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# Guide: GZDoom
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<img src="../../../wiki_images/logos/gzdoom-logo.png" width="150">
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WIP
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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.
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### GZDoom Links:
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[ZDoom Web Page](https://zdoom.org/index)
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[GZDoom Github](https://github.com/ZDoom/gzdoom)
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[ZDoom Forums](https://forum.zdoom.org/)
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## Where to put the games
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GZDoom games should be put under the `retrodeck/roms/doom/` directory.
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### File types
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- .wad - `Where's All the Data?` file
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- .iwad - `internal wad`
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- .pwad - `patch wad` have priority over iwad
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- .pk3 - is a `.zip` file archive
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- .ipk3 - `internal pk3` file
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- .pk4 - is a `.zip` file archive
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- .pk7 - is a `.7zip` file archive
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- .pke - is a `.zip` file archive made for the the Eternity Engine
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- .epk - is a `.zip` file archive made for the EDGE engine
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- .deh — `DeHackEd file`, edits hardcoded parts of the DOOM engine.
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- .bex — `Enhanced DeHackEd` file has more features then `.deh` and used by various ports.
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- .lev — A file that renames levels of a `.pwad`
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- .mus — `Music file` format of `DOOM`, `Heretic`, `Hexen` and `Strife`
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### Does GZDoom require BIOS or Firmware?
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No
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## Where can I find more WADs?
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None-official wads (mods) are all over the internet from old forums, github and various websites.
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**Doomworld:**
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The oldest DOOM community on the web and hosts of the annual [Cacowards](https://www.doomworld.com/cacowards).
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Doomworld is the lifeblood of DOOM community, generations of knowledge and a vast collections of wads exist within it.
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- [Doomworld Files](https://www.doomworld.com/files/)
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- [Doomworld ID Games(Legacy)](https://www.doomworld.com/idgames/)
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**Doomwiki:**
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[List of notable WADs](https://doomwiki.org/wiki/List_of_notable_WAD)
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**ModDB:**
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- [ModDB](https://www.moddb.com/games/doom/mods)
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