The History of id Software

THE HISTORY OF id SOFTWARE 1990 ID TOOK US INTO SPACE FOR WHAT FELT LIKE THE FIRST TIME ALONGSIDE COMMANDER KEEN, AND WE TOTALLY INVADED THE HELL OUT OF MARS. ఆత COMMANDER KEEN "Invasion of the Vorticons" Episode One: Marooned on Mars 6000BYE CALIXY? 1991 WHEN WE PLAYED HOVERTANK 3D AND CATACOMB 3D, WE KNEW THIS FIRST- PERSON NONSENSE WOULD NEVER BE AN EXTREMELY POPULAR GAME GENRE. HOYERTANK THE DESCENT 1992 WITH WOLFENSTEIN 3D WE LEARNED TO LIKE KILLING NAZIS, WHICH IS GOOD BECAUSE WE WOULD END UP SPENDING NEARLY TWO DECADES DOING JUST THAT. IT ALSO TAUGHT US THAT BJ COULD BE A COOL NAME, WHICH WE THOUGHT WASN'T POSSIBLE SINCE THAT KID WE WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH WAS A MAJOR DOUCHE. LEUEL SCORELVES HEALTH AMMO 300 3 1007 II 1993 WE RETURNED TO MARS IN DOOM ONLY TO FIND OURSELVES IN GREAT PERIL ONCE AGAIN AS DEMONS STARTED POPPING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE STARTED GOING TO CHURCH AROUND THIS TIME. DID YOU SAY WE CAN PLAY AGAINST EACH OTHER? WHY WOULD WE WANT TO-- 0000000000000OOHHHHHHH. DID YOU SAY WE CAN MAKE MODS FOR THIS THING? WHAT THE HELL IS A-- 00000000000000ННННННННННН. 1994 WE GOT BACK TO EARTH IN DOOM II ONLY TO FIND THAT THE DEMONS BEAT US THERE. IT WAS LIKE DOOM ALL OVER AGAIN. I MEAN IT WAS LITERALLY EXACTLY LIKE DOOM. 1996 HOLY SHIBIT, QUAKE. GO00000ODBYE SPRITES. 1996 WHAT, YOU WANNA GET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AT THE BEST WESTERN IN GARLAND TO PLAY SOME QUAKE AND DOOM? SURE, WHY NOT? LET'S CALL IT QUAKECON. WOO00 HO000! A QUAKECON 1997 ITS CALLED QUAKE II, BUT I'M SO CONFUSED: WHY IS THERE A PLOT? I THOUGHT THIS WAS A FANTASYTHEMED SERIES? OH, WHO THE EFF CARES -- LET'S PLAY SOME DEATHMATCH. 1999 SCREW SINGLE-PLAYER, AMIRITE? IT'S TIME TO ROCK SOME QUAKE II: ARENA. ID THEN LICENSES THE ENGINE TO EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHERS. 1999 JOHN CARMACK LISTED AT NO. 10 ON TIME'S TOP 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN TECHNOLOGY LIST. THAT'S HOW BADASS QUAKE III WAS. 2000 CARMACK COFOUNDS ARMADILLO AEROSPACE, WHICH WE ASSUME WILL SOMEDAY TAKE US INTO OUTER SPACE. 2003 "STORY IN A GAME IS LIKE A STORY IN A PORN MOVIE. IT'S EXPECTED TO BE THERE, BUT IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT." - CARMACK. WHAT A DICK. JKJKJK 2004 ITS BACK TO MARS WE GO WITH DOOM 3. IT'S A REBOOT! IT'S A SEQUEL! IT'S ACTUALLY ONLY A REBOOT, BUT THEY PUT THE NUMBER AT THE END TO CONFUSE EVERYONE. JUST LIKE QUAKE II. ZO09 ID IS BOUGHT BY ZENIMAX. THEY TOTALLY SOLD OUT, MAN, TO THE CORPORATE MASTERS. ZeniMay ONLINE STUDIOS 2009 auAKE LIVE! IT'S QUAKE III IN OUR BROWSERS, AND WE'VE NEVER FELT LESS ABLE TO GET OUR WORK DONE. 2011 RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE! WE BOUGHT A GIANT-ASS TV A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND IT'S ABOUT TIME WE GOT TO PLAY A GENU-WINE ID GAME ON IT. 2013 DOM 4 IS DEFINITELY COMING OUT THIS YEAR. DEFINITELY. WE SWEAR! WE KNOW WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE. Game Front