eli5 How are people playing Doom on so many different (and usually very old) devices? A notepad, pregnancy test, how tf?

Question

Like how tf does one play Doom on a pregnancy test???????

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Answer 1

Doom’s engine is unique in the sense that its incredibly well documented,due ot being open source for a LONG TIME with a very active modding comumnity+ being very lean in compneoents and resources(you dont even need a GPU because the engines inplmements software rendering).

this in turns allows especially brave enthisiasts and programmers to effectively port the engine into devices that you wouldnt think can run it.