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The Technology Behind ID's Games

Posted by timothy on from the don't-forget-ego-and-superego dept.

orac2 writes: "The current issue of IEEE Spectrum has an article on the groundbreaking technology behind iD Software's games, from the days of Commander Keen through to Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Graphics technologies covered include the original 2-D buffer trick that made side-scrolling games on the PC feasible, as well as the more modern Raycasting and Binary Space Partition Tree techniques. Carmack is quoted extensively."

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ooooh yeah!

  2. My cat likes to hide in boxes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nuff said

  3. Please look into the technology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    inside of my ASS!

  4. fucking bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bullshit man, all of this gay ass homo crap is a buncha lib'ral bullshit FP

  5. The Carmack by Hash+Browns · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's The Carmack, get it right!

  6. last post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LAST POST!!!!!!

  7. Woot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Have you ever noticed that every time there's a Bush in office, we're at war with the Arabs and the economy's in the crapper?

    (oh, and that the CIA is running drugs, too?)

  8. You mean Carmack didn't invent the internet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm astonished I didn't read in that article that John Carmack invented the internet, too.

  9. Off Topic rant about Googlegear.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you are like me, and are having to upgrade to play all the cool new games on the market this summer, stay away from Googlegear.com I placed and order on last Wenedsday. Everything was listed as "in-stock" It was listed as packed on their website as of friday afternoon, and it STILL had not shipped as of the next Tuesday. So I called, and they said they didn't know why it was so late and that the girl was going to the mailroom to figure it out and call me back. No offer of refund for the 2 day shipping I had wanted so I could build it over the weekend, not even a return call like she said. It shipped, but thats 7 DAYS for an in stock order. Spead the word, stay away from Googlegear.