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Bobby Prince, the legendary composer behind Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, has died

3 days ago by sanitation to c/pcmasterrace

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Prince helped define the sound which characterized the early FPS, as well as classic PC games like Catacomb 3-D.
ClockworkN 8 points 2 days ago

Doots in chat.

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popcar2 7 points 2 days ago

RIP. The Doom soundtrack was incredibly iconic.

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Aganim 6 points 2 days ago

Damn, that hits hard. People understandably talk about his tracks for Doom, but for me Duke Nukem 3D's "Aliens, Say Your Prayers!" (ALIENZ.MID) always takes me back to my youth. Such a banger, thanks for that one Bobby!

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PhobosAnomaly 5 points 2 days ago

There's very few people of a certain vintage who can't remember hitting their chosen difficulty, watching the screen melt effect, and listening to the opening riff of E1M1 like it was yesterday.

For what it's worth, Deep Into The Code is a banger. Civvie11's Pro Doom opening ident captured the spirit of it wonderfully.

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p03locke 1 point 2 days ago

Bonus is the movie quote that inspired the game name.

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Narann 3 points 2 days ago

E1M1, when the gun appear, sliding from the bottom on the screen moment.

RIP

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