File:Doom02 titlescreen.png

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Summary

Title screen of the Doom 0.2 alpha build, referred to as the "tech demo." This is the earliest known version of the Doom engine proper, though it has contemporaries sharing some of its technological advances over Wolfenstein 3D in the form of the Raven engine, used by games such as Shadowcaster. Original screenshot by The Cutting Room Floor user Divingkataetheweirdo; aspect ratio correction and PNG optimization applied by myself. Fair use for Doom 0.2 and Logo.

Licensing

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  • The screenshot is used to convey ideas which cannot be adequately represented by text alone, as part of a journalistic or analytical discussion about some aspect of the software, or a historical record of its context in the Doom community. The image is never used in a purely decorative manner.
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  • The image was captured by the person who uploaded it.
  • The graphics are unmodified from their original form, possibly excepting simple labeling and scaling.
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current10:56, 1 June 2015Thumbnail for version as of 10:56, 1 June 2015640 × 480 (329 KB)Quasar (talk | contribs)Title screen of the Doom 0.2 alpha build, referred to as the "tech demo." This is the earliest known version of the Doom engine proper, though it has contemporaries sharing some of its technological advances over Wolfenstein 3D in the form...
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