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We Play Doom With John Romero

IGN · interview · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

IGN plays through the first episode of the original Doom with its creator John Romero providing commentary. Romero shares stories, design secrets and behind-the-scenes details about the levels, including E1M1.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it as a fantastic developer commentary on how Doom's first episode was made.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “I did enjoy watching”

    Playing Doom with John Romero commentary.

    jonathankoren, 2017-11 · Recommendation · in “When is it OK to remake a classic game?”

  2. “in this fantastic developer commentary he did for the game's first episode with IGN”

    Romero's developer commentary on Doom's first episode and e1m1.

    doomlaser, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “Why I’m Using the Cerny Method of Game Development”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: doom, john romero, id software, game development, fps

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