♪ (old-school video game music) ♪
- "Doom." Never heard of it.
- Doom? I've never heard of this game before.
- It kinda looks like maybe Mars.
And they're fighting off maybe aliens.
- Doom. Why not? I've never played the first.
It's probably one of the most iconic shooters ever.
- Doom! Oh my god, this is such a throwback!
I used to play it when I was younger a lot.
- (Finebros) With Doom releasing a reboot to the series
later this month, we are having you play the original
that was first released in 1993 for PC on four floppy disks.
- That's a lot of floppy disks.
I don't think I know what a floppy disk is.
Are they the things that, um-- they're kinda like square-looking,
and they look like the Save button on a computer.
- I don't even know what that means.
But I remember playing the game on a computer.
- Damn, that's like three years older than me.
- I was negative five years old. (chuckles)
I was just not even a thought yet.
- (Finebros) You ready to get started? - (nervously) No.
- "Hurt me plenty"? - (Finebros) Yeah, "hurt me plenty."
- Savage! ♪ (intense 8-bit rock music) ♪
Oh. Oh, whoa! I've seen this before!
- Oh my gosh, the music. Throwback.
- Oh shit, look at those graphics. [Bleep].
This is '93? God damn! Look at the technology.
Okay, let's get it.
- Let's see. We're going left, forward, back.
Just got to try out all the keys.
- Okay. Oh, I can't look down? That's disappointing.
- What is this?
Oh, 101% health?
- All right, then. I'm out to save the day.
- Do I have to jump?
Okay, cool. I already get up these things.
Do I have to kill those? I can't tell.
We'll see. We'll see. Is that anything I need?
- 100% armor.
- I already know the layouts of the level.
Like, I already know where I'm gonna go.
- Oh. There's a corridor.
- Is free roaming wherever I go or what?
- And I think that's a dead monster. Okay.
Let's go this way. There's another dead guy.
- Are you a door? All right.
Oh, I see you guys.
- Oh no. Dude, do I like them? Do I not like them?
(demons screech) Ugh.
(gunshot) Aah!
- Oh, [bleep].
- Die, heathens! (demon groans)
- These are armor. Okay.
- Oh. Nope. Nope.
(gunshots, demons lowing)
- Okay, cool. I killed him.
- Ooh, head shot, head shot, head shot.
Damn, bang bang.
- Oh, there's a guy right there. Oh my god.
- Those things in the back are gonna shoot fireballs at you.
So don't get too close.
- Okay. Let's try not to get killed.
That might not be an option.
- Bang bang. Ah ah ah, ooh.
I see the-- I see, uh-- can I not raise my gun?
- How do I get up there and kill that thing?
I don't think I can, 'cause it's high. And I can't aim up.
- I should probably kill him.
(gunshots, demon growling)
Okay. Oh, Jesus Christ.
(giggles) Okay.
- Make my way through here, get some ammo-nition.
- Okay, let's go.
Oh shit! Oh god!
- Oh my god.
(screams shrilly)
Oh, I killed him though, I think.
(gunshots and growling) - Argh!
Aw, yes, I killed it!!
- Oh. Argh, you sumbitch.
- Okay. This is the end? Right here?
But there's a secret over here.
(player grunts, pants) And there's a new gun and health.
So now I have a shotgun.
- Hold up, let me jump through that.
Oh my god. I just got a shotgun?
I just got a secret-- come on, man. Look at this.
- It's an exit? Wait, is that where I have to go?
(door whirs)
- Oh, it's an elevator?
♪ (jittery beat) ♪ Oh, I did stuff. Yeah!
♪ (jittery beat) ♪
- Oh heck yeah, I didn't die?
- It is pretty cool.
I can see why people were addicted to it back then.
- It was easiest. There was more to it.
If that's just level one, understandable.
- This one's gonna be easy as well.
Okay. I am here.
- I am there. "Nuclear plant."
- All right, cool.
♪ (foreboding music) ♪
- Oh my god. There's so many dead friends everywhere.
- I think in this level, you need keys.
- It's a little sketchy.
(demons lowing)
(gunshots, demons groaning)
Die! This is fun.
(demon growls) - Oh my god, oh my god. Did you hear that?
Oh my god.
(gunshots) Oh my god. Oh my god.
Brah.
- Oh damn, one hit.
- Is there armor? There's a chest plate up over there.
(beep) (hums nonchalantly)
♪ (beat picks up) ♪ - I want to find secret stuff.
Okay. (lift whirs)
This seems promising.
(lift whirs)
Ooh, look at that. See? Put your mind in something.
- Whoa. What? Oh.
(excitedly) Oh, is this another weapon?
(whispers) Yes!
- (gasps) I found another gun!
(demons roaring)
- Aah! (demons groan)
See how helpful the shotgun is?
(demon groans) One-hit kill.
So this red thing means I need to find a red key
to get into that door. So I have to look for the red key.
- Just gotta-- all right, I think this is where I have to go.
(door whirs) Ooh!
Ooh, you dead. (chuckles)
(demon groans) - Cool.
Health-healths.
- Okay, we're at 72% health.
(gunshots) No!
Okay, cool.
- Ugh, that's one! Get--
Oh, hey buddy. Bam! (laughs)
- Oh. I got a red thing. What is that? Is that a secret?
- The red key should be right here, around here.
There it is. See, I remember. I remember. Heh.
(demon groans) - Head shot.
(door whirs) Oh, it looks like we're back here.
- Uh, I don't really know where I'm going now.
- All right. I don't know what my main plot is.
I think that's the only thing that I'm confused about.
But everything else seems to be pretty good.
- I feel like there's some lore to it that I'm missing.
But I don't know if this game really dives into that.
- This one I didn't go through.
(door whirs)
- Here's the red door. So I'm gonna go in there.
(door whirs)
- People to kill. Die! Take me to your leader!
- Oh my god, oh my god. Oh my god.
Oh my god. Oh my god. (shaky sigh)
That's what happens when you don't be low-key!!
(door whirs)
- Okay. I feel like there's gonna be a lot of monsters,
since they gave me a lot of health. So...
(door whirs, demons low)
Oh, I was right.
- Oh, shit.
Why does a game that's over 20 years old startle me?
- Oh my god. Holy crap! Holy crap!
Holy crap! Oh my god.
Bro.
- [Bleep] that, bro. [Bleep] that.
- Oh, crap! Die!
(cracking up) Die... die...
This is awesome.
(gunshot and growl) - (fiercely) Yes!
Okay. I just killed another one of those demon people.
- Can't see anything.
Maybe this way. I was already here.
You know, just because I don't know where I'm going
doesn't mean I'm lost. I'm just exploring.
Not all those who wander are lost.
Although in this case, I have no idea where I am.
- So we're gonna click this.
(door whirs) That opens that.
- There IS a switch. Is that a space bar too?
(door whirs) Yes.
Ooh! Secret passageway.
- Ooh. Ooh, this looks suspicious.
Oh, what the heck? What is this?
- This game has a lot of secret pathways.
I think that's the only thing that's gonna screw me over
in the long run.
(door whirs, demons growling)
- (stoically) Oh, I'm scared. I'm so scared, man.
(gunshots, demons groaning)
- Too easy.
(player panting)
- (nervously) No! Aah, aah, aah.
Don't kill me. Don't kill me.
Okay. So I killed one of them.
(door whirs, demons groaning) - Kill it. Die.
(demon groans) Aah!
(demon growling) Oh my god! Oh my god!
Oh my god! Oh my god! Literally oh my god.
This thing looks promising, I guess.
There's a switch right there.
- There's like a little triangle glowing.
- Think I killed everything.
♪ (jittery beat) ♪
(excitedly) Wait, did I finish?
- I'm gonna leave this stupid place.
♪ (jittery beat) ♪
I beat it.
- This game's actually not that bad for such an old game.
- You have your mazes, and then you have your monsters.
Portal and Gears of War into one.
- That was really fun. I'm excited for the new version.
- The game itself-- there wasn't anything special about it,
'cause I personally don't really like games where you just go
and you shoot, and that's all you do, and you collect stuff.
I like story-based games, so I was not a big fan of this game.
- It was fun how you had to explore
and figure out which way you were going.
- I'm having fun going around finding out what's going on,
shooting all these bad guys with a shotgun.
I'm glad I found it.
- Oh my gosh. Like, I totally forgot about this game.
I used to play this game so much when I was younger.
And I know all the secrets.
I know all the different levels and endings.
It's just a really fun game.
- (Finebros) Like we mentioned,
Doom is being remade for the current gen,
and we want you to take a look at it. - All right.
- I think it probably will look cool.
I'm imagining a really Halo-y looking thing.
♪ (intense music) ♪
- Definitely amped up the graphics.
- Bethesda or whatever. The same people who make Fallout.
- (laughs) Already I'm like, "Well damn, what an improvement."
(chuckles)
- Okay, this looks good so far.
(blast) Okay, see, like, look.
Now those monsters actually look scary.
I would not play this game.
(metallic ringing, gun blasts)
- Double barrel. It's actually pretty cool.
- Okay. I don't know.
It doesn't look as scary as I would imagine it.
(mechanical whirring)
(boom) - All right, this is pretty sick.
Oh-- oh jeez.
(saw grinds) - Oh, and the blood looks realistic too.
- See, if this is what I was going through,
I would be way more enter--
Yes. I would be so entertained.
- Oh. It looks more futuristic than scary.
- Okay, I'm feeling that. I'm feeling that.
That kinda like Gears of War type stuff going on.
- That's so cool. That's so cool!
- That's-- that's an improvement, all right.
I would actually want to keep playing this game now.
It'd make you badass as hell.
Like, this doesn't even compare to Halo anymore.
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- Bye! I'm not that sure we should be trying to land on Mars now.
♪ (old-school video game music) ♪