Difference between revisions of "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

To play:

After installation you will find some new games in your menu. In Cinnamon it is under

MENU -> Games

The following choices are available if you added Doom.wad commercial

1. Chocolate Doom - runs full screen, auto detects the commercial wad, and easy to start playing
2. PrBoom+ - runs windowed, auto detects the commercial wad, more complicated to start playing (there are a number of settings I had to go though before I found it to be playable.) More configurable.
3. Freedoom: Phase 1 - crappy free version which is like doom but not Doom (same game engine, different mobs, etc)
4. Freedoom: Phase 2 - crappy free version which is like doom but not Doom (same game engine, different mobs, etc)