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[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (7 children)

In the reserved TCP/IP port range, port 666 is reserved for Doom.

[–] dabe@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

…does Doom use it for anything?

[–] Walop@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Multiplayer obviously, Doom has had multiplayer since the first one

Doom also invented recording demos, because there was no chance to record or share videos at that time

[–] dabe@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

Oh yah.. duh. That’s pretty neat.

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