Doom

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Doom

Developer(s)	id Software
Publisher(s)	id Software
Engine	Doom
First release date	DOS and Mac December 10, 1993 Windows August 20, 1996

Doom

Doom	1993
Doom II: Hell on Earth	1994
Final Doom	1996
Doom 3	2004
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
Doom 3: BFG Edition	2012

Key points

Runs on very low end hardware

The Doom engine was made open source in 1997, making the game very mod-friendly.

General information

DoomWiki.org

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Steam		Ultimate Doom (base game plus Episode IV: Thy Flesh Consumed).

Versions

Engines

Since the release of the source code, several modified engines have emerged.

• ZDoom
• Zandronum
• GZDoom
• Odamex
• PrBoom
• Chocolate Doom

You can view a more exhaustive list on Wikipedia or a set of comparison tables on DoomWiki.org. The history of various source ports is examined on Doomworld.

Content

A freely redistributable replacement of DOOM-like assets is available at Freedoom, forming a completely free and open source game. Art assets from the original game such as the levels, sounds, textures, etc., remain under copyright. They can be purchased from Steam or copied from an original game disk.

Game data

	Location
Windows
Mac
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager		Only for the Steam version

Video settings

Graphics option	Native	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Using the GZDoom port
Multi-monitor			Using the GZDoom port. See Multi-monitor Support
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of View Fix
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)

Field of View Fix

Depending on your choice of engine, you can usually change the field of view with a console command, or even in the options. Try fov <1-179> or gr_fov <1-179>.

Multi-monitor Support

ZDoom seeks to support multiple monitors out of the box since version 2.5.0. Widescreen Gaming Forum discusses multimonitor set ups with GZDoom.

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Controller support

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000	Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000
Processor (CPU)	486 processor operating at a minimum of 66MHz or any Pentium /Athlon processors	486 processor operating at a minimum of 66MHz or any Pentium /Athlon processors
System memory (RAM)	8 MB	8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB	100 MB