Doom clone

Doom clone

English

Etymology

So called from the similarities with Doom (1993), an early popular game in this style.

Noun

Doom clone (plural Doom clones)

  1. (video games, dated) A first-person shooter. [1990s]
  2. (slang) games that uses same art-style as the first Doom like 2.5D worlds or digitalized frames or mimic the gameplay

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