This was a tech demo of the engine Carmack had put together. They sent it off to Nintendo, pitching them to "port" the Super Mario games to the PC. Nintendo passed. They then went on to create the Commander Keen series. Dangerous Dave was a character that John Romero ("the other John") had come up with prior to forming ID Software. They used Dangerous Dave in this demo as a "prank" for Romero; this demo was on a floppy disk, waiting for him when he came to work one morning. The rest is history..
Awesome video! I just finished "Masters of Doom", and I totally have id on the mind. Watching this you can totally imagine the awesomeness that romero felt when he fired this up for the first time. Carmack is my idol!
If I was Romero, I would have been utterly destroyed by this magic!
hudsoncreations 11 months ago
Read Masters of Doom for more history on this. Great book.
raresaturn 2 years ago 6
yeah that is probably my favorite book of all time. Im on my third time reading it
ahriik 1 year ago
@raresaturn
I actually looked this up after reading about it on the book.
IshidaTheQuincy 1 year ago
Wow... history in the making, and that's saying something. =P Thanks for uploading!
Joaquin602001 3 years ago
I had Dangerous Dave, but it wasn't like this...
saved2play 3 years ago
This was a tech demo of the engine Carmack had put together. They sent it off to Nintendo, pitching them to "port" the Super Mario games to the PC. Nintendo passed. They then went on to create the Commander Keen series. Dangerous Dave was a character that John Romero ("the other John") had come up with prior to forming ID Software. They used Dangerous Dave in this demo as a "prank" for Romero; this demo was on a floppy disk, waiting for him when he came to work one morning. The rest is history..
lupine73 2 years ago
Awesome video! I just finished "Masters of Doom", and I totally have id on the mind. Watching this you can totally imagine the awesomeness that romero felt when he fired this up for the first time. Carmack is my idol!
digitalchill 3 years ago 3
Where can i Get this??!!!!!!
poppybasers 3 years ago
Google: The Saga of Dangerous Dave
Quadrudos 3 years ago
I found it...
poppybasers 3 years ago
Yes, I have that book too, am reading it again now! I don't care so much for John Romero, but Carmack is my idol! He's brilliant!
Foebane72 4 years ago
Why you didn't get a mushrom? Was there some posibility to grown up in that game?
Mirrorbeholding 4 years ago
Check out a great book called "Masters of Doom" tells the story of id. Will make you appreciate how much time went into making the games.
vntr2006 4 years ago
Where can I get this demo?
fawnha 4 years ago
the DOOM series, a satanic untraviolent bloodfest!
MentisVenator 4 years ago
Amazing what JC and the guys at id achieved after this demo was created.
vntr2006 4 years ago