Why the name ZDoom?
Why the name ZDoom?
I would hereby like to invite everybody to a discussion on why the game bears the name ZDoom. Why not DarkDoom for example? Or perhaps FreeDoom.
Yours truly have a suggestion to make. I guess that the name refers to the implementation of the Z-Axis. The ability to look up and down, aim, jump and walk on top of the characters and monster.
But this is only my guess.
Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
Yours truly have a suggestion to make. I guess that the name refers to the implementation of the Z-Axis. The ability to look up and down, aim, jump and walk on top of the characters and monster.
But this is only my guess.
Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
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the text file of the first ZDoom ever wrote:zDoom is my own port of the official Doom source code to Win32. Yes, I realize
that Andy Bay, Bruce Lewis, and Petteri Kangaslampi have already released their
own ports for Win32, and there are also several others for MS-DOS. The reason
I'm releasing this one is because I worked on it and like it best. (Although
I don't like the name zDoom. Anybody have any good ideas for a different name?)
Hmmm, hadn't spotted that before. It still doesn't tell us why "Z" though. Although, if Randy doesn't like Zdoom, I vote for calling it Bob, or maybe Jim. Susan has a nice ring to it for a source port...Bio Hazard wrote:the text file of the first ZDoom ever wrote:I don't like the name zDoom. Anybody have any good ideas for a different name?)
RDoom especially sounds like we are back to "talk like a pirate day" Arrrr, Doom me hearties.Graf Zahl wrote:I don't know but both RDoom or HDoom sound kinda stupid, don't they???
Heh, I was just wondering when the Zee/Zed question would come up. The why "Z"Doom and how do you pronounce it questions come up on a regular basis. There must have been a dozen threads about it over the years.
And still there is no answer.
Oh, and you missed one option. Some people call it zzzzdoom (actually using the z sound, not the name of the letter).
And still there is no answer.
Oh, and you missed one option. Some people call it zzzzdoom (actually using the z sound, not the name of the letter).
It's Z doom... zeedoom. This is an AMERICAN game.
Besides, Zed doesn't really fit the letter Z, because the ABC song says so. and I like the ABC song, so there. Better than IZZARD. let's all it izzardoom.
Besides, Zed doesn't really fit the letter Z, because the ABC song says so. and I like the ABC song, so there. Better than IZZARD. let's all it izzardoom.
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