Doom Is Twenty Years Old

alancronin writes with a quick bite from the Dallas News about everyone's favorite FPS: "Few video games have had the impact that Doom has on the medium as a whole. While it wasn't the first first-person shooter out there, it was certainly one of the earliest hits of the genre, due in no small part to its revolutionary multiplayer. Today, that game is 20 years old. Made in Mesquite by a bunch of young developers including legends John Carmack and John Romero, Doom went on to 'transform pop culture,' as noted by the sub-title of the book Masters of Doom." Yesterday, but who's counting. Fire up your favorite source port and slay some hellspawn to celebrate (or processes). I'm partial to Doomsday (helps that it's in Debian).

Comments

"legends John Carmack and John Romero"?

[Anonymous Coward]

That's like saying "Singing legends Elvis Presley and Right Said Fred."

One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong...

Re:1st 1st-person shooter

[ArcadeMan]

Was your cube blue, by any chance?

Re:Ah the memories

[danbert8]

Bah, why isn't there an undo mod command. I accidentally hit underrated instead of overrated. Now I have to reply, lose a mod point, and can't mod anymore in this thread. Oh and so I have a relevant comment: iddqd I AM INVINCIBLE TO YOUR MODS!