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It's a big anniversary today for the original DOOM: first released on December 10, 1993 on MS-DOS.
This game needs no introduction, although I'm increasingly wondering how well known it is to the younger folks. It keeps popping up in various places, at least when people make it run on unexpected devices and in silly places like this:
Personally, I have a deep connection with the game as it left a permanent impression on me as the first truly immersive 3D game that I experienced. Fascination with DOOM and other titles based on the same engine fueled me through 20 years of work on the Doomsday Engine project, from 1999 onward. It was only when my first child was born that I had to put Doomsday on hiatus for good as my free time/energy budget wouldn't allow focusing on such a complex and large project in any meaningful capacity.
2023-12-10 · 5 months ago · 👍 drh3xx, stack, innerteapot, gemalaya
I sunk many hours into Doom 1. It’s still installed via freedoom or zdoom because I go through nostalgia moments.
Such a landmark piece of software. Even if someone might not enjoy first-person shooters, DOOM has undeniable influence in nearly every aspect of modern video game design and even computing as a whole.
Infinite kudos to Mr. Carmack and his decision to put the engine into the GPL license so it can live on forever on every possible piece of hardware.
I might set up a Chocolate/Crispy Doom server later this week or next week, to celebrate this in multiplayer. I'm in GMT+3.
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