DOOM (Shareware)
Game · MS-DOS · DOSBox (js-dos)
The 486-era icon — Knee-Deep in the Dead.
Tip: click inside the screen to capture mouse & keyboard; press Esc to release. For v86 systems (FreeDOS, KolibriOS, Tiny Core), the first boot downloads the disk image, so give it a moment.
Details
- Category
- Game
- Platform
- MS-DOS
- Year
- 1993
- Emulator
- js-dos (DOSBox), client-side WASM
- License
- Freely-distributable shareware (Episode 1); engine under GPL
- Source
- https://archive.org/details/DoomsharewareEpisode
About
Episode 1 of DOOM, 'Knee-Deep in the Dead', released as freely-distributable shareware. The benchmark by which a 486 was judged, and arguably the most influential PC game ever shipped. The engine source was later released under the GPL.