Golden Floppy Disks Bring DOOM Back to 1993, Limited to 5,000

Fans of the original DOOM never asked for a pair of shiny golden floppy disks in 2026. Fanattik went ahead and made them anyway. These officially licensed replicas celebrate the two 3½-inch disks that carried the DOOM v1.2 shareware release.

That version, released in early 1994, let you to play the first episode, Knee-Deep in the Dead, to evaluate if the whole game was worth the money before opting to buy. The new set comes as two non-working dummy disks coated in imitation gold plating. They measure 89 by 89 millimeters and are placed in a box with the original artwork printed directly on it. A simple display stand is included so the disks can stand upright on a shelf.

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You can purchase one of the 5,000 numbered sets being produced, however the disks are primarily for decoration, with no moving mechanisms, metal sliders, or write-protect notches. They have no data on them. The purpose of this item is solely for display. If you wish to play the original shareware version, there is still a free download available that has been around for a long time.

Fanattik began taking pre-orders in August 2026, and GameStop lists it for $29.99 in the United States, while it is available straight from Fanatik for £19.99 in the United Kingdom. In Malaysia, it appears that it will cost roughly RM94 before shipment. You can probably tell by now that the company has a history of releasing comparable retro-style items, having previously done CD-ROM reproductions of Resident Evil and World of Warcraft, so a DOOM set is not surprising.

To put things in perspective, the full version of DOOM back then required four floppy disks to carry all three episodes, as CD-ROM versions weren’t available until much later. The golden floppies practically preserve the shareware version indefinitely, so you don’t need to dig out an old drive to play it. For anyone who still proudly displays their old PC boxes, the limited run and individual numbering ensures the future, since once you have one of the 5,000 sets, there will be no more available.