"Doom clone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Doom clones [plural]
Etymology: So called from the similarities with Doom (1993), an early popular game in this style. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Doom clone (plural Doom clones)
  1. (video games, dated) A first-person shooter. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-Doom_clone-en-noun-NKrL~DFE Categories (other): Video game genres, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Topics: video-games
  2. (slang) games that uses same art-style as the first Doom like 2.5D worlds or digitalized frames or mimic the gameplay Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-Doom_clone-en-noun-AxQGFhYO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53

Inflected forms

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