Comment by 🎵 xavi

Re: "30th Anniversary of DOOM"

In: s/retrogaming

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.

🎵 xavi

2023-12-10 · 6 months ago

1 Later Comment

😈 dimkr · Dec 11 at 16:35:

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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— Doom (1993)

30th Anniversary of DOOM — 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...

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