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Doom was not simply considered 3D. I read PC gaming magazines in 1996. One of the big things about Quake was that unlike Doom or Duke Nukem 3D the game is really true 3D...

Oh yes it was, it was hailed as the first 3D game. Of course, people who knew better didn't consider it as such, but the main gaming community considered it to be a 3D game. There was none of that 2.5D talk. When Quake came out it was like "ok wait now THIS is 3D".

Oh, and I played Pandemonium some years back (PC version demo). I considered it what I have been saying: a 2d game that uses polygons. I don't understand why they should be considered so different that they need a totally new label... there isn't much of a difference if there is any at all (I'd probably argue that there is functionally no difference).

You can call it a ham sandwich for all I care. 2.5D is how most people describe those types of games, whether you want to or not.