Als Geek Lab | How iD Software revolutionised gaming: The untold story of Hovertank 3D to DooM @AlsGeekLab | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 17 hours ago.
This video tells the fascinating story of how id Software doubled down on 3D gaming, and how they evolved from Hovertank 3D to DooM in just two and a half years. It also tells the backstory of how they got started, and almost ended up working for Nintendo!

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Credits:
GDC -John Romero - The Early Days of id software
youtube.com/watch?v=E2MIpi8pIvY
Gmanlives- Catacomb 3-D Series PC Game Review
youtube.com/watch?v=xG1oYjG5Bg8
Nabradius-Catacomb Abyss Full walkthrought (CatacombGL)
youtube.com/watch?v=1SzNvJNRHyI
DARTHVR -Hovertank 3D (1991) id Software's first game in the FPS genre
youtube.com/watch?v=4vR4s5yEAXE
The Medieval Nerd - Doom (1993) - DOS Gameplay Video (PC MS-DOS)
youtube.com/watch?v=aW2lZDBxeT0
Exposed.Files - Original Doom Gameplay [Nightmare Difficulty]
youtube.com/watch?v=8mEP4cflrd4
iPhantom3D - Doom 1 - Mission 1 Gameplay
youtube.com/watch?v=MnqLJpgq7jc
NeoGamer - The Video Game Archive -Doom - Early Prototypes and Beta Gameplay
Inside id Software in 1993
youtube.com/watch?v=1cqhox6aipA
Midnight - The DOOM Unreleased Alpha's And Everything That Changed
youtube.com/watch?v=2eIKyAt-CXc
CuteFloor - A visit to id software (november 1993)
youtu.be/HpEBUV_g9vU?si=shFDJEV7iAgkkIYc
Nostalgia Nerd - Doom Unreleased Alphas & Betas
youtube.com/watch?v=j_b6bzIrqoI
LordWt - Wolfenstein 3D - CNN (1992)
youtube.com/watch?v=763_h1q1mmA
Zdenda1990 - Wolfenstein 3D - What happens when Dr. Schabbs kills you
youtube.com/watch?v=9DBW4jPI_l4
GermanPeter - The Cuteness of Details in Wolfenstein 3D
youtube.com/watch?v=Q8sgpHy3bCo
DOS Nostalgia - Wolfenstein 3D
youtube.com/watch?v=f42fhs8v5Vw
Civvie 11 - Pro Wolfenstein 3D
youtube.com/watch?v=U-tNx4-p2qM
F4m1lyGuy10 Full Doom I and II soundtracks
youtube.com/watch?v=cixW6rogZ48
DFarthGrayghuV2 - Wolfenstein 3D Title Theme
youtube.com/watch?v=vS4DVy5TCBY
Teppica - Commander Keen 4 music - shadowlands
youtube.com/watch?v=g8o1NObgsCQ&list=PLsQNBc1Davyu69-
eYRoAqdvVdaGQDhEVU
RetroGamerBunny - Catacomb 3-D Soundtrack (Too Hot)
youtube.com/watch?v=g5wyIQ6Yz4U
Old Nerd Playing Old PC Games - Dangerous Dave / Longplay
youtube.com/watch?v=HWmYvwEoBls
m games - Let's Play Castle Wolfenstein
youtube.com/watch?v=Sm3lyg9g72U
CuteFloor - Dangerous Dave in Copyright Infringement - Unreleased Prototype
TasVideosChannel - DOS Commander Keen: Episode 1 - Marooned on Mars
youtube.com/watch?v=7sZLNAo9ZyU
Ludi Antiqui - Gamer's Edge and the Founding of id Software (The Lost Games of id Part 1)
youtube.com/watch?v=nR6CfYlJBtc
Gee Tee - 3-Demon
youtube.com/watch?v=PP-oDEDsEOk
Ed1475 - BattleZone (1983)
youtube.com/watch?v=i2J3ZgomvN4
Andrew Williams - Catacomb (1990, John Carmack)
IGN - Why Ultima Underworld Is My Favorite Game Of All-Time
youtube.com/watch?v=yuNymTPko3Y
MVG - I am a developer on Quake
youtube.com/watch?v=33T7NPxnEKI

Images:
Various photos from Romero's stash: romero.smugmug.com

Music:
Catacomb 3D, Wolfenstein 3D and DooM music by Bobby Prince