Doom game engine

E914234

first-person shooter engine game engine software video game engine

The Doom game engine is a pioneering 1990s first-person shooter engine that popularized fast 3D action, modding, and multiplayer deathmatch, and became a foundational technology in video game history.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Doom engine	6

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	first-person shooter engine ⓘ game engine ⓘ software ⓘ video game engine ⓘ
audioSystem	DMX sound library NERFINISHED ⓘ
developer	id Software NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	1990s ⓘ
fileFormat	WAD NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstUsedInGame	Doom NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstUsedInGameReleaseYear	1993 GENERATED ⓘ
genreSpecialization	first-person shooter ⓘ
graphicsFeature	non-orthogonal walls ⓘ texture mapping ⓘ variable light levels ⓘ
graphicsLimitation	no looking up and down in original implementation ⓘ no room-over-room geometry ⓘ
graphicsTechnique	2.5D rendering ⓘ binary space partitioning ⓘ ray casting-like rendering ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundational technology in video game history ⓘ
influenced	Build engine NERFINISHED ⓘ Quake engine NERFINISHED ⓘ Unreal Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ id Tech series NERFINISHED ⓘ
inputSupport	keyboard ⓘ mouse ⓘ
license	proprietary at initial release ⓘ
moddingSupport	WAD file system NERFINISHED ⓘ total conversions ⓘ user-created levels ⓘ
networkFeature	cooperative multiplayer ⓘ multiplayer deathmatch ⓘ
networkModel	peer-to-peer over IPX ⓘ
notableFor	fast software-rendered 3D action ⓘ popularizing deathmatch multiplayer ⓘ popularizing first-person shooter genre ⓘ popularizing user-made mods ⓘ
openSource	true ⓘ
platform	3DO NERFINISHED ⓘ Acorn Archimedes NERFINISHED ⓘ Atari Jaguar NERFINISHED ⓘ Linux ⓘ MS-DOS NERFINISHED ⓘ Mac OS NERFINISHED ⓘ NeXTSTEP NERFINISHED ⓘ PlayStation NERFINISHED ⓘ Sega 32X NERFINISHED ⓘ Sega Saturn NERFINISHED ⓘ Super Nintendo Entertainment System NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows ⓘ
predecessorEngine	Wolfenstein 3D engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryDeveloper	Adrian Carmack NERFINISHED ⓘ Dave Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ John Carmack NERFINISHED ⓘ John Romero NERFINISHED ⓘ
programmingLanguage	C ⓘ x86 assembly language ⓘ
releaseYear	1993 ⓘ
renderingType	software rendering ⓘ
sourceCodeLicense	GNU General Public License v2.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ non-commercial license (1997) ⓘ
sourceCodeRelease	1997 partial source release ⓘ 1999 GPL release ⓘ
spawnedPorts	numerous source ports ⓘ
successorEngine	Quake engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportsPerspective	fake 3D perspective GENERATED ⓘ
usedForGame	Doom II: Hell on Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ Final Doom NERFINISHED ⓘ Heretic NERFINISHED ⓘ Hexen: Beyond Heretic NERFINISHED ⓘ Strife NERFINISHED ⓘ