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4 years ago
Would you like a $3,000 copy of Doom 2? Sure, that’s a little bit more expensive than the £5.99/$4.99 Steam version, but you’d be getting five whole floppy disks! When the world ends, that plastic might be valuable. Still not convinced? Well then, I guess John Romero will have to sell his copy to someone else.
5 years ago
Romero’s Blackroom Kickstarter Cancelled Until Demo Finished
John Romero and Adrian Carmack have cancelled their Kickstarter for Blackroom [official site], four days after launching it, but will return once they've finished a gameplay demo. The pair of former id Software Doomlords and Quakers had pitched Blackroom as an FPS filled with all the good old stuff - circle-strafing, rocketjumping, secret rooms, a metal soundtrack, and all that - but only showed ideas…
How can John Romero convince prospective Kickstarter backers that he's still got it, that he's ready to make a new circle-strafing gibfest? The Doom and Quake level designer is currently trying to crowdfund a new 'classic' FPS with his fellow former id Software pal Adrian Carmack (no, John Carmack was id's tech guy; no, no relation), but so far they've only shown artwork and ideas…
John Romero and Adrian Carmack, two of the founders of id Software, have reunited to work on a new FPS game. It's called BLACKROOM [official site] and it has just arrived on Kickstarter, seeking $700,000 of funding. As you might expect, Romero is pitching the game as a return to the principles that drove the original Doom and Quake. Rocket-jumping, circle-strafing and "expert abstract level…
