Doomworld is a news website

Website

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 dedicated to the computer game Doom, having been founded in 1998. It is hosted by AtomicGamer (TeleFragged LLC) and is independently managed by a small staff of game fans with the help of many contributors. In addition to news, it provides informational resources about Doom and related games, hosting of Doom-related websites, and a community forum

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 with over 9,000 registered users and 800,000 posts .

Among its Doom resources and features are:

• /idgames Archive Database – a web-based frontend to the public Doom file archive hosted by Gamers.org
• Source ports and utilities listings – documenting most known Doom source port
  Doom source port
  A Doom source port is a source port of id Tech 1, the game engine used by the video game Doom. The term usually denotes a modification made by Doom fans, as opposed to any of the official Doom versions produced by id Software or affiliated companies.-Doom source release:The source code for the Doom...
  
  s and utilities
• 5 Years of Doom – celebrating the game's fifth anniversary, including interviews with John Romero
  John Romero
  Alfonso John Romero is a game designer, programmer, and developer in the video game industry. He is best known as a co-founder of id Software and was a designer for many of their games, including Wolfenstein 3D, Dangerous Dave, Doom and Quake...
  
  , Tim Willits
  Tim Willits
  Tim Willits is the creative director and former co-owner of video game developer id Software.-Early life:Willits is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and a former member of the University of Minnesota Army ROTC program...
  
  , and several notable Doom WAD creators, as well as the release of the Doom Bible
• 10 Years of Doom – a follow-up to the 5 Years feature including several articles about the game's history, and a list of over 100 best WAD
  Doom WAD
  Doom WAD format is default format of package files for the video game Doom or its sequel Doom II, that are containing sprites, levels, and game data. WAD stands for Where's All the Data?...
  
  s of all time
• Cacowards – a yearly feature published since 2004 aiming to recognize the best new WAD releases of the year

The site received some mention in mainstream media in 1999, due to the controversy surrounding the Columbine High School massacre

Columbine High School massacre

The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12...

 and shooters Eric Harris's and Dylan Klebold's

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold

Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold were American high school seniors who committed the Columbine High School massacre. They killed 13 people—including teacher Dave Sanders—and injured 24 others, three of whom were injured as they escaped the attack...

 obsession with Doom. It was one of the first websites to post an editorial

Editorial

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 defending Doom, and representatives from the site participated in discussions on Good Morning America

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and CNN

CNN

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.

It obtained permission from John Carmack to redistribute the Doom engine

Doom engine

The Doom engine is the game engine that powers the id Software games Doom and Doom II. It is also used by HeXen, Heretic, Strife, Freedoom, and HacX, and other games produced by licensees. It was created by John Carmack, with auxiliary functions written by Mike Abrash, John Romero, Dave Taylor and...

 under the terms of the GNU General Public License

GNU General Public License

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 in 1999.

External links

• Doomworld
• Doomworld directory – Doomworld's file archive on AtomicGamer
• "No easy explanation for Columbine killings" – CNN
  CNN
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   article referencing Doomworld (April 28, 1999) via the Wayback Machine
  Wayback Machine
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• "In Troubled Waters" – editorial after the Columbine massacre