Source port

A Source port is a port of the source code for the Doom engine. The term usually denotes a modification made by fans, as opposed to any of the officially licensed versions produced by id Software or affiliated companies.

The Doom source code was released to the public in 1997. Although Doom was originally created for DOS, the release was of the Linux version, and the source code had to be ported back to DOS and to other operating systems. Hence the term "source port", which out of custom also is used for those modifications which are not technically ports to another platform. The term itself originates from the first source port, DOSDoom and its 0.2 version.

Source ports have been created for a variety of PC operating systems, such as the 32-bit Windows family, Linux and the BSDs. By abstracting away the x86-specific code, ports have also been created for a large variety of other hardware platforms: PowerPC/Macintosh; the Game Park 32, a Korean hand-held; the Nokia 7650 and 9210 cell phones; the Sega Dreamcast; and any POSIX environment with the X windowing system.

The original purpose of source ports was cross-platform compatibility, but shortly after the release of the source code, programmers were correcting old, unaddressed Doom bugs and deficiencies in their own source ports, and later began adding new features to alter gameplay.

The source code was originally released under a proprietary license which prohibited commercial use and did not require programmers to provide the source code for the modifications they released in executable form. As a consequence of the source code for glDoom, the first port to add OpenGL graphics to Doom, being lost in a hard disk crash, the code was re-released in 1999 under the GNU General Public License after requests from the community (all of the original Doom source code on this wiki is covered by the GNU GPL).

As of today, the majority of Doom source ports are open source. The GNU GPL requires that authors who use GPL code in their software must release the modified source code as well.

Although the obligation does not apply to authors who used the previous non-GPL license, many authors voluntarily switched their projects to the GNU GPL.

List of source ports

Desktop

Operating system support across source ports

	DOS	Windows	Macintosh	*nix	OS/2	Amiga	Atari TOS	Atari MiNT	BeOS
ADoom	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
ADoomPPC	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
AmigaDoom	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
ATB Doom	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BAD MOOD	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
BeOS Heretic	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
BeOS Hexen	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Boom	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BZDoom	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CDoom	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CGDoom	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Chocolate Doom	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
csDoom	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
CTFDoom	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Doom!	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Doom3D	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Doom64 EX	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
DoomAttack	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
DoomDIVE	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
DoomGL	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Doom Legacy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Doom Plus	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Doomsday	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Doom SysAdmin Tool	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
DOSDoom	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
DxHexen	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
EDGE	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Eternity Engine	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
ggiDoom	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
glBoom	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
glDoom	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
glHeretic	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
glHexen	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
GZDoom	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Hexen32	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
HexenDos	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Hexen (OS/2)	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Hexetic	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
IAS Doom	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
JDP	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Linux Heretic	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Linux Hexen	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
LsdlDoom	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
LsDoom	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
LxDoom	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Marine's Best Friend	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
MidDoom	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
NetDoom	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
NTDoom	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Odamex	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PDoom	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
PmDoom	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
PmHeretic	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
PmHexen	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
PowerDoom	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
psDoom	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PsiDoom	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
PrBoom	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PrBoom+	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
ReMooD	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Risen3D	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RORDoom	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SDL Doom	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
SDL Hexen	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
SGI Doom	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Skulltag	No	Yes	Partial	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
SvStrife	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Smack My Marine Up	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
TASDOOM	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
TASMBF	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Vavoom	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
VDoomPPC	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
WDMP	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
wHeretic	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Win32 Doom	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
WinDoom	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
WinHeretic	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
WinHeretic Universal Save	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
WinHexen	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
WinMBF	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
XDoom	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
XFree86/OS2 Doom	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
ZDaemon	No	Yes	No	Partial	No	No	No	No	No
ZDoom	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
ZDoomGL	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
ZhaDoom	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
ZhaDoomPPC	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No

Console

Note that official ports of Doom to various gaming consoles exist.

• Boom (GP2X, etc.)
• DoomDC (Sega Dreamcast)
• Doom PSP (Sony PlayStation Portable)
• DoomX (Xbox)
• dsDoom (Nintendo DS)
• dsHeretic (Nintendo DS)
• nxDoom (Sega Dreamcast)
• PSP Legacy (Sony PlayStation Portable)

Handheld

Windows Mobile and Windows CE

• CellDoom
• Doom4CE
• DoomCE
• gfDoom

Palm OS

• ZDoomZ
• ZHeretic
• ZHexen

Other Phones

• C2Doom
• CDoom (mobile)
• Doom 9210
• EDoom
• Samsung SGH-B100

Portable Media Players

• iDoom, using linux for iPods
• Rockdoom, a plugin for the open source Rockbox firmware [1]

Other and Esoteric

Web-based

• A Doom port using Flash 10
• Doomed Online[2]

Game script

• Terminal DOOM is a port to Doom 3 in-game terminals

Digital cameras

• DoomD (Digita OS)

Sources

• This article incorporates text from the open-content Wikipedia online encyclopedia article Doom source port.
• Doomworld forum thread about unofficial cell phone versions

See also

• Comparison of Doom source ports
• Fan-made Doom games
• Source port cheat codes

External links

• Source Port Genealogy after 15 years
• Doomworld: Source port downloads
• Doomworld: Genealogy of Doom source ports after 10 years
• Doomed Online at Google Code
• Doom for the Dreamcast
• Cell phone ports at ItPlaysDoom.com, via the Wayback Machine: Nokia 9500, other Nokia models, Microsoft Smartphone, Audiovox SMT 5600, Orange SPV C550, Sony Ericsson
• Doom for the Amiga at Aminet
• YOYOFR's ZDOOMZ
• Old PowerPak site (imperialpenguin.com), via the Wayback Machine