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FPS: First Person Shooter

We put out this press release in January before we even startedprogramming the thing...

We put out this press release in January before we even started
programming the thing saying, 'This is gonna be the
biggest PC breakthrough ever, this game, when it comes out.' And we
didn't even know when it was gonna come out

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We put out this press release in January
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before we even started programming the thing saying,
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'This is gonna be the biggest PC breakthrough ever,
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this game, when it comes out.' And we didn't even know when it was gonna come out.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:03
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, action
Production
CreatorVC

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Movie Summary

A documentary about first-person shooter video games.
John Carmack spent several months with a post-Wolfenstein technology that he had developed, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:13
John Carmack spent several months with a post-Wolfenstein te...
I remember, as a teenager, when Steve Jobs had left Apple - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:21
I remember, as a teenager, when Steve Jobs had left Apple
In the spring of 1985, he lost the power struggle inside Apple - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:08
In the spring of 1985, he lost the power struggle inside App...
In 1988, we have developed supercomputers - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
In 1988, we have developed supercomputers
But it was $10,000 plus. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
But it was $10,000 plus.
At that time, I couldn't even $300 for a hard drive. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
At that time, I couldn't even $300 for a hard drive.
But, once we got to the point where Commander Keen was doing quite well, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:15
But, once we got to the point where Commander Keen was doing...
Available to me, and I went, and I bought one of the next computers. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
Available to me, and I went, and I bought one of the next co...
Two billion calculations per second, second, second. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
Two billion calculations per second, second, second.
It was a great example of just being excited about technology - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:12
It was a great example of just being excited about technolog...
I immediately knew, when Doom came out, that I needed to get into the gaming industry. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:07
I immediately knew, when Doom came out, that I needed to get...
The advances just in one year that they did, they had the ceilings and floors, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:09
The advances just in one year that they did, they had the ce...
I had been working on the Doom editor for a while making little pieces of levels - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:11
I had been working on the Doom editor for a while making lit...
Not even full levels but just like, you know, trying to make something that was cool - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:25
Not even full levels but just like, you know, trying to make...
My vision for the whole arc of the game was - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:13
My vision for the whole arc of the game was
I might add, like, realistic kind of senses of place like, - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:15
I might add, like, realistic kind of senses of place like,
Nothing interesting. Nothing that, when you go through, it goes, 'Wow, this is amazing!' - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:12
Nothing interesting. Nothing that, when you go through, it g...
What's gonna really stand out?' To me, it felt like - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:11
What's gonna really stand out?' To me, it felt lik...
I started to make a room that had scale - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:24
I started to make a room that had scale
But, I needed the player to see it, 'cause it would look really cool to see something that high up. - FPS: First Person Shooter 00:05
But, I needed the player to see it, 'cause it would loo...