A Visit to id Software (in 1993)
April 7, 2009 6:00 AM | Eric Caoili
Ripped from a recently unearthed VHS tape, this 31-minute video offers a rare look at id Software's office in November 1993 just before Doom's release, as well as over 20 minutes of a not-quite-complete build of the seminal first-person-shooter, featuring sound effects cribbed from the SNES version of Wolfenstein 3D.
You can get a sense of how new Doom's elements seemed at the time when John Romero pulls out a chainsaw in the game and someone watching exclaims, "Geez, chainsaws! Unbelievable!" The clip is full of wonderful audio bits like that, bellows of amazement that I remember making myself when I first saw the game on my neighbor's top-of-the-line Packard Bell 486 machine.
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incredible. I always pictured it a little dingier in there...
Greg | April 7, 2009 10:53 AM
This video is amazing. I'll never forget how thrilled i was when we got our first "modern" computer(a Pentium 100) and I convinced my dad to stop at CompUSA on the way home so I could buy DOOM. So many amazing memories.
I love how they had to explain the concept of exploding barrels.. something so commonplace today :)
Eric | April 7, 2009 11:41 AM