Ruisu Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) I was in my bed messing around on my cell phone, until I remember a doom commercial for windows 95 (or vice versa) and had Bill Gates. I watched this again and I was laughing like an idiot, someone remembers? And what was you're reaction to seeing? If I make some grammar errors is because im'a Brazilian Link: Edited February 24, 2019 by Ruisu 19 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted February 23, 2019 lol I think most Doomers will have seen this at some point. I love how he shoots the zombie with his finger nowhere near the trigger. 14 Share this post Link to post
Avoozl Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) I already saw this years ago. Edited February 23, 2019 by Avoozl 0 Share this post Link to post
BLλZING_DUST Posted February 23, 2019 "These games are getting really realistic..." 9 Share this post Link to post
THEBaratusII Posted February 23, 2019 Zombieman : Yeah yeah. *Bill Gates shoots the Zombieman* Bill Gates : Don't interrupt me! 2 Share this post Link to post
Gunstar Green Posted February 23, 2019 Yep. Technically it's not a commercial, but a presentation on DirectX and how it would make Windows 95 a viable platform for gaming. Before that it was better to program games for DOS because Windows 95 restricted access to hardware devices. DirectX was the solution for that and Doom was the perfect showpiece for Win 95 gaming. 5 Share this post Link to post
seed Posted February 23, 2019 Yup, I also remember seeing it years ago. Heh, nostalgia. 0 Share this post Link to post
SirJuicyLemon Posted February 23, 2019 I remember watching this years ago for some reason. Obviously not at the original times (was it a commercial though? I always though it was a one time video at some convention or presentation of some kind...) 1 Share this post Link to post
Hellbent Posted February 23, 2019 haha! I have never seen this. That is rich. Wish I had seen it back in 1995. 2 Share this post Link to post
Quasar Posted February 24, 2019 According to Masters of Doom, Alex St. John claimed this video was seized by Microsoft's PR department immediately after it was shown at Judgment Day in an attempt to make sure it never got out past that event, but somehow we have this version of it anyway. 7 Share this post Link to post
CyberDreams Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) I've never seen this full version before, only a short clip of it (mainly a bit of Bill Gates talking and then shooting the Zombieman). Funny thing is, it's so much easier to run DOS games nowadays (with DOSBox obviously) then it is to run Win95 only games so yeah...DOS lives in a way haha! I do know that John Carmack has always liked OpenGL more then DirectX and fought for more support for it (especially within Apple/Steve Jobs) but besides id Software's games and a few others, DirectX has always outshined it (at least in the mainstream market). Edited February 24, 2019 by CyberDreams : update 0 Share this post Link to post
Koko Ricky Posted February 24, 2019 It's astonishing the lack of presence he has in this video. Also hilarious that you can hear the door close repeatedly; clearly they just looped the last couple of seconds of the gameplay. 3 Share this post Link to post
ant Posted February 24, 2019 I remember it back then. I also tried DOOM95 on my own PC. It was amazing! 1 Share this post Link to post
wheresthebeef Posted February 24, 2019 Anyone have any idea what the 'big Doom tournament" he was referring to was? It'd be great to see he placed something like 290/290 0 Share this post Link to post
Quasar Posted February 24, 2019 23 minutes ago, wheresthebeef said: Anyone have any idea what the 'big Doom tournament" he was referring to was? It'd be great to see he placed something like 290/290 Deathmatch '95 5 Share this post Link to post
snapshot Posted February 24, 2019 When I heard Bill Gates appeared in a Doom commercial I knew I had to watch it. 1 Share this post Link to post
Korozive Posted February 24, 2019 I remember this. Thanks for the memories. 1 Share this post Link to post
Supreme Posted February 25, 2019 (edited) I love the fact how Bill has god mode 2 Share this post Link to post
Ruisu Posted February 26, 2019 I thought this was a commercial for TV lol 1 Share this post Link to post