surely it should run OK on this PC? Other more sophisticated games do. Is DOOM too old for the PC? Any help appreciated.

January 7th, 2002, 09:21 AM	#3
Raven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Indianapolis, IN - United States Posts: 327	use windows compatibility mode to set the OS type back to support that old of game __________________ Raven Quote: -------- "Dont whiz on the electric fence" - Ren & Stimpy.

January 8th, 2002, 04:17 AM	#4
Garak Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Hebburn, Tyne & Wear, North East England Posts: 2,448	Doom, is compatible with XP, as long as you run it with one of the newer ports such as JDoom, or Doom Legacy avaidable here <a href="http://cjworld.webexperts.net/files/jdoom/jDoom10_full.zip" target="_blank">JDoom (Full Install)</a> <a href="ftp://jfiles@server1.thefourwinds.net/jdoom/jDoom110.zip" target="_blank">JDoom Patch 1.0 - 1.1 (unzip this over the top of original install)</a> <a href="ftp://jfiles@server1.thefourwinds.net/jdoom/jDoom111.exe" target="_blank">Patch 1.1 - 1.11</a> <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/doomlegacy/legacy_132beta4_win32.zip" target="_blank">Doom Legacy 1.32 Beta 4</a> Good Luck. __________________ All sorts of wonderful things in life.

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January 7th, 2002, 09:21 AM	#2
MacGyver Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Ottawa Posts: 4,231	A P66 should be able to run Doom without any problems. Are you using the DOS version or DOOM for Windows? Look here: <a href="http://www.idsoftware.com/archives/doomarc.html" target="_blank">http://www.idsoftware.com/archives/doomarc.html</a> It's also possible that XP doesn't support this software.