The birth of id Software - In 1990, John Romero, John Carmack, and Tom Hall were working at Louisiana software maker Softdisk. There, they had an idea that would change PC games forever.

Memento Mori · 2 years ago

Flying Squid · 2 years ago

I’m still waiting for John Romero to make me his bitch.

@LemmyFeed@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Interesting article for sure, but it seems to kinda just end abruptly… I wanted to keep reading more!

@Melco@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

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@Commander_Keen@reddthat.com · 2 years ago

Commander genius comes to mind.

El Barto · 2 years ago

Does Dosbox work on Linux?

@BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca · 2 years ago

Yep it works.

@eco@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Masters of Doom is an amazing book about id’s history. Not like, “good for a video game book”. A legitimately good book for anyone.

@AliasWyvernspur@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

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@juhosku@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Yeah exactly. I kept looking for the part 2 button 😅

@Commander_Keen@reddthat.com · 2 years ago

I see Keen I upvote.

@beardedmoose@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

This article is the shareware version of the book. Great read though, now I want more.

@14th_cylon@lemm.ee · 2 years ago

you can have more for just 30 usd + shipping, with possibility of 20% discount on the first order 😆 https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/doom-guy_9781419758119/

FartsWithAnAccent · 2 years ago

Shit, I forgot about Commander Keen.

@miketunes_@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Masters of Doom is a great book on this.

@Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Yeah that book did not give me a super high opinion of Romero from what I remember.

debounced · 2 years ago

Sorry for YouTube link, but this is an insightful vid https://youtu.be/eBU34NZhW7I