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In the olden days we used SDL ports of games that used a framebuffer, just the same as in DOS.

In the olden DOS days, we used stuff like Allegro to make games that used the framebuffer.

Allegro is still a thing among some hobbyists, I used it years ago for dome experiments first on Windows and then on Linux.

That's so cool to hear! I have fond memories of Allegro and DJGPP

I wonder, Does a version of Doom exist doing this? Every version of Doom I have seen for Linux over the years required X

I recall compiling several versions years ago.

Any port that uses SDL (which is most of them) can be made to run like this.