GAMES:Doom

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{{Infobox Game
|title=Doom
|id=1275
|image=[[Image:GAME Doom Title.png]]
|caption=The title screen for Doom
|developer=id Software
|publisher=id Software (1993-1994),

GT Interactive (1994-1999),

Activision (1999-present)
|released=December 10th, 1993
|version=[[Version0.72|0.72]]
|status=Perfect
|executable='''DOOM.EXE'''
|setup='''SETUP.EXE'''}}

'''Doom''' defined a generation of game players with its cutting edge graphics, amazing sound effects and moody music. Countless First Person Shooters owe their success to the creation of '''Doom'''.

The Ultimate Doom, an enhanced re-release, may be purchased through [http://store.steampowered.com/app/2280/ Steam]. It is preconfigued to launch through DOSBox, but the file doom.wad may be copied and used to run a source port instead.

== Source ports ==

Doom is open source, and there are many modern Windows ports of it available. This approach may be preferable to emulating the DOS version. To make any of the ports work, you will need to copy the file doom.wad from an installation of Doom or Ultimate Doom to the directory of the source port. Some source ports include:
* [http://grafzahl.drdteam.org/ GZDoom] - recommended
* [http://www.dengine.net/ Doomsday] - the prettiest port, but buggier than GZDoom.
* [http://www.chocolate-doom.org/wiki/index.php/Chocolate_Doom Chocolate Doom] - replicates DOS Doom behavior as closely as possible

== Making it work in DOSBox ==
'''Doom''' requires a fairly fast computer to run inside DOSBox, but many ports of its source code exist for modern Operating Systems, so you may find more luck downloading one of them instead. Because '''Doom''' makes use of your sound card and potentially Modem, you should take care to match your [[dosbox.conf]] setting to the settings found in the '''SETUP.EXE''' found inside your '''Doom''' folder. For the most part the default options will work, but if you are making use of the Gravis Ultra Sound or MIDI audio devices you should pay special attention that the DMA, IRQ and Addresses all match.

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