Happy 20th, DOOM

Justin Meisse · Dec 2013

It's a day late but yesterday was the 20th birthday of Doom!
GDC post mortem

I had no internet at the time so I jealously read magazine articles about all the PWADS people were making until I got my hands on the Doom Hacker's Guide and started making my own levels. I don't have many Doom modding stories to share because I wasn't plugged into the online community, Quake was the game that changed my life but Doom set me down that path so it holds a special place in my heart.

Lets hear your Doom stories

EricHall · Dec 2013

I was a kid when it first came out, but it had a profound impact on my life. My dad had it on his computer and I'd watch him play, then when he was done, he'd let me play. I never got into modding it or anything, but I give it credit as the catalyst that got me into horror movies, death metal and games. I have a poster from The Ultimate Doom that was in the original packaging framed and in my basement. Such an awesome game, I might play it after work now.....

Jeremy Lindstrom · Dec 2013

I pretty much owe my current livelihood to iD. Shortly after the release of Doom, the game that introduced me into the great and wonderful world of computers. Little did I know then that 20 years later I'd have worked with a ton of people in industry, work as an artist on ThreewaveCTF, get a BFA in Computer Animation, worked in the video game industry for a short time and now would be programming for phones that are more powerful than the PCs we had back then to play Doom on..

[HP] · Dec 2013

We're not worthy! We're not worthy!

Jeremy Lindstrom · Dec 2013

here's Carmack talking about it.. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/12/john-carmack-doom/

WarrenM · Dec 2013

Making Doom levels is why I'm working in games today. Doom will always be special to me.

Gmanx · Dec 2013

I saw Doom running on a friend's 14" beige monitor back when the shareware came out and it blew me away. I saved my cash, bought a £1,200 machine and never looked back.

Happy anniversary to the two Johns and all at ID.

Justin Meisse · Dec 2013

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ZombieWells · Dec 2013

That video is freaken awesome!!!! Happy Birthday id software, and Carmack bless you all!!

Simmo · Dec 2013

WarrenM wrote: »

Making Doom levels is why I'm working in games today. Doom will always be special to me.

Same here. Doom was and is something else to me, more than a game. So many memories

Stinkfoot · Dec 2013

I remember playing doom on a waay to slow pc, watching it strain as the game chugged along with choppy framerates, but it was still a blast. I mean you could shoot through window into the other room.. INTO THE OTHER ROOM!

watching that wad file load was a torture tho, cmon I wanna play!
Doom also introduced me.. and probably a lot of others to multiplay, I remember playing it with my brother and a friend on 3 PC's hooked up via IPX and coax cables and what not, cooping the campaign and blasting eachother to smithereens with the bfg.

great stuff and I can pop this sucker in any day

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WarrenM · Dec 2013

Simmo wrote: »

Same here. Doom was and is something else to me, more than a game. So many memories

I have an even stronger mental/emotional connection to Quake. That game was my life for several years - playing it, making levels, writing tools and editors, being in the community. Just a killer time. And now I make games for a living. Hooray!

Bruno Afonseca · Dec 2013

Love them all

The one that I enjoyed the most was Doom 64 though, so moody! And loved the reworked sprites and the level design.

Happy 20th, DOOM

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