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'''Alfonso John Romero''' (born October 28, 1967) is a famous figure in the computer gaming industry, and was a founding employee of id Software. He is considered a father of the first-person shooter video game genre due to his critical programming and design roles in the creation of ''Wolfenstein 3D'', ''Doom'' and ''Doom II'', and ''Quake''.  
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The '''Doom source code''' was released December 23, 1997, initially under a not-for-profit license. Later, permission was granted to re-release the source code under the GNU GPL on October 3, 1999.
<br/>([[John Romero|read more]])'' ''([[Doom Wiki talk:Featured articles|feature nominations]])''
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'''DOSDoom''' is the first source port of Doom, as well as the first MS-DOS port of Doom after the release of the Doom source code. The initial versions were developed by Chi Hoang and the later ones by a small team of other developers.
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Chi Hoang released the initial version of DOSDoom on December 23, 1997, soon after the Doom source code came out. According to Hoang, "it took me 4-5 hours to port".
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Doom source code and DOSDoom

The Doom source code was released December 23, 1997, initially under a not-for-profit license. Later, permission was granted to re-release the source code under the GNU GPL on October 3, 1999.

Before release, the source code was tidied up by Bernd Kreimeier; the source release includes a changelog of his contributions. Several documentation files are also included.
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DOSDoom is the first source port of Doom, as well as the first MS-DOS port of Doom after the release of the Doom source code. The initial versions were developed by Chi Hoang and the later ones by a small team of other developers.

Chi Hoang released the initial version of DOSDoom on December 23, 1997, soon after the Doom source code came out. According to Hoang, "it took me 4-5 hours to port".
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