Continuing with the announcements made during QuakeCon 2024, Limited Run Games announced a new "Definitive Edition" for one of the original console ports of Doom, focusing on the Super Nintendo release made by Randal Linden.

Limited Run Games unveiled through their social media that they are working alongside the original developer in charge of porting the original Doom into the Super Nintendo back in the 90s, Randal Linden. This new Definition Edition of the original SNES Doom will feature a number of quality of life improvements, which the SNES version sorely needed, as well as some extra features that SNES games never had back then, like rumble and full motion video support.

Some of the new expected features listed by LRG are:

• All 4 DOOM episodes, including Thy Flesh Consumed
• Added circle-strafe
• Performance improvements
• Monster respawning on Nightmare difficulty
• Level codes
• Rumble support via an all-new controller!
• Full motion video thanks to the new custom "Super FX 3" chip

The most important point of interest in this new release is the new custom-made chip specially designed for this project, titled "Super FX 3", which aims to improve the speed and memory to give the game better performance. While Randal hasn't given too much information regarding this new chip, he shared on X that this new chip is currently FPGA-based, but that the FPGA version "may not be the final chip" itself.

Alongside Randal Linden, longtime Doom developer and modder Cacodemontube was contacted by Randal to work on the implementation of any missing levels from the original Doom and its 4 episodes back into the SNES version, as well as polishing them so that they work within the hardware and space constraints of the original SNES. Cacodemontube uploaded a video going through the hurdles of porting over the missing levels, and it also showcases the full motion video feature that the new Super FX 3 chip brings to the table.

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Limited Run Game's Definitive Edition of Doom for SNES is scheduled for a 2025 release with no exact date yet, and will include a custom made gun-metal coloured cart, a poster, a custom retro box for the game, and an instruction booklet, all of this in the standard package.
LRG will also be offering a special "Collector's Edition", which will only have 666 physical releases made, including a custom gun-metal cartridge with blood splatters, and a special numbered certificate to validate it.

Limited Run Games X/Twitter Profile
Limited Run Games Website
Randal Linden's X/Twitter Profile
"Doom-FX" source code at Randal Linden's GitHub

 

[Marc_LFD]

I have some thoughts about this…..

Will this work on pal consoles? some people want to experience this too!

Will it be emulate-able?

And it should say 2026 (or 2027), it’s LRG

Carts can be made region free, but PAL consoles have the problem they were downgraded to 50Hz.

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I absolutely love the maturity displayed in this forum regarding LRG. Incels get so angry over the silliest things.

They're incels? Don't see how.

If folks can be labeled incels, then I guess they'll be called far right next.

 

[Axido]

I think this is one of the super rare occasions where I actually want to buy something from LRG. I'm gonna keep an eye out for it, unless they forget to make a PAL version.

 

[ZeroFX]

Cash grab for the ones with less iq.

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They're incels? Don't see how.

No, it's you who doesn't understand! You don't like his favorite multi-million dollar company??? you don't have sex!

 

[LanHikariDS]

You don't like LMG? why's that?

Waited four-ish months for the Quake II physical on Switch, got it solely to host LAN parties through crossplay, only to find out that Crossplay doesn't work on LAN. Requested a refund because the marketing was misleading, and LRG denied my refund solely because I'd opened the game.

On top of the prior points made about them, they also claim to only produce as many copies of a game as are preordered, yet they also somehow run a physical store that has copies of these pre-order only games on their shelves. All in all, I'm done supporting this company, they're not a great alternative to proper physical retail releases.

 

[Viri]

Waited four-ish months for the Quake II physical on Switch, got it solely to host LAN parties through crossplay, only to find out that Crossplay doesn't work on LAN. Requested a refund because the marketing was misleading, and LRG denied my refund solely because I'd opened the game.

On top of the prior points made about them, they also claim to only produce as many copies of a game as are preordered, yet they also somehow run a physical store that has copies of these pre-order only games on their shelves. All in all, I'm done supporting this company, they're not a great alternative to proper physical retail releases.

LRG is a "monkey paw" wish from someone wishing for a company to save physical video games.

 

[CeeDee]

They should port Doom to SNES a third time

 

[Kioku]

I absolutely love the maturity displayed in this forum regarding LRG. Incels get so angry over the silliest things.

Mentions maturity…

Uses terminology such as “incels”….

Surely, the irony is not lost on you?

 

[Latiodile]

Sounds like Nintendo.

nintendo doesn't like preservation, so not really

I absolutely love the maturity displayed in this forum regarding LRG. Incels get so angry over the silliest things.

"anyone i don't like and don't agree with their opinion is a(n) <insert bad group of people>"

 

[Robert Newbie]

I've heard from others about LRG not filling orders or taking a large amount of time to ship products. I've never used them myself, so I can't confirm. Still, this is interesting news. I'm sure I've said this before, but it's so surreal to see old hardware get so much attention.

 

[raxadian]

At this poiht it will be basically like that custom chip for an Amiga that's basically a different computer you control using the Amiga.

 

[Kwyjor]

My first thought was that it would be horrendously expensive, but I guess lots of flash carts have had support for SuperFX games for some time already.

Full motion video thanks to the new custom "Super FX 3" chip

And that just sounds like they're using MSU-1.

In any case, my understanding has generally been that while the SNES port of Doom is an interesting technical achievement, does anyone really want to play Doom that way when there are so many alternatives..? And for those who do want to play Doom that way, aren't the technical limitations of the original version part of the "charm"?

At this poiht it will be basically like that custom chip for an Amiga that's basically a different computer you control using the Amiga.

That would be like https://gbatemp.net/threads/develop...-through-the-custom-made-superrt-chip.578979/ .

 

[eskinner3742]

Custom Super FX 3 chip, you say? Sounds powerful... But can it run Doom?

 

[pedro702]

my question is why? doom is on everything ... why go for a snes copy when you can play the exact same game on basically everything? meh.

 

[BETA215]

Is it original hardware (what people seem to lean into) if it's just a completely new chip?

One thing is emulating original chips, which is a stretch if you're looking for an authentic experience, but worth the compromise I think. Or using individual flashcards, which can make the experience more genuine - customizing the cart exactly how you want for every single game, for example,

Creating completely different hardware makes actual sense if you want to get a genuine experience?

At that point, if it's just for Doom, use your SNES controller with a compatible device connected to a TV, and voilá. It's different from SNES CD ideas I've seen around, which are explicitly looking for an unique and out there experience.

 

[Marc_LFD]

nintendo doesn't like preservation, so not really

You missed the point. Mario 3D All Stars was released intentionally in a limited quantity and now it gets sold for more than it should.

This company is no different they say they care about preservation, yet do the same crap.

 

[Tofu_mommy]

I absolutely love the maturity displayed in this forum regarding LRG. Incels get so angry over the silliest things.

I can take your money and send you damaged trash way later than I agreed to, charge you too much for it, and abuse FOMO tactics to push you into coughing up money, and do everything to refuse to ship you a working product, using extremely limited stock as an excuse, but then sell extra copies here and there. Disc-based stuff? It will be poorly burnt, the idea of it being functional be damned.

Yes, it's totally "incels" being "immature" about straight up scams.

 

[lordelan]

and a special numbered certificate to validate it

Don't tell me this is some kind of copy protection?
Also there'll probably be no emulator-compatible digital release due to their special chip I assume? That's rather bad news too (for a digital guy like me).

 

[JaNDeRPeiCH]

So this new doom snes cartridge will be 32 mb or surpass that limit?

 

[Bladexdsl]

who even still has a snes and will pay full price for a snes cart! IDIOTS THAT'S WHO

 

[ciaomao]

i have no snes, but othewise i would support it, as it is a project from the one and only randel!