# Doom in Notepad

> Sam Chiet’s Doom-in-Notepad demo drew about 143,000 likes on X.

- Owner: Sam Chiet (Samperson)
- Kind: Creator moment
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2022-10-09
- Milestone date: 2022-10-10
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 42 (Notable, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Transgression, Platform jump, Controversy, Maker origin

## Summary

Chiet posted Doom gameplay rendered in Notepad. Romero shared it, gaming outlets covered it and forum users debated the technique. A playable version followed; Chiet explained the display trick to Ars Technica.

## Timeline

- 2022-10-09 — Sam Chiet (@SamNChiet) (X) — Chiet posted a clip of Doom displayed through Notepad and claimed it ran at 60fps.
- 2022-10-09 — Sam Chiet (@SamNChiet) (X) — Chiet said the demo was interactive, the footage was not sped up and Notepad.exe was unmodified.
- 2022-10-09 — Samperson (YouTube) — Chiet linked a higher-resolution YouTube upload of the demonstration.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/doom-in-notepad

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Doom in Notepad.” Case HIS-00923. Spread Score v1.2: 42/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00923