GZDoom Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Is there anything that proprietary software can do and has no open alternative?

  GZDoom for Doom and many other games running on the same engine. Source: about 1 year ago

• John Romero has released a new Doom 2 level for a €5 donation. 100% of the proceeds go Ukraine relief efforts.

  For modern source port check GZDoom https://zdoom.org/index or Chocolate Doom (for higher framerates and stuff) - https://www.chocolate-doom.org/wiki/index.php/Chocolate_Doom. Source: about 2 years ago

• How to I get the ID Build engine?

  Also, if you want to make a shooter like those, you don't really want the original Build engine. What you want is a modern open source implementation of those engines. For Duke-like games you can try https://www.eduke32.com/ (Ion Fury was made on this) , for Doom try https://zdoom.org/index or https://dengine.net/. Source: over 2 years ago

• O3DE: Open 3D Foundation announces first major release of Open 3D Engine

  I don't know, but if you want a retro game you might as well use a retro-engine. Ion Fury (2019) used the EDuke32 engine and there are also modern versions of the original Doom engine, like GZDoom - with modern games like Brutal Doom or SIGIL (2019). Source: over 2 years ago

• Why is this so complicated?

  Because zDoom and GTA anniversary releases are a thing. Source: over 2 years ago

• And they told you Windows 95 would make your life easier.

  If you want to check it out and have even just a basic PC, checkout ZDooM. It's my favorite source port and it's super easy to set up all your games. There are other source ports too but some of them are clunky. Most of these will work for any DooM-based game so that includes Heretic, HeXen, ChexQuest, and Strife. Source: over 2 years ago

• Accidental spastika in DOOM 1993

  Pro tip, the Steam version still includes the original, unaltered .IWAD file. You can play it using a source port like GZDoom. Source: almost 3 years ago

• I’m not much for Mobile gaming but Doom on iOS isn’t bad.

  If you have any kind of pc hardware, the ZDoom port is pretty great and easy enough to use. Source: about 3 years ago