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Guide: GZDoom

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GZDoom is the open source game engine for ID Software's older games like DOOM, DOOM2, HEXEN and HERETIC or it's own unique games.

GZDoom Links:

ZDoom Web Page

GZDoom Github

ZDoom Forums

Where to put the games

GZDoom games should be put under the retrodeck/roms/doom/ directory.

File types

  • .wad - Where's All the Data? file
  • .iwad - internal wad
  • .pwad - patch wad have priority over iwad
  • .pk3 - is a .zip file archive
  • .ipk3 - internal pk3 file
  • .pk4 - is a .zip file archive
  • .pk7 - is a .7zip file archive
  • .pke - is a .zip file archive made for the the Eternity Engine
  • .epk - is a .zip file archive made for the EDGE engine
  • .deh — DeHackEd file, edits hardcoded parts of the DOOM engine.
  • .bex — Enhanced DeHackEd file has more features then .deh and used by various ports.
  • .lev — A file that renames levels of a .pwad
  • .mus — Music file format of DOOM, Heretic, Hexen and Strife

Does GZDoom require BIOS or Firmware?

No

Where can I find more WADs?

None-official wads (mods) are all over the internet from old forums, github and various websites.

Doomworld:

The oldest DOOM community on the web and hosts of the annual Cacowards.

Doomworld is the lifeblood of DOOM community, generations of knowledge and a vast collections of wads exist within it.

Doomwiki:

List of notable WADs

ModDB: