If It Has a Screen, It Can Run Doom. How a Game From 1993 Became a Porting Legend - CNET

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Doom isn't the only game to get weird ports, but it's by far the most famous. The 1993 video game Doom, seen here in an exhibit at the OXO Museo del Videojuego in Madrid, Spain, has been played on many different pieces of technology over the years, some of which are not quite computers. The first-person demon-shooting Doom has some shocking longevity. The video game has been part of tech culture since it launched in 1993, with its signature view of a gun centered of the screen firing at nightmarish pixelated fiends becoming an iconic image in gaming. Even if you’ve never played, you’ve seen it. That isn’t even necessarily because of nostalgia, although that’s a factor. To some extent, it’s because Doom can seemingly be played on anything with electricity running through it. This isn’t new. Doom has, essentially, always been a port. It was developed by id Software on a NeXTcube workstation, but its