Pixel Pantheon · On This Day

December 23 in Gaming History

1 moment from the museum's collection happened on this date.

1997 — 29 years ago

id Software releases Doom's source code

id Software released Doom's source code to the public, seeding decades of source ports, mods, and 'can it run Doom?' experiments.

Source: MobyGames, Doom (1993)
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