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Why a Neo Geo port of Doom is functionally impossible

The Neo Geo's 2D-only sprite-based design makes a native Doom port functionally impossible , as the console has no bitmap graphics mode needed for 3D games and instead relies on predefined sprite imag

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The Neo Geo's 2D-only sprite-based design makes a native Doom port functionally impossible , as the console has no bitmap graphics mode needed for 3D games and instead relies on predefined sprite images for 2D games . A custom renderer would need to completely misuse the sprite renderer as a pixel renderer, which would result in severe performance issues .

Source: Ars Technica | 2026-06-02

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