Limited Run Games *just opened pre-orders on a brand new version of Doom for the Super Nintendo / Super Famicom. This version has been completely remade by the original SNES version creator Randy Linden, based on the source code from the 1995 version. This includes all the missing levels and all of Episode 4, as well new features like running at a higher 20fps and rumble controller support! There are Standard and Collectors Editions for $100 and $175 respectively and LRG is also selling a rumble controller, for an additional $35. Pre-orders will remain open until August 10th and they’re due to ship to customers in February of next year:
Doom SNES (2025): https://limitedrungames.com/products/doom-snes
SNES Rumble Controller: https://limitedrungames.com/collections/all-merch/products/snes-rumble-controller
One really interesting feature of this game is an updated version of the SuperFX chip, they’re calling the “FX3”. This chip is emulated via a RP2350 and allows the cartridge to perform much better than original SNES games. **Also, the team has open-sourced the code for the SNES rumble controller, allowing it to be integrated into homebrew. Kando has already released a version of Star Fox with it added and Darthcloud has just added SNES rumble support to Blueretro!
I hope to have a chat with Randy about this at some point soon, but if you’d like to see it in action, check out a livestream I did here:
*Updated 07/11 to show pre-orders are now open.
**Updated 07/14 to link to the open-source rumble implementations.
