Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Found this old Atari Jaguar Doom commercial and there is a real gap between how good this port actually was and how badly Atari managed to sell it.
Atari released Doom for the Jaguar on November 28, 1994, developed directly by id Software, with John Carmack handling the core engine, Dave Taylor on multiplayer code, and Sandy Petersen doing the level design work needed to squeeze everything onto a 2 megabyte cartridge. This version actually became the blueprint for almost every other console port that followed, since the 32X, 3DO, Game Boy Advance, and PlayStation versions were all built off what id did here first. It has 22 of the original PC levels condensed into one continuous run, plus two brand new exclusive levels, and thanks to the Jaguar's huge button count, it is the only console version that gives you instant access to every single weapon instead of cycling through them.
Here is the strangest part though, this is the only Doom console port with zero music during actual gameplay. The Jaguar's math co processor handled both music and most of the collision detection at the same time, and Doom leaned on that chip so hard for collision that there was nothing left over to also play music, so you only hear it on the title screen and between levels. That priest character shouting away in this exact commercial was part of Atari's infamous Do The Math campaign, a marketing push built around bragging about the Jaguar being a supposedly 64 bit console, which ended up becoming one of the most mocked ad campaigns in gaming history despite the game itself being genuinely one of the better Doom ports of that entire era.
Did this commercial actually convince you to check out a Jaguar back then, or did it become a punchline for you too? Let me know down below.
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Found this old Atari Jaguar Doom commercial and there is a real gap between how good this port actually was and how badly Atari managed to sell it.
Atari released Doom for the Jaguar on November 28, 1994, developed directly by id Software, with John Carmack handling the core engine, Dave Taylor on multiplayer code, and Sandy Petersen doing the level design work needed to squeeze everything onto a 2 megabyte cartridge. This version actually became the blueprint for almost every other console port that followed, since the 32X, 3DO, Game Boy Advance, and PlayStation versions were all built off what id did here first. It has 22 of the original PC levels condensed into one continuous run, plus two brand new exclusive levels, and thanks to the Jaguar's huge button count, it is the only console version that gives you instant access to every single weapon instead of cycling through them.
Here is the strangest part though, this is the only Doom console port with zero music during actual gameplay. The Jaguar's math co processor handled both music and most of the collision detection at the same time, and Doom leaned on that chip so hard for collision that there was nothing left over to also play music, so you only hear it on the title screen and between levels. That priest character shouting away in this exact commercial was part of Atari's infamous Do The Math campaign, a marketing push built around bragging about the Jaguar being a supposedly 64 bit console, which ended up becoming one of the most mocked ad campaigns in gaming history despite the game itself being genuinely one of the better Doom ports of that entire era.
Did this commercial actually convince you to check out a Jaguar back then, or did it become a punchline for you too? Let me know down below.
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#atarijaguar #doom #idsoftware #dothemath #retrogaming #90sgaming #johncarmack #90snostalgia #classicgaming #vintagegaming #retrocommercial #90skid #fpsgames #ataricommercial #gameforestgf #youtubeshorts #gaming
