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Did you know that there are a total of six officially-licensed games that use the Doom engine (Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen: Beyond Heretic, Strife: Quest for the Sigil, and Chex Quest)?

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Aspect ratio

Aspect ratio is a term which refers to the ratio between the width and height of a logical frame buffer, called the logical aspect ratio, or a physical video display device, called the physical aspect ratio.

Vanilla Doom ran only in a tweaked VGA "Mode Y" 320x200 video mode. On properly configured CRT monitors, which were the only widely available and inexpensive consumer display device for computers at the time, this video mode took up the entire screen, which had a 4:3 physical aspect ratio (320x240). This meant that the 320x200 image, with a 16:10 logical ratio, was stretched vertically - each pixel was 20% taller than it was wide.
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+The '''[[Doom Wiki]]''' is an extensive community effort to document everything related to [[id Software]]'s masterpiece games [[Doom]] and [[Doom II]], other [[games]] based on the [[Doom engine]], [[Doom 3]], [[Doom (2016)]], [[Doom Eternal]], and more. We have created '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles to date. {{Statistics}}
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 This site is a [[wiki]], so everyone is encouraged to create and edit articles. New contributors should read our [[Doom Wiki:FAQ|FAQ]] first. If this is your first time using a wiki, be sure to check out the [[m:Help:Editing|basic editing instructions]] as well. If you need additional help, or wish to discuss general aspects of this wiki, pay a visit to the [[Doom Wiki:Central Processing|Central Processing]] discussion board.
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 * [[Doom II]], [[Final Doom]], [[Master Levels for Doom II|Master Levels]], [[No Rest for the Living]]
 * [[Doom 64]], [[Sony PlayStation|PSX Doom]], [[Atari Jaguar|Jaguar Doom]], and [[:Category:Commercial ports|others]]...
-* [[Doom 3]], [[Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil|Resurrection of Evil]], [[Doom 3: BFG Edition|BFG Edition]], [[The Lost Mission]]
+* [[Doom 3]], [[Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil|Resurrection of Evil]], [[Doom 3: BFG Edition|BFG Edition]], [[The Lost Mission]], [[Doom 3: VR Edition]]
 * [[Doom (2016)]], [[Doom VFR]]
-* [[Doom Eternal]], [[The Ancient Gods, Part One]]
+* [[Doom Eternal]]; [[The Ancient Gods, Part One]]; [[The Ancient Gods, Part Two]]
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 * [[Hacx]], [[Harmony]], [[Urban Brawl]]
 * [[Freedoom]], [[Blasphemer]], [[Zauberer]]
-* [[Doom RPG]], [[Doom II RPG]], [[Doom Resurrection (iPhone)|Doom Resurrection]]
+* [[Doom RPG]], [[Doom II RPG]], [[Doom Resurrection (iPhone)|Doom Resurrection]], [[Mighty Doom]]
 * [[Commercial games|All games...]]
 * [[id Software]], [[Raven Software]], [[Rogue Entertainment]]
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 * [[Speedmapping]]
 * [[Speedrun]]ning
+* [[Texture packs]]
 * [[:Category:Modifications|WADs and mods]]
 * [[Websites]], [[Forum]]s, [[IRC]]
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 * [[Cheat]] codes
 * [[Easter egg]]s
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-'''Duke Nukem 3D''' is a first-person shooter developed by 3D Realms and released by GT Interactive Software on January 29, 1996. It is a sequel to the platform games Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II, published by 3D Realms. The story features the protagonist Duke Nukem fighting against an alien race. Along with ''Wolfenstein 3D'' and ''Doom'', Duke Nukem 3D is considered responsible for popularizing first-person shooters.
+'''Aspect ratio''' is a term which refers to the ratio between the width and height of a logical frame buffer, called the logical aspect ratio, or a physical video display device, called the physical aspect ratio.
-<br/>([[Duke Nukem 3D|read more]])'' ''([[Doom Wiki talk:Featured articles|feature nominations]])''
+Vanilla Doom ran only in a tweaked VGA "Mode Y" 320x200 video mode. On properly configured CRT monitors, which were the only widely available and inexpensive consumer display device for computers at the time, this video mode took up the entire screen, which had a 4:3 physical aspect ratio (320x240). This meant that the 320x200 image, with a 16:10 logical ratio, was stretched vertically - each pixel was 20% taller than it was wide.
+<br/>([[Aspect ratio|read more]])'' ''([[Doom Wiki talk:Featured articles|feature nominations]])''
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