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Doom clone

Doom clone noun: a first-person shooter.

doom clone: a first-person shooter
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Noun

Doom clone (plural Doom clones)

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

Forms of Doom clone

pluralDoom clones

Origin of Doom clone

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

Questions about Doom clone

What does Doom clone mean?
Doom clone means a first-person shooter.
What part of speech is Doom clone?
Doom clone is a noun.
What is the plural of Doom clone?
The plural of Doom clone is Doom clones.

Words near Doom clone in the dictionary

  1. Dooly County
  2. dooly-bearer
  3. dooly-bearers
  4. doom
  5. doom and gloom
  6. Doom clone
  7. Doom clones
  8. doom folk
  9. doom jobbing
  10. doom loop
  11. doom loops

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