Doom
Released in 1993 on PC, shooter.
- Year: 1993
- Platform: PC
- Genre: Shooter
- Developer: id Software
Overview
The shareware phenomenon of 1993 put lightning fast first person carnage on millions of PCs. Deathmatch coined a word, its open WAD file format created modding culture, and its engine speed on ordinary hardware made the first person shooter the dominant PC genre.
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