EDGE-Classic is a Doom source port that provides advanced features, ease of modding, and attractive visuals while keeping hardware requirements very modest. It is a revival of the EDGE 1.35 codebase for modern systems.

EMUS, the EDGE Modder's Utility Suite, has also been updated to stay current with EDGE-Classic's new features, and is an excellent all-in-one tool for both the beginning and experienced modder.

Here are some mods that showcase EDGE-Classic's flexibility and power:

Operation: Arctic Wolf Revisited is an update/extension of Laz Rojas' classic DOOM 2 mod with improved gameplay, all new weapons, enemies, new mechanics, more interactivity, more immersion, scripting, updated textures, level fixes, etc. making it essentially a whole new game.

Download from ModDB here.

Astral Pathfinder by RunSaber/Chutzcraft is an EDGE exclusive partial conversion of Doom II, with an otherworldy setting and Quake-style weaponry. Three vast levels packed with exploring, secret-hunting and of course, hellish spawn from several dimensions, including three boss fights for the player to contend against.

Download from ModDB here.

A Hexen/Heretic-inspired gameplay mod for Doom. New enemies, weapons, items, and attacks.

Download from ModDB here.

An action-packed gameplay mod that puts you in the boots of the political incorrect but lovable ass-kicking macho-man Duke Nukem. Crammed full of of 80's/90's action movie throwbacks and pop culture references. Featuring an impressive arsenal of super deadly, sneaky and devastating weapons and a colorful and humorous collection of power-ups and pickups. Full of witty one-liners from Duke himself and plenty of blood, guts and gore.

Download from ModDB here.

A Total Conversion themed on the Aliens movies. New weapons, enemies, music, textures etc. Heavy use of 3D models.

Download from ModDB here. The load order of the included WADs is D3tex.wad, AEM.wad, and AEM_Mapset.wad.

A Star Wars/Dark Forces themed gameplay mod by CeeJay for EDGE-Classic. Weapons, items, enemies and new gameplay mechanics.

Download from ModDB here.

An optional texture pack to enhance the experience can be found here.

• Uncapped framerate
• Updated renderer with Direct3D11, GLES3, and GL 3.3 paths in addition to the legacy GL 1.3 renderer
• Multithreaded BSP traversal (when using new renderer)
• Support for Dehacked code pointers up to and including MBF21
• DEHEXTRA compatibility
• DSDehacked compatibility
• Improved compatibility with Boom behavior and rendering (physics, height sectors, etc)
• UDMF map support
• Improved sound mixer with floating-point samples and OpenAL spatialization/attenuation models
• A soundfont-capable MIDI player (SF2/SF3 support)
• OPL emulation with external OP2/AIL/TMB/WOPL instrument support
• Many more music and sound formats (PC Speaker, IMF, MP3, OGG, FLAC, IT/S3M/XM/MOD/FT, C64 PSID/RSID)
• UMAPINFO compatibility
• Migration from SDL1 to SDL2 (longevity and improved gamepad support)
• Lua as the primary scripting language, with a COAL compatibility layer for ease of migration
• Expanded DDF, RTS, and COAL features
• Widescreen statusbar, intermission, and title screens
• Replaced GLBSP with AJBSP as the internal nodebuilder
• Inventory system
• Autoload folder
• New Liquid animation (SMMU, SMMU+Swirl and Parallax)
• Optional Dynamic Sound Reverb
• Optional Pistol Start feature
• Support for image/spritesheet and TrueType fonts
• Support for MPEG video playback for startup videos, intermissions and in-level events (via RTS)
• A load of longstanding bugs fixed (see full changelog)

Bugfixes and detailed changes can be found in CHANGELOG.txt

• Windows 7 or later
• Web Browsers Supporting WebGL2
• Linux (x86 and ARM architecture - ARM tested with Raspberry Pi OS on a Pi 4B)
• BSD (x86 and ARM64 architecture - tested with FreeBSD 13.1; ARM64 tested on a Pi 4B but not recommended unless proper video acceleration is available as playable framerates are too difficult to achieve otherwise)
• Mac (x86 and M1 architecture)

• The Ultimate Doom/Doom 1/Freedoom Phase 1
• Doom 2/Freedoom Phase 2
• Chex Quest 1
• Chex Quest 3: Vanilla (Regular and Modding Edition)
• Heretic/Blasphemer
• HacX 1.2
• Harmony (Original and Compatible Releases)
• REKKR

To learn more about EDGE-Classic, DDF, RTS, or COAL, please visit our wiki.