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Hopefully you don't mean original doom, because if you do, boy do I have a surprise for you ;-)


I'm curious what the surprise is? Is og doom actually playable with a trackpad?


Keyboard only.


False. The installer lets you choose between keyboard only, keyboard + mouse, and keyboard + joystick.

According to John Romero, keyboard + mouse was intended:

https://twitter.com/romero/status/473587688977596416


Wasn't that keyboard only?


Mouse was always the best way to play. Doom comes with demo files that are obviously recorded using mouse, and the manual clearly recommends using it. It also supports keyboard only play, but this is in no way the "intended" method.




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