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id Software is an American video game developer based in Richardson, Texas. The company was founded in February 1991 by John Romero, John Carmack, Tom Hall and Adrian Carmack. ZeniMax Media acquired the company in June 24, 2009. id Software made important technological developments in video game technologies for the PC (running MS-DOS and Windows), including work done for the Wolfenstein, DOOM, and Quake franchises.
Notable Games
- Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons
- Commander Keen in Keen Dreams
- Commander Keen in Goodbye, Galaxy
- Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter
- Wolfenstein 3D
- DOOM (1993)
- Doom II: Hell on Earth
- Quake
- Quake II
- Quake III Arena
- Doom 3
- Doom RPG
- Wolfenstein RPG
- Doom 3: BFG Edition
- DOOM (2016)
- DOOM Eternal
Why They And Their Games Rock
- They were behind many great franchises, such as Doom, Wolfenstein and Commander Keen.
- They were also responsible for creating the first-person shooter genre with Wolfenstein 3D and further popularizing it with Doom and Quake.
- Introduced one of the first smooth side-scrolling game engines for MS-DOS.
- Their game engines, the id Tech series, have been heavily used throughout the video game industry.
- Plenty of weapons to use.
- Helped popularize online multiplayer with Quake.
- Their games are known for their massive modding communities, especially Doom and Quake.
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