Grab your BFG and play Doom in your browser

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Grab your BFG and play Doom in your browser - Time Waster

by Lee Mathews Dec 23rd 2008

This one really takes me back. As soon as I saw the opening screen, I could picture a dozen people crammed into my dorm room watching my roommate and I deathmatch over our awesome null modem cable.

Yes, Doom 1 has been recompiled in Flash from the original source. It plays just like I remembered the original, and could definitely become a giant Time Waster for anyone else who was hooked on Doom when it was first released.

Playing through a few levels almost made me forget how terrible the movie was (sorry, Dwayne).

There's no music, but I usually had that shut off and listened to my Discman. All the old cheat codes work as well: in case you've forgotten, IDDQD activates "degreelessness" and IDKFA will enable all weapons, keys, and ammo, and boost your armor to 200%. Not that I'm saying you'll need to cheat, but when you remember something like that after 14 years, you give it a try to see if it still works.

You'll need Flash 10 to play, and a non-PowerPC computer to run it.

By the way: if you also enjoyed Heretic (think Medieval Doom with a crossbow), you can find an updated Shockwave version of it on this site.

Thanks, Blake!

Tags: doom, FPS, time-waster, vintage

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Lane Huff said 11:13AM on 12-23-2008

Might help if you put a link to the game you're talking about in the article.

Lee Mathews said 11:31AM on 12-23-2008

Thanks for catching that, Lane...Links added.

CMSes are such a double-edged sword :-P

k4ffy said 11:36AM on 12-23-2008

"IDSPISPOPD"!!!

whiskey said 3:29AM on 12-24-2008

IDKFA IDDQD and sorry guys... Demo mode has no BFG!!!

Max said 2:22PM on 12-23-2008

Unusable frame rate on my current-generation iMac. Plus that damn Kongregate "chat" window is annoying as hell.

whiskey said 4:49PM on 12-25-2008

Maybe is flash that's acting up on you... (it could be OSX) because Windows XP, Vista AND Linux can play it right.

Stunned said 7:07PM on 12-23-2008

Invincibility iddqd
All weapons, keys, ammo, and 200% armor idkfa
Berserker strength idbeholds
Temporary invincibility idbeholdv
Temporary invisibility idbeholdi
Full automap idbeholda
Anti-radiation suit idbeholdr
Light amplification visor idbeholdl
Walk through walls idspispopd or idclip
Chainsaw idchoppers
Level select idclev
Toggle full map; full map and objects; normal map iddt
Display coordinates and heading idmypos
Change music to indicated level idmus

Josh Reiner said 8:10AM on 12-24-2008

OMG I cant believe it, a few weeks ago I downloaded a "hi-res" version of Doom AND Duke Nukem 3D and LOVE IT! What a trip down memory lane!

Jay said 11:42AM on 12-24-2008

think this is cool?
check out quakelive you need an invite from a friend though
http://beta.quakelive.com/beta/

codeman38 said 12:32PM on 12-24-2008

Gahh! It's so ingrained for me that Ctrl is shoot and Space is open that I keep shooting at doors and trying to open enemies.

Prosthetic Lips said 3:34PM on 2-22-2009

I tried that flash version before, and: (1) it comes complete with all the secret areas (at least through level E04), (2) you could not IDKFA to get a BFG. I didn't play it through to where you could get a BFG, so maybe I mis-remember the cheat behavior. Slightly misleading title, but still fun to bask in the "good old days."

whiskey said 4:48PM on 12-25-2008

Demo WAD had no BFG...

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