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One important thing to understand, I think, about John Carmack
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FPS: First Person Shooter

One important thing to understand,I think, about John Carmack, he was always interesting...

One important thing to understand,
I think, about John Carmack, he was always interesting in creating a virtual world. Hovertank
was a first step in that direction

Full Transcript

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One important thing to understand, I think, about John Carmack,
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he was always interesting in creating
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a virtual world. Hovertank was a first step in that direction.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:15
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, action
Production
CreatorVC

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Movie Summary

A documentary about first-person shooter video games.
It was our first 3D game, and - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
It was our first 3D game, and
Romero had talked to a friend of his, Paul Neurath at Looking Glass. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
Romero had talked to a friend of his, Paul Neurath at Lookin...
He said, 'We're working on a really cool game, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:13
He said, 'We're working on a really cool game,
'Can you do that?' He said, 'Yeah, I can do that.' - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:10
'Can you do that?' He said, 'Yeah, I can do t...
You know, I honestly still hadn't worked out some of the issues with perspective texture mapping. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
You know, I honestly still hadn't worked out some of th...
That was obviously the next thing that I wanted to do with Catacombs 3D. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:06
That was obviously the next thing that I wanted to do with C...
So, they were still making Ultima Underworld for a whole year while we did nothing about texture mapping. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
So, they were still making Ultima Underworld for a whole yea...
And then, we made Catacomb 3D - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:17
And then, we made Catacomb 3D
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...