DOOM for Linux
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id Software original game Doom - play on Debian distributions like Mint or Ubuntu
First install engine and driver
sudo apt-get install chocolate-doom doom-wad-shareware prboom-plus freedoom
Now change to the following folder to find install files
cd /usr/share/games/doom
At this time all you have is a crappy FREE version which is not exactly doom, but something sorta like it using the same game engine. To get the real game of Doom going you need to copy your WAD file from your non-free Doom game (yeah the old MS-DOS game) into the game folder.
cp whereever/doom.wad /usr/share/games/doom
All you need is that wad file. You do not need to run WINE, or any emulator, or ms-dos installer. I retrieved the was file right off one of my original Doom floppy disks.
Compatible with
- Doom
- Ultimate Doom
- Doom 2
- Final Doom
If you don't have the commercial game you can still play their crappy free version - but it is NOT Doom
