Mystery Man in 3D Posted October 28, 2012 My Xperia Play f'ed up, and I need a replacement. This was the second Xperia Play I got, and the first one f'ed up as well, so I'm not getting another one of those. Now I have to ask, which phone is the ABSOLUTE BEST phone for playing the DOOM games on? Performance, controls, etc. And not just DOOM 1, ALL of them. 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted October 28, 2012 For a start, anything that has actual physical buttons. 0 Share this post Link to post
ellmo Posted October 28, 2012 fraggle said:For a start, anything that has actual physical buttons. This. Every smartphone should be ok when it comes to performance. Doom source port for phones is based on PRBoom which is well optimized, but when it comes to controls even the fastest phone will discourage you if all you have are touchscreen controls. 0 Share this post Link to post
Blastfrog Posted October 28, 2012 fraggle said:For a start, anything that has actual physical buttons. While physical buttons are far better for playing Doom, after some practice I've gotten pretty good at Doom Classic's controls on iOS. So it's not absolutely terrible, and it's not preferable at all, but it is usable. 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted October 28, 2012 Sodaholic said:So it's not absolutely terrible, and it's not preferable at all, but it is usable. Yeah, that's pretty much the laughably low bar of expectation that touch screen phones have set. 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted October 28, 2012 fraggle said:For a start, anything that has actual physical buttons.Would a personal computer work? 0 Share this post Link to post
gemini09 Posted October 29, 2012 I don't get why we'd want to play DOOM on our phones. It'd be a fun novetly to have, but we're already DOOMers and we're hardly crack-like addicted like we NEED to play it even when we're on the road too? That said, I'd welcome it if GZDoom worked with smart-phones. Then I'd love to make an indie game for it. :) Smart phones are like the new arcades. 0 Share this post Link to post
princetontiger Posted October 29, 2012 iPhone 5 + Gamception It's awesome 0 Share this post Link to post
Mystery Man in 3D Posted October 29, 2012 gemini09 said:I don't get why we'd want to play DOOM on our phones. It'd be a fun novetly to have, but we're already DOOMers and we're hardly crack-like addicted like we NEED to play it even when we're on the road too? That said, I'd welcome it if GZDoom worked with smart-phones. Then I'd love to make an indie game for it. :) Smart phones are like the new arcades. DOOM II is my Favorite Game of All Time. One of the biggest rules for a game to be my Favorite Game of All Time is that I have to be able to play it anywhere I go. This has already been accomplished with my laptop and DOOM Legacy on my PSP, but it wouldn't hurt to be able to play it on my phone as well. *sigh* I need to get another GBA SP... 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted October 29, 2012 On a similar theme, what is the best camera for running spreadsheet programs? 0 Share this post Link to post
Scypek2 Posted October 29, 2012 Is there some version of doom that can be played on nokia 6300? (I suppose yes, I even saw doom played on a mp3 player). 0 Share this post Link to post
fraggle Posted October 29, 2012 Scypek2 said:Is there some version of doom that can be played on nokia 6300? Yep. 0 Share this post Link to post
Gruson Posted October 30, 2012 princetontiger said:iPhone 5 + Gamception It's awesome I decided to give Gameception a try and you are right, it's great! Playing Doom 2 now on my iPad3. Love it. It actually feels better than the official iOS release of Doom from iD! Anyone with an iPhone should try this combo. 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted October 30, 2012 Mystery Man in 3D said:Now I have to ask, which phone is the ABSOLUTE BEST phone for playing the DOOM games on? 0 Share this post Link to post
Tristan Posted October 30, 2012 Gez said:Image Oho, yeah I remember playing Doom on there, never had so much fun in E1M8. 0 Share this post Link to post
Blastfrog Posted October 30, 2012 Gez said:*ancient phone* Couldn't you theoretically use that for a modem connection? Kinda like the oldschool method of actually using a phone to transfer data rather than the modem itself connecting directly to the phoneline. 0 Share this post Link to post
miko508 Posted November 1, 2012 I like the idea of Doom being available on phones because it creates a new generation of fans. 0 Share this post Link to post
Mystery Man in 3D Posted November 1, 2012 Well Verizon sent me a replacement Xperia Play, and promised that this one wouldn't fuck up. To make sure, I'm not doing DOOMGLES or DOSBox Turbo or PSXperia DOOM or any of that crap, and am just gonna stick to what's tried and true: My GBA emulator with DOOM I & II. Mods, feel free to close this thread, because I'm done here. 0 Share this post Link to post