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Memento Mori to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

The birth of id Software - 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.

www.theverge.com

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The birth of id Software - 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.

www.theverge.com

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From John Romero’s upcoming autobiography.
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    22•2 years ago

    Interesting article for sure, but it seems to kinda just end abruptly… I wanted to keep reading more!

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      Wow Commander Keen, good memories.

      Can anyone suggest a solid FOSS emulator for Linux? I wonder hoe that game would play today.

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        Commander genius comes to mind.

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        Does Dosbox work on Linux?

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          Yep it works.

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      Yeah exactly. I kept looking for the part 2 button 😅

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      deleted by creator

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      4•2 years ago

      Masters of Doom is an amazing book about id’s history. Not like, “good for a video game book”. A legitimately good book for anyone.

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