Doom $666 "Will It Run Edition" literally comes in a collector's box that can run the game

[zohaibahd]

In context: Running Doom on off-the-wall hardware has become a global pastime. Modders have squeezed id Software's 1993 classic into everything from calculators to printer displays. The obsession may have peaked with Doom now running on the unlikeliest platforms – a cardboard box.

Limited Run Games just announced the Doom plus Doom II Will It Run Edition – and yes, players can actually run the game on a small screen built into the collector's box. Pre-orders for the over-the-top bundle start Friday, April 18 at 10 am EDT. Get there early because the 666 Switch, Xbox, PlayStation 5, and PC units will likely go extremely fast, even with the extravagant yet fitting price tag of $666.66.

While Limited Run has not released tech specs, it appears to include a built-in screen and processor powerful enough to run the game – specifically, the original 1993 release in all its retro pixelated glory.

Sure, you die and come back in DOOM, but you only have one chance at this. The Will It Run Edition is limited to 666 units! Pre-orders are live on 4/18, so wishlist today!https://t.co/85YUesDDix pic.twitter.com/ECROFFDQTR

– Limited Run Games (@LimitedRunGames) April 11, 2025

The Will It Run Edition also includes a quirky handheld device shaped like the iconic Cacodemon enemy, with some of its jagged teeth doubling as controls. The bundle also contains four hours of classic Doom music on retro cassette tapes, a levitating three-inch Cacodemon figurine, random trading cards, and more than 10 games and expansions. These include:

• Doom
• Doom II
• TNT: Evilution
• The Plutonia Experiment
• Master Levels for Doom II
• No Rest for the Living
• Sigil
• Sigil II
• A new 25-map Deathmatch pack
• Legacy of Rust (2024 community mod)

Extras include new translations to languages like Korean and Polish, accessibility options, gyro aiming support, visual enhancements, and alternate soundtracks.

Fortunately, cheaper options are on the way. Standard and Big Box editions – priced at $29.99 and $99.99, respectively – offer Doomguys and Doomgals a chance to join the fun without dropping a small fortune. However, these bundles skip the star of the $666 version: the playable box, and most of the other goodies.

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Doom $666 "Will It Run Edition" literally comes in a collector's box that can run the game

 

[Str8Shot]

I know it’s 2025, and there’s enough Satanism, Occult symbolism, and overt Sacrifices already going on the world without adding THIS to the “collection” of demonic paraphernalia. How do people get a kick out of participating in this is beyond me?

The price is akin to Apple’s first computer, that retailed, surely not by coincidence (given its logo), also for $666.66. Wozniak in a later interview mentioned it wasn’t a “coincidence.”

 

[jonny888]

I know it’s 2025, and there’s enough Satanism, Occult symbolism, and overt Sacrifices already going on the world without adding THIS to the “collection” of demonic paraphernalia. How do people get a kick out of participating in this is beyond me?

The price is akin to Apple’s first computer, that retailed, surely not by coincidence (given its logo), also for $666.66. Wozniak in a later interview mentioned it wasn’t a “coincidence.”

I really hope this is satire, but depressingly I expect you mean it.

 

[Anton Longshot]

"Collector's" boxes and such creep me out.
Mind you I understand "collecting" but buying stuff that's exclusively made for collecting?
HILARIOUS NONSENSE especially when it's just the packaging that magically turns the boxed item into a 'collectible'.

 

[opckieran]

"Collector's" boxes and such creep me out.
Mind you I understand "collecting" but buying stuff that's exclusively made for collecting?
HILARIOUS NONSENSE especially when it's just the packaging that magically turns the boxed item into a 'collectible'.

This collectible having a box that can actually play Doom is one of the funniest/quirkiest things I've ever seen. I'm sure it'll be a hoot to whoever gets their hands on it either via pre-order or after the scalpers make their modest 2000% markup.

 

[Megalomaniac]

I played through Doom I and Doom II on Xbox.

Really amazing experiences. Doom II was way harder than I expected a game like that to ever be.

But would I want to play it on a small handheld with a small display? No!

 

[Antias]

I prefered Hexen...

 

[Kashim]

I prefered Hexen...

I prefer Heretic...

 

[JohnRambo4]

I know it’s 2025, and there’s enough Satanism, Occult symbolism, and overt Sacrifices already going on the world without adding THIS to the “collection” of demonic paraphernalia. How do people get a kick out of participating in this is beyond me?

The price is akin to Apple’s first computer, that retailed, surely not by coincidence (given its logo), also for $666.66. Wozniak in a later interview mentioned it wasn’t a “coincidence.”

No no no, I justify Doom because you're doomguy and your goal is KILLING demons, not worshipping them.

 

[TempleOrion]

I prefer Heretic...

Heretic was brilliant. Though TBF I played it before Hexen or Doom so it sticks in the memory more...