Somebody remember this Win95 Doom comercial?

[Ruisu]

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 

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Edited February 24, 2019 by Ruisu

[Doomkid]

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.

[Avoozl]

I already saw this years ago.

Edited February 23, 2019 by Avoozl

[BLλZING_DUST]

"These games are getting really realistic..."

[THEBaratusII]

Zombieman : Yeah yeah.

*Bill Gates shoots the Zombieman*

Bill Gates : Don't interrupt me!

 

[riderr3]

He got his in Mars Wars =)

[Gunstar Green]

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.

[seed]

Yup, I also remember seeing it years ago.

 

Heh, nostalgia.

[Kira]

Meanwhile in Dystopia 3...

[SirJuicyLemon]

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...)

[Hellbent]

haha! I have never seen this. That is rich. Wish I had seen it back in 1995.

[Quasar]

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.

[CyberDreams]

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

[Koko Ricky]

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.

[ant]

I remember it back then. I also tried DOOM95 on my own PC. It was amazing!

[wheresthebeef]

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

[Quasar]

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

[snapshot]

When I heard Bill Gates appeared in a Doom commercial I knew I had to watch it.

[Korozive]

I remember this. Thanks for the memories. 

[Supreme]

I love the fact how Bill has god mode

[Ruisu]

I thought this was a commercial for TV lol

[Dark Pulse]

"Don't interrupt me."

 

--Doomguy