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Memento Mori@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前

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.

www.theverge.com

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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.

www.theverge.com

Memento Mori@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前
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The birth of id Software
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From John Romero’s upcoming autobiography.
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    Interesting article for sure, but it seems to kinda just end abruptly… I wanted to keep reading more!

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        Does Dosbox work on Linux?

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          Yep it works.

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        Commander genius comes to mind.

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

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      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.

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

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      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/

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    I see Keen I upvote.

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

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    Masters of Doom is a great book on this.

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

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    Shit, I forgot about Commander Keen.

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

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