Matt Chat 54: Quake with John Romero

This episode covers id's Quake, the 1996 smash hit that pushed the first-person shooter genre to new heights. Unfortunately, it also marks the last great collaboration between John Romero and John Carmack.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• john
• romero
• quake
• id
• software
• games
• videogames
• gaming
• history
• first-person
• shooters
• doom
• wolfenstein
• 3D
• carmack

[vintagevideogamegeek]

How cool would it be to have one of those level sketches from John hanging on your wall?

Strife! I beat that game in college.  It had a wonderfully woven storyline. I'd love to see an epidsode on that one. Fight for the Front and freedom, move out! LOL

Wow...so sad to hear about the break-up, but so thankful for what they guys were able to do.

[blacklily8]

@vintagevideogamegeek That would be awesome! I'm sure he has plenty of collectibles hanging around his house. I don't think I've ever played Strife.

[NinjaRunningWild]

It's a shame that id didn't stay Romero and Carmack. It was the combination that made that recipe so amazing. Since then, neither of them have achieved glory on the same level as Doom or Quake. Keeping such strong individuals together is like herding cats. You can't do it for very long and have them all stay in one place.

[blacklily8]

@NinjaRunningWild Yes, I agree. Sometimes it's really important for people just to swallow their pride and work together, even if they feel totally justified in splitting up or doing their own thing. After all, the social tension can often spark great inspirations.

[svicciarelli]

though i do wonder about the other points of view on the Quake days. from Carmack, American, the others involved. i doubt they'd all tell the same story. Rashomon effect and all that.

love that soundtrack. trent reznor, right?

[blacklily8]

@svicciarelli Yes, it's Trent.

[halo6534]

Gezz the complexity of that game im sure for the time was a bitch to make. Most games nowadays are fairly easy to make cause most devs just use a licenesed engine. But back then they had to code a 3d game from scratch by themselfs. That fucking crazy and kudos to them, personally for me quake is one of the most groundbreaking games of all time, preety much the first "True" 3D game. And it invented the cilent server which is the groundwork for all multilplayer games in history.

[VampireWitchHunter]

Вот так: они ненавидели друг-друга, ненавидеть друг-друга одно из основополагающих свойств монстров! Закончилась Ненависть и ID измельчали, на волне ненависти к Ромеро был сделан Квэйк2, Квэйк3 уже не имел такого отрицательного заряда - потому лишися сингла, Дум3 был взросщен на противоборстве Кармака и Виллитса, во время разработки Рэйдж был полный консенсус - потому он даже не был закончен. Для успеха Дум4 им надо взять кого-нибудь противного и стойко ненавидящего Кармака. :)

[Amaranthus616]

@frostytheaussie yeah me too, my hair is much thinner. oh well, i like how it curls anyway >_>

[MOTHIKAS]

These are the best videos i have seen on youtube for a looooong time. You gained a subscriber.

[Jagethemage]

@blacklily8 MAN you need to play Strife SOON!! definately one of THE MOST UNDERRATED games i've ever played, by far..

i'd easily rank it as one of the best, gameplay wise

[TheWolfgangGrimmer]

I hate Abbey Road, but excellent vid nontheless.

[lvldsnr]

Where's Daikatana? :(

[superrkoman]

J Romero is such a great man

[vintagevideogamegeek]

@Necrosaro Sweet! All this time I thought I was the only person who ever played it. LOL

[Necrosaro]

@vintagevideogamegeek GOD i loved Strife. I've never managed to get it to run well on a newer PC, even with Dos box, dammit!