How iD Software revolutionised gaming: The untold story of Hovertank 3D to DooM

This video tells the fascinating story of how id Software doubled down on 3D gaming, and how they evolved from Hovertank 3D to DooM in just two and a half years. It also tells the backstory of how they got started, and almost ended up working for Nintendo!

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Credits: GDC -John Romero - The Early Days of id software https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2MIpi8pIvY Gmanlives- Catacomb 3-D Series PC Game Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG1oYjG5Bg8 Nabradius-Catacomb Abyss Full walkthrought (CatacombGL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SzNvJNRHyI DARTHVR -Hovertank 3D (1991) id Software's first game in the FPS genre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vR4s5yEAXE The Medieval Nerd - Doom (1993) - DOS Gameplay Video (PC MS-DOS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW2lZDBxeT0 Exposed.Files - Original Doom Gameplay [Nightmare Difficulty] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mEP4cflrd4 iPhantom3D - Doom 1 - Mission 1 Gameplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnqLJpgq7jc NeoGamer - The Video Game Archive -Doom - Early Prototypes and Beta Gameplay Inside id Software in 1993 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cqhox6aipA Midnight - The DOOM Unreleased Alpha's And Everything That Changed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eIKyAt-CXc CuteFloor - A visit to id software (november 1993) https://youtu.be/HpEBUV_g9vU?si=shFDJEV7iAgkkIYc Nostalgia Nerd - Doom Unreleased Alphas & Betas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_b6bzIrqoI LordWt - Wolfenstein 3D - CNN (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=763_h1q1mmA Zdenda1990 - Wolfenstein 3D - What happens when Dr. Schabbs kills you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DBW4jPI_l4 GermanPeter - The Cuteness of Details in Wolfenstein 3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8sgpHy3bCo DOS Nostalgia - Wolfenstein 3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42fhs8v5Vw Civvie 11 - Pro Wolfenstein 3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-tNx4-p2qM F4m1lyGuy10 Full Doom I and II soundtracks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cixW6rogZ48 DFarthGrayghuV2 - Wolfenstein 3D Title Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS4DVy5TCBY Teppica - Commander Keen 4 music - shadowlands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8o1NObgsCQ&list=PLsQNBc1Davyu69- eYRoAqdvVdaGQDhEVU RetroGamerBunny - Catacomb 3-D Soundtrack (Too Hot) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5wyIQ6Yz4U Old Nerd Playing Old PC Games - Dangerous Dave / Longplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWmYvwEoBls m games - Let's Play Castle Wolfenstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm3lyg9g72U CuteFloor - Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement - Unreleased Prototype TasVideosChannel - DOS Commander Keen: Episode 1 - Marooned on Mars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sZLNAo9ZyU Ludi Antiqui - Gamer's Edge and the Founding of id Software (The Lost Games of id Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR6CfYlJBtc Gee Tee - 3-Demon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP-oDEDsEOk Ed1475 - BattleZone (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2J3ZgomvN4 Andrew Williams - Catacomb (1990, John Carmack) IGN - Why Ultima Underworld Is My Favorite Game Of All-Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuNymTPko3Y MVG - I am a developer on Quake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33T7NPxnEKI

Images: Various photos from Romero's stash: https://romero.smugmug.com

Music: Catacomb 3D, Wolfenstein 3D and DooM music by Bobby Prince ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJRuzykYXYg