Doom - Revision history

Jnc: New category

2025-06-27T22:24:21Z

New category

Jnc: avoid redir

2017-08-07T14:01:35Z

avoid redir

Neozeed: fixed up some redundancies.

2015-08-16T23:32:49Z

fixed up some redundancies.

Neozeed at 12:58, 5 May 2014

2014-05-05T12:58:25Z

Neozeed: added chexquest pointer.

2014-04-28T16:29:25Z

added chexquest pointer.

Neozeed at 01:37, 17 December 2013

2013-12-17T01:37:42Z

Tor: Slightly reworded a sentence

2013-04-03T14:31:21Z

Slightly reworded a sentence

Tor: Mention SGI port

2013-01-03T15:57:19Z

Mention SGI port

Neozeed: add in some links

2012-12-05T06:23:06Z

add in some links

Tor: Fix typo: Hertic->Heretic

2012-08-19T11:09:44Z

Fix typo: Hertic->Heretic

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	Additionally I've also rebuilt the first MS-DOS backport of DOOM that relied on DJGPP. You can find my post [http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=332 here], along with some idea of how to compile it.		Additionally I've also rebuilt the first MS-DOS backport of DOOM that relied on DJGPP. You can find my post [http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=332 here], along with some idea of how to compile it.

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 [[Image:Doom 1.0 in DosBOX.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Doom 1.0 in a DOSBox]]
 Doom, written by the ever popular [[iD software]], was released December 10th, 1993 and was one of the most influential video games of its time.  It pushed PC hardware to the limits, and forced many to upgrade to the latest 486 CPU, and VL video cards.
-Doom was written in [[C]], on the [[NeXTSTEP]] Operating system, and  ported to [[MS-DOS]] with the [[Watcom C]] compiler.  It was built as a [[DPMI]] executable not only demanding protected mode, but also a 32bit cpu.  Many see the rise of Doom leading to the subsequent rise of [[Windows 95]] as any machine that could run Doom acceptable could run Windows 95.
+Doom was written in [[C (language)|C]], on the [[NeXTSTEP]] Operating system, and  ported to [[MS-DOS]] with the [[Watcom C]] compiler.  It was built as a [[DPMI]] executable not only demanding protected mode, but also a 32bit cpu.  Many see the rise of Doom leading to the subsequent rise of [[Windows 95]] as any machine that could run Doom acceptable could run Windows 95.
 Being written in C allowed for the game to be ported to various operating systems.  Doom quickly found itself of many 32bit machines of the time, and is used by many people as a porting exercise.

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 Doom, written by the ever popular [[iD software]], was released December 10th, 1993 and was one of the most influential video games of its time.  It pushed PC hardware to the limits, and forced many to upgrade to the latest 486 CPU, and VL video cards.
-Doom was written in C, and compiled with the [[Watcom C]] compiler.  It was built as a [[DPMI]] executable not only demanding protected mode, but also a 32bit cpu.  Many see the rise of Doom leading to the subsequent rise of [[Windows 95]] as any machine that could run Doom acceptable could run Windows 95.
+Doom was written in [[C]], on the [[NeXTSTEP]] Operating system, and  ported to [[MS-DOS]] with the [[Watcom C]] compiler.  It was built as a [[DPMI]] executable not only demanding protected mode, but also a 32bit cpu.  Many see the rise of Doom leading to the subsequent rise of [[Windows 95]] as any machine that could run Doom acceptable could run Windows 95.
-Being written in C allowed for the game to be ported to various operating systems.  Doom was originally written on the [[NeXTSTEP]] Operating system, and itself ported to [[MS-DOS]] with the Watcom compiler.
+Being written in C allowed for the game to be ported to various operating systems.  Doom quickly found itself of many 32bit machines of the time, and is used by many people as a porting exercise.
 Doom was also ported to Silicon Graphics (SGI) by Dave Taylor of iD software in 1994. It ran on IRIX 5.2 (and later). The first port was based on the (at the time unreleased) MS-DOS version 1.5, and later on 1.6 and 1.8.
 == Ports ==
-NeXT
+* NeXT
-MS-DOS
+* MS-DOS
-Windows
+* Windows
-Solaris
+* Solaris
-IRIX
+* IRIX
-Linux
+* Linux
 === Console ===
-Sega 32x
+* Sega 32x
-Atari Jaguar
+* Atari Jaguar
-Sony Playstation
+* Sony Playstation
-DO
+* 3DO
-Sega Saturn
+* Sega Saturn
-Super Nintendo
+* Super Nintendo
-Nintendo 64
+* Nintendo 64
-Game Boy Advanced
+* Game Boy Advanced
-Xbox
+* Xbox
-Xbox 360
+* Xbox 360
-Sony Playstation 3
+* Sony Playstation 3

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	[[Category:Games]]		[[Category:Games]]
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	=== Hexen ===		=== Hexen ===
		+
		+	=== Chex Quest ===
		+	In 1996, Digital Café was tapped to create a computer game tie in for Chex. They licensed the DOOM engine (Around the time of [[Ultimate Doom]]), and released [[Chex Quest]].

	== Going free ==		== Going free ==

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	Doom was also ported to Silicon Graphics (SGI) by Dave Taylor of iD software in 1994. It ran on IRIX 5.2 (and later). The first port was based on the (at the time unreleased) MS-DOS version 1.5, and later on 1.6 and 1.8.		Doom was also ported to Silicon Graphics (SGI) by Dave Taylor of iD software in 1994. It ran on IRIX 5.2 (and later). The first port was based on the (at the time unreleased) MS-DOS version 1.5, and later on 1.6 and 1.8.
		+
		+	== Ports ==
		+	NeXT
		+	MS-DOS
		+	Windows
		+	Solaris
		+	IRIX
		+	Linux
		+
		+	=== Console ===
		+	Sega 32x
		+	Atari Jaguar
		+	Sony Playstation
		+	3DO
		+	Sega Saturn
		+	Super Nintendo
		+	Nintendo 64
		+	Game Boy Advanced
		+	Xbox
		+	Xbox 360
		+	Sony Playstation 3
		+

	== Versions ==		== Versions ==

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 Doom, written by the ever popular [[iD software]], was released December 10th, 1993 and was one of the most influential video games of its time.  It pushed PC hardware to the limits, and forced many to upgrade to the latest 486 CPU, and VL video cards.
-Doom was written in C, and compiled with the [[Watcom C]] compiler.  It was built as a [[DPMI]] executable not only demanding protected mode, but also a 32bit cpu.  Many see the rise of Doom, which led to the subsiquent rise of [[Windows 95]] as any machine that could run Doom acceptable, could run Windows 95.
+Doom was written in C, and compiled with the [[Watcom C]] compiler.  It was built as a [[DPMI]] executable not only demanding protected mode, but also a 32bit cpu.  Many see the rise of Doom leading to the subsequent rise of [[Windows 95]] as any machine that could run Doom acceptable could run Windows 95.
 Being written in C allowed for the game to be ported to various operating systems.  Doom was originally written on the [[NeXTSTEP]] Operating system, and itself ported to [[MS-DOS]] with the Watcom compiler.
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 === Doom 1 ===
-This was the original doom.  There has been several beta versions released which can be found here: http://www.rome.ro/lee_killough/versions/
+This was the original Doom.  There has been several beta versions released which can be found here: http://www.rome.ro/lee_killough/versions/

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	Being written in C allowed for the game to be ported to various operating systems. Doom was originally written on the [[NeXTSTEP]] Operating system, and itself ported to [[MS-DOS]] with the Watcom compiler.		Being written in C allowed for the game to be ported to various operating systems. Doom was originally written on the [[NeXTSTEP]] Operating system, and itself ported to [[MS-DOS]] with the Watcom compiler.
		+
		+	Doom was also ported to Silicon Graphics (SGI) by Dave Taylor of iD software in 1994. It ran on IRIX 5.2 (and later). The first port was based on the (at the time unreleased) MS-DOS version 1.5, and later on 1.6 and 1.8.

	== Versions ==		== Versions ==

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 The source code to the Doom engine was then released under the GPL.  You can download it from iD's main site.  Or better google for [http://www.doomworld.com/idgames/index.php?id=8802 doomsrc.zip].
-After building Doom for the UnixWare OS, I've found that you must define NORMALINUX, otherwise the resulting exe seems not to run correctly.
+After building Doom for the UnixWare OS, I've found that you must define NORMALINUX, otherwise the resulting exe seems not to run correctly, as I found out building for [http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=250 UnixWare].
-*[http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=250 Virtually Fun]
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 == Engine ==
 The engine from Doom was then licensed to various people and was sold with the following games:
-=== Hertic ===
+=== Heretic ===
 === Hexen ===