Doom8088: Atari ST Edition

Updated new page here: https://ataricrypt.blogspot.com/2025/05/doom8088st.html

DOOOOOOOM

After my shock and awe of finally getting Doom running on the Atari ST, another surprise comes along that I never expected. Frenkel recently dropped me a message about his hack of DOOM8088 for any Atari ST/STe with only 1MB of RAM. To get an acceptable framerate, something had to give - no 16 colours, a lower game resolution, etc. Massive hits, but these sacrifices make Doom playable on the 8MHz Atari ST/e.

Here's the bit taken from Frenkel's page before the all-important download link...

Doom was originally designed in 1993 for 32-bit DOS computers with 4 MB of RAM. It's mostly written in C code with very little assembly code. It has been ported to all kinds of systems. Usually, these systems are 32-bit or more and have a flat memory model.

Doom8088: Atari ST Edition is a port for Atari ST computers. It's based on Doom8088, a port of Doom for 16-bit DOS computers.

What's special (first release)?

• Supports only Doom 1 Episode 1
• Rotating overlaid automap
• Only demo3 is supported
• 2 colour mode
• No sound effects
• No music
• No texture-mapped floors and ceilings
• No light diminishing
• No saving and loading
• No multiplayer
• No PWADs
• No screen resizing
• No mouse and joystick support

I must admit, I still can’t fully believe how this is happening. Here I am, playing DOOM8088 on my Mega STe, and it’s incredible, albeit at the expense of aesthetics. But gameplay matters more! I’ve tested using Hatari, and the game works on every configuration of ST/STe except the 520 models. Quite staggering!!

My thanks to Frenkel for getting in touch; I hope this project is only the beginning :)

Go on, grab the download right away https://github.com/FrenkelS/Doom8088ST

Did you ever think this day would come to an 8MHz 16-bit computer??