DOOM Retro is intentionally minimalist in its approach, and so it does a few things differently
 if compared with other modern DOOM source ports. Open the ¥ DOOM Retro Wiki for details.

DOOM Retro v5.8.1 is now available to download as either a 32 or 64-bit Windows app. Here’s a list of what’s changed since the last version:

• DOOM Retro is now built using v17.14.19 of Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022.
• The player is now notified at startup if a newer version of DOOM Retro is found.
• Minor changes have been made to further improve the overall performance and stability of DOOM Retro.
• Minor changes have been made to text that is output to the console.
• The r_levelbrightness CVAR has been renamed r_extralighting.
• The timestamps in the console are now correct.
• A bug is fixed whereby textures containing patches with negative offsets wouldn’t render correctly.
• These changes have been made to the intermission screen:
  • The par time is now still displayed if the “SUCKS” text is shown.
  • An exclamation mark now follows the “SUCKS” text.
• The authors of the maps are now displayed by the mapstats and maplist CCMDs when playing No Rest For The Living.
• These changes have been made when the vid_showfps CVAR is on:
  • The frames per second shown are now more accurate.
  • The frames per second are now shown if a HELP or HELP1 lump from a PWAD is displayed.
• Focus is now given to your browser when using the license, releasenotes or wiki CCMDs.
• The MIDI music of the free versions of SIGIL and SIGIL II now play as intended.
• A bug is fixed whereby binding the +supershotgun action to a control, and then using that control, would cause the player to jump rather than equip their super shotgun.