Looks Like DOOM 64 Is Getting a Native PS5 Port

Notch up another release for the series

by Khayl Adam 3am

Released in 1997, DOOM 64 was developed and published by Midway Games and was considered the pinnacle of the series at the time, despite being a spin-off. Decades later, it was ported to PS4 in 2020 by Nightdive Studios and included as a pre-order bonus for DOOM Eternal. According to an updated ESRB listing, it now looks like it's coming natively to PS5.

The listing, spotted by GameRant, suggests that a reveal may be imminent. Submitting a title to the ESRB is one of the final tasks necessary to ship a game, and developers need to ensure that the associated label on the box is as accurate as possible. We can't imagine what major improvements it would feature, as the PS4 version, running on PS5, is already capable of a locked 60fps at 2160p; we suppose we shall just have to wait and see.

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Have you played DOOM 64 before? Would you be interested in a native PS5 version? Face your demons in the comments section below.

[source gamerant.com]

Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With six years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.

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Casco
3:03am

Love DOOM 64. Will gladly take an improved version. Hopefully it includes extra content and levels.

2
WaveBoy
3:47am

"We can't imagine what major improvements it would feature, as the PS4 version, running on PS5, is already capable of a locked 60fps at 2160p"

Well that's easy >

120fps (120fps's 50% OLED motion clarity blur reduction, 60 more fps, AND 5ms of lag will give it snappier controls)
Haptics
Adaptive triggers
And improved fine-tuning for Gyro aiming to make tilt/yawn aiming more responsive and sensitive than how it currently performs with the PS4 version, which isn't very good.

Unfortunately for me, most of these revised optimized boomer shooters don't hold up. Power Slave, and maybe DOOM 93 have been alright. But eh. I wish they were all in VR, for Quest 3 or PSVR2.

3
LikelySatan
4:37am

Doom 1 + 2 were rereleased by Nightdive w modding tools, etc. Maybe they are rereleasing Doom 64 with modding tools. Sounds good to me. I wonder if Unseen Evil had something to do with this, if anything I'm speculating is true.

4
trev666
4:49am

How about a platinum that would be an improvement as the ps4 version doesnt have one

5
Ralizah
5:45am

Best classic DOOM game. Loved it.

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Overmind
9:16am

@Ralizah

Ultimate Doom (especially 4th episode), Sigil and every Doom 2 level that is not in the middle "city" section says hello! Doom 64 is crazy good though!

7
Superstar74
1:45pm

I'd play it again, especially if it's free like the recent doom/doom 2 upgrade. What a pleasant surprise it was when i played it for the first time on ps4, not only what felt like the real doom 3, but a spiritual successor to the ps1 doom, with its amazing soundtrack. It did away with the silly rock music which I always mute, and changed it to some brilliantly bizarre stuff, like babies crying in the background.