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And then, we made Catacomb 3D
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FPS: First Person Shooter

And then, we made Catacomb 3D with texture mapping half a yearbefore they released Ultima...

And then, we made Catacomb 3D with texture mapping half a year
before they released Ultima Underworld, because John Carmack's first
game that he wrote at SoftDisk was Catacombs, we knew what
the levels looked like and everything

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And then, we made Catacomb 3D
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with texture mapping half a year before they released Ultima Underworld,
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because John Carmack's first game that he wrote at SoftDisk
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was Catacombs, we knew what the levels looked like and everything.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
46
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:14
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, action
Production
CreatorVC

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Movie Summary

A documentary about first-person shooter video games.
From an artist's perspective, it was really cool, because you could do larger pieces of artwork - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:14
From an artist's perspective, it was really cool, becau...
Having the hand present, it serves dual purposes. It's both an indicator - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:11
Having the hand present, it serves dual purposes. It's ...
You know, it took us a while to get, have the debates about whether you have - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
You know, it took us a while to get, have the debates about ...
'Is it more realistic if you don't have that? Even if though it's more frustrating for people to aim.' - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
'Is it more realistic if you don't have that?...
And I also like the game mechanics of it where you hold down your mouse button - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
And I also like the game mechanics of it where you hold down...
You know, in both cases, neither one of those games got to the absolute sort of rock solid perfection - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
You know, in both cases, neither one of those games got to t...
But, you know, we still got them out under the gun with really high time pressure - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
But, you know, we still got them out under the gun with real...
There are a lucky few who get to play at work and make it pay. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
There are a lucky few who get to play at work and make it pa...
Now, a similar story may be unfolding near Dallas. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
Now, a similar story may be unfolding near Dallas.
At the beginning of 1992, we had just come back from Christmas vacation, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
At the beginning of 1992, we had just come back from Christm...
We spent six months - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:31
We spent six months
All of us had very fond memories of Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple II. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
All of us had very fond memories of Castle Wolfenstein on th...
There weren't any other games, even on the Apple II, that were set in the Nazi dungeon. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
There weren't any other games, even on the Apple II, th...
It was the first stealth game. You're trying to see if you can hold up guards without them making noise, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
It was the first stealth game. You're trying to see if ...
Or you could drag bodies around corners, and guards could site on corpses and go into alert states. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
Or you could drag bodies around corners, and guards could si...
But, it was so obviously more fun to - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
But, it was so obviously more fun to
While we're making a game, we're playing the game hundreds of times a day, like it is nonstop. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
While we're making a game, we're playing the game ...
You're, like, running it to see how it feels and, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:18
You're, like, running it to see how it feels and,
Designing something truly elegant is one of the hardest things to do. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
Designing something truly elegant is one of the hardest thin...
Once you pare things down to only what needs to be there, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
Once you pare things down to only what needs to be there,