What could the "Z" in "ZDoom" stand for?

[Adam Oker]

I don't think Randi Heit gave that much thought on what the Z stands for in ZDoom (i might be wrong lol). But it's fun to speculate!

So, what do you think it could stand for? Personally, it probably stands for something like "Zesty Doom"!

[Meerschweinmann]

I know that the G in GZ-Doom stands for guinea-pig. That makes sense because guinea-pigs are cute but mighty animals. But i can't find an explanation for the Z.

[Redneckerz]

1 hour ago, Adam Oker said:

I don't think Randi Heit gave that much thought on what the Z stands for in ZDoom (i might be wrong lol). But it's fun to speculate!

So, what do you think it could stand for? Personally, it probably stands for something like "Zesty Doom"!

I personally think it stands for a previous thread:

 

 

[Adam Oker]

19 minutes ago, Redneckerz said:

I personally think it stands for a previous thread:

 

 

Good one lmao-

[Redneckerz]

3 minutes ago, Adam Oker said:

Good one lmao-

Its also the thread you are looking for the answer.

[Gothic]

Zoomer Doom.

[Misty]

Zoom Doom, I guess? 

[TheMagicMushroomMan]

3 hours ago, Adam Oker said:

I don't think Randi Heit gave that much thought on what the Z stands for in ZDoom (i might be wrong lol). But it's fun to speculate!

So, what do you think it could stand for? Personally, it probably stands for something like "Zesty Doom"!

Ok

[TheHambourgeois]

The Z in zdoom stands for Z

[Faceman2000]

It stands for Z-axis cuz it’s the first true 3D Doom engine.

Edited April 11, 2024 by Faceman2000

[Kinsie]

IIRC the "Z" in ZDoom stands for "Randi wanted it to be at the very bottom of any listings of source ports"

[CherubCorps]

Zany?

[WhateverComic07]

Zebra, because he knew that one day there would be a movie where Chris rock played a zebra who's ass was bitten by a lion played by Ben Stiller.

[Wadmodder Shalton]

Zero-Backwards-Compatibility

[DNSKILL5]

Nobody’s ever asked this before!

[VICE]

''Zamn''

[VoanHead]

It’s like if you see a french person playing Doom and ask them what are they playing:

”I am playing ze Doom.”

Edited April 11, 2024 by VoanHead

[fabian]

I guess ZDoom was supposed to be "the last word in Doom source ports".

[OpenRift]

Z-grade

[The Final Event]

the vertical axis bc 3d floors and stuff

 

either that or Zorbulational for obvious reasons

Edited April 11, 2024 by The Final Event

[vdgg]

I have always thought it was because of @Graf Zahl

[KubaloBlackMT]

I thought it was "Zandronum Doom"

 

It took me some seconds to find out about "Z-Clipping", maybe that has something to do with it.

Edited April 11, 2024 by KubaloBlackMT

[Obsidian]

zangief

 

it stands for zangief

[RataUnderground]

I think the Z stands for ZDoom, so the name of the sourceport its ZDoom-Doom.

[Milkeno]

Ztelementry

[Gez]

14 minutes ago, Milkeno said:

Ztelementry

What is this from?

For those who want to compare the claims made here with the reality, GZDoom's survey code is contained there.

[Milkeno]

2 hours ago, Gez said:

What is this from?

For those who want to compare the claims made here with the reality, GZDoom's survey code is contained there.

some privacy oriented neocities site, I just posted this as a joke, I know spyware is a scary word to look at but it saying low is good for an average user.
https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/

[OliveTree]

zandronum

[eanasir]

The Z stands for Zirconium, in group 4, and period 5 of the periodic table. 

Edited April 12, 2024 by eanasir

[dpJudas]

Calling GZDoom spyware is simply wrong. Spyware is software where you're not even given the choice in participating in the hardware survey. GZDoom not only gives you the choice, but also explicitly announces which releases even contain the survey code.