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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.

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[–] guacho@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Looking forward for reading this book.

Masters of Doom is a great read for anyone that have played any of their games (Doom, Quake) or have played games from the 90s.

[–] TheDeadGuy@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I find it interesting that the guys who wrote the initial side-scrolling code had no idea how revolutionary it was

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes you have no idea of what you're doing on a wider scale. For John and Tom, it was likely a very cool and neat technical problem they overcame while solving a problem in front of them.

[–] jeanofthedead@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Wtf I just bought Commander Keen on Steam a few days ago!

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I read Masters Of Doom back in the day and i remember it kinda portraying Romero as a bit of a douche. Still a good book!

[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That was a cool little snippet from John's perspective. I'll have to pick up a copy. I loved Masters of Doom and this seems to tell more of that story.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Did I... Did I just read a free shareware article demo of the full upcoming autobiography for sale?

[–] johnlsullivan2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] pepperonisalami@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

if you type their name often enough, you will inevitably type them as softdiks.

[–] hardypart@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Very interesting read, thanks for sharing!