The first PC I got was in 1996 – it was Pentium 60Mhz with 8MB RAM and 800MB HDD if i recall correctly. My cousin used to visit me and my brother from time to time (especially during summer), and every time he would bring with him some games on discs or CDs. That’s how we got The Settlers and Dune 2 and many other games. That’s also how we got to play Doom 2 for the first time, and that was something unique, even for 1996-1997. The first few levels, I think I know by heart, that’s how often I used to play them.
I never did finish the game back in the day. I got to the last level (The Icon of Sin) when I was younger, I figured out what to do, but I could not for the life of mine aim the rockets into the forehead to kill the boss. So, I just NOCLIPed directly to the Romero’s head and finished the game this way.
As for DOOM 1, it took me a few more years after DOOM 2 to get the hold of it, but at that time (late 90s/early 2000s) there were other game that occupied me (Starcraft, Fallout 1/2, BG 1/2), so I never played it much.
Only a few days ago, I managed to finish both the games and beat the Icon of Sin the correct way 🙂
