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In Spear of Destiny (1992), I put a secret screen in the game that could only be reached by a secret keypress in the menu system. The original screen (320x200) is in the upper right-hand co ...

2009-11-12T15:39:25Z

Romero
In Spear of Destiny (1992), I put a secret screen in the game that could only be reached by a secret keypress in the menu system. The original screen (320x200) is in the upper right-hand co ...

This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Adrian's in his room (which he shared with Kevin Cloud) and you can see here that he was modeling the Baron of Hell out of clay himse ...

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Adrian's in his room (which he shared with Kevin Cloud) and you can see here that he was modeling the Baron of Hell out of clay himse ...

Here's Greg's model of the Revenant for DOOM II. He's a favorite of mine because I just LOVE the punching sound - it makes me laugh every time! Yes, I made sure the sound made me laugh. :)

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
Here's Greg's model of the Revenant for DOOM II. He's a favorite of mine because I just LOVE the punching sound - it makes me laugh every time! Yes, I made sure the sound made me laugh. :)

Yes, this is the clay model of the DoomGuy that Adriani created! One pose, folks, or it breaks into a silly mess.

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
Yes, this is the clay model of the DoomGuy that Adriani created! One pose, folks, or it breaks into a silly mess.

This is a picture of the Shreveport lakehouse that id Software started in. Tom took this pic of John Carmack and myself while we were working on the Super Mario 3 demo for Nintendo - so thi ...

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
This is a picture of the Shreveport lakehouse that id Software started in. Tom took this pic of John Carmack and myself while we were working on the Super Mario 3 demo for Nintendo - so thi ...

Here's a closeup of Greg's latex and metal model of the Spiderdemon.

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
Here's a closeup of Greg's latex and metal model of the Spiderdemon.

This is my wife Raluca's favorite monster in DOOM II - the Mancubus. This is the model that Greg Punchatz created and we used a video camera to scan it in (8 rotations), clean up the pixels ...

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
This is my wife Raluca's favorite monster in DOOM II - the Mancubus. This is the model that Greg Punchatz created and we used a video camera to scan it in (8 rotations), clean up the pixels ...

Both Shawn Green and myself are big heavy metal maniacs! During DOOM we used to listen to lots of Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Dokken, Metallica, etc. and here we are going ...

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
Both Shawn Green and myself are big heavy metal maniacs! During DOOM we used to listen to lots of Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Dokken, Metallica, etc. and here we are going ...

This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. This is the DOOM chainsaw sitting in a bucket, ready to be scanned by Kevin to create the image of the chainsaw in DOOM. The reason it ...

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. This is the DOOM chainsaw sitting in a bucket, ready to be scanned by Kevin to create the image of the chainsaw in DOOM. The reason it ...

This is the great Bobby Prince, our music composer between 1991-1994. He did the music for Commander Keen 4, 5, 6, Catacomb 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, DOOM, DOOM II. In this pic ...

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
This is the great Bobby Prince, our music composer between 1991-1994. He did the music for Commander Keen 4, 5, 6, Catacomb 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, DOOM, DOOM II. In this pic ...

PC Gamer, May 2003, Most Controversial Game article. Not bad for a 10 year old game!

2009-11-12T15:39:25Z

Romero
PC Gamer, May 2003, Most Controversial Game article. Not bad for a 10 year old game!

bels' photo

2009-07-17T13:52:58Z

bels

This is me, Kevin and Adrian posing for a pic during DOOM II development. I'm always looking nutty in pics - cause i'm nutty!

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
This is me, Kevin and Adrian posing for a pic during DOOM II development. I'm always looking nutty in pics - cause i'm nutty!

PanAm Boeing 747 by Project OpenSky flying in Microsoft Flight Simulator X

2009-07-29T10:44:53Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)
PanAm Boeing 747 by Project OpenSky flying in Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Here are some Asian versions of DOOM and Wolfenstein. Since piracy was so insanely rampant over there, we sold the rights to sell copies to the biggest pirates for $1 per copy - that way we ...

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
Here are some Asian versions of DOOM and Wolfenstein. Since piracy was so insanely rampant over there, we sold the rights to sell copies to the biggest pirates for $1 per copy - that way we ...

Romero's photo

2009-06-06T11:40:42Z

Romero

Richard and April's photo

2009-07-14T20:06:49Z

Richard and April

Dria in Bountry Hunter Armor in Grampa's Tattoine Mansion

2009-07-14T20:18:43Z

Richard and April
Dria in Bountry Hunter Armor in Grampa's Tattoine Mansion

Tim Willits shows up.

2009-07-07T05:31:44Z

Don MacAskill
Tim Willits shows up.

This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Tom's busy working on a map in my map editor, DoomEd, but don't worry - you won't be able to make out anything on the screen! Tom sta ...

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Tom's busy working on a map in my map editor, DoomEd, but don't worry - you won't be able to make out anything on the screen! Tom sta ...

It's the "Bad Ad", the one that got a generation of gamers and journalists hating me! Suck it down.

2009-11-12T15:39:25Z

Romero
It's the "Bad Ad", the one that got a generation of gamers and journalists hating me! Suck it down.

The is one of the "legendary" letters that Scott Miller (CEO of 3D Realms; back then Apogee Software) wrote me trying to get me to contact him so we could work together. You'll see he change ...

2009-09-01T20:10:03Z

Romero
The is one of the "legendary" letters that Scott Miller (CEO of 3D Realms; back then Apogee Software) wrote me trying to get me to contact him so we could work together. You'll see he change ...

There it is - all in blue! Uhhmmmmm.....it looks like a prison...

2009-08-11T21:32:46Z

Romero
There it is - all in blue! Uhhmmmmm.....it looks like a prison...

The view of Softdisk's roof then the street going down to the lower Softdisk parking lot entrance.

2009-08-11T21:28:18Z

Romero
The view of Softdisk's roof then the street going down to the lower Softdisk parking lot entrance.

This is the roof of Softdisk where everyone parked. The tall building to the right is the Fairmont Apartments.

2009-08-11T21:57:25Z

Romero
This is the roof of Softdisk where everyone parked. The tall building to the right is the Fairmont Apartments.

Left to right: Tom Hall, Jay Wilbur, John Romero This picture was taken just after the Summer Shareware Seminar awards in 1992. We got awards for two categories that both related to our s ...

2009-11-12T15:38:37Z

Romero
Left to right: Tom Hall, Jay Wilbur, John Romero This picture was taken just after the Summer Shareware Seminar awards in 1992. We got awards for two categories that both related to our s ...

This is the Living Room Arcade. When closed, it looks like any other cabinet in the living room. But, when open, it can play arcade games on the PC, or GameCube or XBox games routed to the ...

2009-07-06T19:30:23Z

Donald Brown (GadgetDon)
This is the Living Room Arcade. When closed, it looks like any other cabinet in the living room. But, when open, it can play arcade games on the PC, or GameCube or XBox games routed to the ...

Dria getting stepped on by the Giant Tortoises on Talus

2009-07-14T19:51:24Z

Richard and April
Dria getting stepped on by the Giant Tortoises on Talus

QAPete's photo

2009-07-09T20:17:50Z

QAPete

E32K9-141

2009-06-04T09:55:04Z

ReAnim8or
E32K9-141

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)'s photo

2009-06-22T15:48:44Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)'s photo

2008-12-19T05:29:00Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)

Short final in a Boeing 747. Microsoft Flight Simulator X

2009-07-29T09:26:22Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)
Short final in a Boeing 747. Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Druid Tree of Restoration Talent - Tree Form Yes, that's my Druid, not a guardian in Darnassus.

2009-08-11T02:32:43Z

Scott Simon (ssimon)
Druid Tree of Restoration Talent - Tree Form Yes, that's my Druid, not a guardian in Darnassus.

Here's my old id Software business card. Since I did so many things (biz stuff, packaging guidance, exec producing, coding, level design, game design, audio, product mastering, etc.) I just ...

2009-07-25T06:47:38Z

Romero
Here's my old id Software business card. Since I did so many things (biz stuff, packaging guidance, exec producing, coding, level design, game design, audio, product mastering, etc.) I just ...

Dria driving a Padawan thru the jungles of Dathomir

2009-07-14T20:45:43Z

Richard and April
Dria driving a Padawan thru the jungles of Dathomir

Dria Finally Meeting the Old Man who begins your Jedi Quests

2009-07-14T20:13:59Z

Richard and April
Dria Finally Meeting the Old Man who begins your Jedi Quests

Dria on a Mission with 5 Jedi Knights on Rori

2009-07-14T20:25:27Z

Richard and April
Dria on a Mission with 5 Jedi Knights on Rori

E32K9-153

2009-06-04T09:58:06Z

ReAnim8or
E32K9-153

ReAnim8or's photo

2009-03-10T06:44:19Z

ReAnim8or

DOOM novel published in Hungarian. As far as I know, this is not related to the DOOM novels by Dafyyd ab Hugh.

2009-10-09T04:12:30Z

Romero
DOOM novel published in Hungarian. As far as I know, this is not related to the DOOM novels by Dafyyd ab Hugh.

Scott Simon (ssimon)'s photo

2009-08-03T07:52:14Z

Scott Simon (ssimon)

Evidently they made a series of comics after the game came out! IT WAS JUST THAT POWERFUL A CONCEPT!

2009-07-24T16:34:31Z

Romero
Evidently they made a series of comics after the game came out! IT WAS JUST THAT POWERFUL A CONCEPT!

Nice article about Warren's Deus Ex. Most people don't know this but Warren named the game Deus Ex so most people would mispronounce it "Do Sex". Deus Ex is short for Deus Ex Machina - T ...

2009-11-12T15:39:25Z

Romero
Nice article about Warren's Deus Ex. Most people don't know this but Warren named the game Deus Ex so most people would mispronounce it "Do Sex". Deus Ex is short for Deus Ex Machina - T ...

Here's another id lakehouse pic - this is me and Jay Wilbur in the swimming pool in the backyard. Why was I wearing sunglasses in the pool? They were prescription and I ran out of contact ...

2009-11-12T15:39:25Z

Romero
Here's another id lakehouse pic - this is me and Jay Wilbur in the swimming pool in the backyard. Why was I wearing sunglasses in the pool? They were prescription and I ran out of contact ...

QAPete's photo

2009-07-09T20:15:18Z

QAPete

QAPete's photo

2009-07-09T20:11:06Z

QAPete

ReAnim8or's photo

2009-03-10T06:44:19Z

ReAnim8or

This is the original DOOM 2 box painting by Julie Bell. I loved the pose but the Cyberdemon looks like a bull. We chose to work with BROM for the final cover that you see on the DOOM 2 box ...

2008-09-08T16:24:49Z

Romero
This is the original DOOM 2 box painting by Julie Bell. I loved the pose but the Cyberdemon looks like a bull. We chose to work with BROM for the final cover that you see on the DOOM 2 box ...

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)'s photo

2008-06-21T10:33:18Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)

PanAm Boeing 747 flying between cloud layers. FSX

2009-07-29T10:03:02Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)
PanAm Boeing 747 flying between cloud layers. FSX

We had a mini Softdisk reunion in the summer of 2003 at Tom Hall's house. From left to right are: Tom, Rhonda Reimers, Lane Roathe, me, Jim Weiler, Carolyn Drain, Fender Tucker.

2009-07-25T05:50:06Z

Romero
We had a mini Softdisk reunion in the summer of 2003 at Tom Hall's house. From left to right are: Tom, Rhonda Reimers, Lane Roathe, me, Jim Weiler, Carolyn Drain, Fender Tucker.

bels' photo

2009-07-18T05:17:07Z

bels

Computer Gaming World, October 2005, back page article. I still don't understand what the article is supposed to be saying... I'll react to the inaccuracies in the article right here: ...

2009-11-12T15:39:25Z

Romero
Computer Gaming World, October 2005, back page article. I still don't understand what the article is supposed to be saying... I'll react to the inaccuracies in the article right here: ...

QAPete's photo

2009-07-09T20:09:10Z

QAPete

This was my first arcade cabinet I built, and the only one I didn't design. It's a cocktail style, two people can sit down and play.

2009-07-06T19:00:47Z

Donald Brown (GadgetDon)
This was my first arcade cabinet I built, and the only one I didn't design. It's a cocktail style, two people can sit down and play.

This is the Desktop arcade, one of the simplest arcades I've seen. It can be created in a single weekend.

2009-07-06T19:27:02Z

Donald Brown (GadgetDon)
This is the Desktop arcade, one of the simplest arcades I've seen. It can be created in a single weekend.

E32K9-142

2009-06-04T09:54:57Z

ReAnim8or
E32K9-142

E32K9-130

2009-06-04T09:51:53Z

ReAnim8or
E32K9-130

E32K9-126

2009-06-04T09:50:38Z

ReAnim8or
E32K9-126

E32K9-125

2009-06-04T09:50:06Z

ReAnim8or
E32K9-125

E32K9-123

2009-06-04T09:49:35Z

ReAnim8or
E32K9-123

E32K9-120

2009-06-04T09:48:39Z

ReAnim8or
E32K9-120

E32K9-104

2009-06-04T09:45:29Z

ReAnim8or
E32K9-104

This is an old Penny Arcade from 1998

2009-01-08T21:02:47Z

Romero
This is an old Penny Arcade from 1998

Another view of 7450 Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport, LA. The house was right on Cross Lake and had a moor and boat dock off the back. There's a huge backyard as well.

2009-08-11T21:45:03Z

Romero
Another view of 7450 Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport, LA. The house was right on Cross Lake and had a moor and boat dock off the back. There's a huge backyard as well.

Here's a view of Cross Lake and the island we used to go kneeboarding around.

2009-08-11T22:51:12Z

Romero
Here's a view of Cross Lake and the island we used to go kneeboarding around.

This was the front of my Midway business card which I made myself because I didn't like the normal boring card design they had. This one's more fun!

2009-07-25T06:38:49Z

Romero
This was the front of my Midway business card which I made myself because I didn't like the normal boring card design they had. This one's more fun!

Here's my Ion Storm business card. All of Ion's corporate identity, game packaging for ALL our games, etc. was designed by Sasha Shor - the same woman who designed the Quake logo, font, pac ...

2009-07-25T07:14:41Z

Romero
Here's my Ion Storm business card. All of Ion's corporate identity, game packaging for ALL our games, etc. was designed by Sasha Shor - the same woman who designed the Quake logo, font, pac ...

I love reading these old ads. They are overwhelmingly lameass.

2009-07-23T18:02:30Z

Romero
I love reading these old ads. They are overwhelmingly lameass.

Some of my debugging notes and also the code to check for the exit door where you have to type in the correct word from the letters you've gathered.

2009-07-23T18:48:15Z

Romero
Some of my debugging notes and also the code to check for the exit door where you have to type in the correct word from the letters you've gathered.

Richard and April's photo

2009-07-23T07:50:31Z

Richard and April

welshrik's photo

2009-07-22T02:29:32Z

welshrik

bels' photo

2009-07-07T03:19:52Z

bels

This is the cover of the Gamer's Edge-published PC version of Dangerous Dave II. The artist's name is Ronnie Sapp, The Sappster!

2009-02-22T01:06:18Z

Romero
This is the cover of the Gamer's Edge-published PC version of Dangerous Dave II. The artist's name is Ronnie Sapp, The Sappster!

I actually wrote Scout Search in 1983 soon after learning 6502 assembler. It was originally titled Ricochet but I came up with a little story and changed the name. You can see a little of ...

2009-07-14T23:36:29Z

Romero
I actually wrote Scout Search in 1983 soon after learning 6502 assembler. It was originally titled Ricochet but I came up with a little story and changed the name. You can see a little of ...

This is a fake advertisement I drew for one of the earliest games I've created called Dodge 'Em. Notice that it pokes fun at itself. Notice that.

2009-07-13T04:59:50Z

Romero
This is a fake advertisement I drew for one of the earliest games I've created called Dodge 'Em. Notice that it pokes fun at itself. Notice that.

E32K9-154

2009-06-04T09:58:06Z

ReAnim8or
E32K9-154

E32K9-135

2009-06-04T09:53:39Z

ReAnim8or
E32K9-135

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)'s photo

2008-12-19T05:35:15Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)

Battlezone's "Game Over" screen.

2009-01-12T10:01:45Z

biroschik
Battlezone's "Game Over" screen.

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)'s photo

2009-01-27T07:02:35Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)

Boing 747 by Project OpenSky, flying in FSX

2009-07-29T10:29:12Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)
Boing 747 by Project OpenSky, flying in FSX

Schweizer 300c helicopter on a tropical beach. FSX flight simulator.

2009-08-06T07:40:17Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)
Schweizer 300c helicopter on a tropical beach. FSX flight simulator.

coast guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter hovering next to Hanger One at Moffett filed Mountain View, California.

2009-08-09T09:14:50Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)
coast guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter hovering next to Hanger One at Moffett filed Mountain View, California.

Eurocopter AS350 helicopter flying low over a river in Brazil. Screenshot form Microsoft Flight Simulator X

2009-08-10T06:40:03Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)
Eurocopter AS350 helicopter flying low over a river in Brazil. Screenshot form Microsoft Flight Simulator X

TinMouse II Boeing 737 flying off into the sunset. Screenshot from FSX

2009-08-10T05:21:23Z

Tom Bukowski (tombukowski)
TinMouse II Boeing 737 flying off into the sunset. Screenshot from FSX

Here's the letter Scott wrote me just after we got in touch over the phone about possibly doing some work with him. You can see that I told him they don't go through personal mail and it wa ...

2009-07-12T18:12:23Z

Romero
Here's the letter Scott wrote me just after we got in touch over the phone about possibly doing some work with him. You can see that I told him they don't go through personal mail and it wa ...

This is a view of the complex from the street. My apartment was visible from this location.....don't look for it too hard - it looks just like all the others. And is a piece of shit.

2009-07-01T20:08:01Z

Romero
This is a view of the complex from the street. My apartment was visible from this location.....don't look for it too hard - it looks just like all the others. And is a piece of shit.

chocobo-riding.jpg

2009-08-06T00:15:47Z

danakate
chocobo-riding.jpg

2006-08-27.chocobo-01.jpg

2009-08-03T17:46:42Z

danakate
2006-08-27.chocobo-01.jpg

The back of the invitation.

2009-07-08T01:04:59Z

Romero
The back of the invitation.

This is the lapel button that attendees had to wear to get in. The security was very, very tight but luckily everyone got in.

2009-07-25T06:44:52Z

Romero
This is the lapel button that attendees had to wear to get in. The security was very, very tight but luckily everyone got in.

I organized the Apple II Reunion of 2004 at the house of John Garcia (owner of Novalogic, coder of Zaxxon on the Apple II) and invited many Apple II alumni. Steve Wozniak graced us with his ...

2009-07-25T06:15:07Z

Romero
I organized the Apple II Reunion of 2004 at the house of John Garcia (owner of Novalogic, coder of Zaxxon on the Apple II) and invited many Apple II alumni. Steve Wozniak graced us with his ...

I had lunch with Warren Robinett (author of Adventure on the 2600, Rocky's Boots, co-founder of The Learning Company) recently along with my friends Jeff Buchanan (left front) and Chris Maye ...

2009-07-25T06:04:54Z

Romero
I had lunch with Warren Robinett (author of Adventure on the 2600, Rocky's Boots, co-founder of The Learning Company) recently along with my friends Jeff Buchanan (left front) and Chris Maye ...

Romero's photo

2009-06-06T11:24:10Z

Romero

Nice article about Tom's Anachronox

2009-11-12T15:39:25Z

Romero
Nice article about Tom's Anachronox

Here's the Daikatana article

2009-11-12T15:39:25Z

Romero
Here's the Daikatana article

This was probably the biggest article printed about Ion Storm and our games over the years. I thought it turned out pretty good. Four double-page mini-articles to follow.

2009-11-12T15:39:25Z

Romero
This was probably the biggest article printed about Ion Storm and our games over the years. I thought it turned out pretty good. Four double-page mini-articles to follow.

Cathleen Thompson's photo

2009-07-22T12:21:41Z

Cathleen Thompson