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Bill Gates' Doom Video From 1995

Posted by Zonk on from the for-your-downloading-pleasure dept.

Ant writes "ReelSplatter.com has a copy of the video showing Bill Gates, dressed in a black trench coat and carrying a shotgun, within id software's Doom. The downloadable 11 MB 3.25 minute Windows Media Video (WMV) file (Putfile has a streaming copy) was used to introduce Windows 95 and DirectX at the Microsoft Judgement Day event on October 30th, 1995. Note: The DOOM game map is episode 1, map 2."

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  1. He'll be doing it again soon... by Goalie_Ca · · Score: 4, Funny

    He'll be doing it again soon with the co-launch of vista and duke nukem forever.

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  2. Motion to Replace Borg Bill with Shotgun Bill for by Kawahee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Place your support here!

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  3. Oh noes!! by Chrismith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Call Jack Thompson -- obviously these violent games have had a detrimental effect on our corporate overlords. I hear that these days they're even throwing chairs around.

  4. You've got to admit it... by avalys · · Score: 4, Funny

    You've got it to admit it, the man has charisma.

    *cough* *chuckle* *splutter*

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  5. I F%^#&^KING HATE DEMONS!! by Hikaru79 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Personally, I can't wait for the "Steve Ballmer Edition" of this video. Now with extra obscenities and demon-throwing action!

  6. One thing's for sure... by MentalMooMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Either the person playing at the start of the video was using the arrow keys instead of a mouse, or he was really crap at doom. And he just stood there while bill stood right in the crosshairs! What's up with that!?

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    1. Re:One thing's for sure... by dasunt · · Score: 3, Insightful

      That bastard also doesn't seem to know about the soul sphere and chaingun/ammo hidden nearby.

  7. Bill didn't shoot by BushCheney08 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can tell that Bill didn't really shoot that dood that came onscreen at the 2 minute mark cos his ammo stays at 33. I suspect that Ballmer must've hit him from behind with a chair...

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  8. Did anyone else notice... by lurch84 · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... that Bill Gates was using God-mode?

    Conclude what ye will...

  9. Re:GIR says... by iced_773 · · Score: 3, Interesting


    I remember reading a story about this from one of the people on the DirectX 1.0 developer team.

  10. Watch out, jocks. by apflwr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bill Gates is in the Trenchcoat Mafia.

  11. Re:DirectX and id??? by AlexMax2742 · · Score: 3, Informative
    Found a source: http://doom.wikicities.com/wiki/Doom_95

    Hope that helps.

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  12. Re:DirectX and id??? by bigbigbison · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As the beginning of the video notes, the book, Masters of Doom, has the details. According to the book, Microsoft was trying to get people to write games for Win95 and not DOS so they tried to get id to write a version of Doom for Win95 and they wouldn't. They did let Microsoft write rewrite it though.

    I'm pretty amazed this video has finally surfaced. It was yanked by Microsoft immediately after it was shown, so many assumed that the original copy had been destroyed. Ever since I read about this in Masters of Doom I've wanted to see this. Awesome find.

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