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Shacknews is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Quake and of Shacknews by serializing Rocket Jump: Quake and the Golden Age of First-Person Shooters our flagship long read exploring the making of id Software s Quake trilogy, the culture inside id during development of Quake 1, 2, and 3, and the impact id s games had on the FPS genre. Every week in June, we ll post another chapter offering unprecedented, behind-the-scenes access into one of the most influential games ever made. In today s chapter, the id team recovers from making 1994 s Doom II and struggles to define its next project.
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Learning the ins and outs of their most advanced game engine yet, id Software s developers follow their muses to create Quake s four distinct episodes.
From Keen to Doom: id Software’s Founders Talk 30 Years of Gaming History
Feb 1, 2021, 6:40 am EDT
| 8 min read
On February 1, 1991, John Romero, John Carmack, Tom Hall, and Adrian Carmack officially founded id Software. The group went on to revolutionize the game industry with franchises such as
Wolfenstein,
Doom, and
Quake. Here’s a look back at id Software over the last 30 years, with a little help from those legendary developers.
id Software: The House That Keen Built
The story of id Software began in the late 1980s, when John Carmack, John Romero, Adrian Carmack (no relation to John), and Tom Hall developed games for a mail-order disk magazine company called Softdisk, located in Shreveport, Louisiana.