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COLLECTED WORKS JOHN ROMERO
Edge UK|August 2022
From first-person shooters to Facebook and back again: the master of Doom reflects on an epic journey through game development
- NIALL O'DONOGHUE
COLLECTED WORKS JOHN ROMERO

MAJOR MAYHEM Developer Capitol Ideas Software Publisher Nibble Magazine Format Apple II Release 1987

DANGEROUS DAVE Developer John Romero Publisher UpTime Disk Monthly Format Apple II, PC Release 1988

WOLFENSTEIN 3D Developer Id Software Publisher Apogee Software Original format PC Release 1992

DOOM Developer/publisher Id Software Original format PC Release 1993

QUAKE Developer Id Software Publisher GT Interactive Original format PC Release 1996

DAIKATANA Developer Ion Storm Publisher Eidos Format PC Release 2000

RED FACTION Developer Monkeystone Games Publisher THQ Wireless Format N-Gage Release 2003

RAVENWOOD FAIR Developer Lolapps Publisher 6waves Format Browser Release 2010

SIGIL Developer/Publisher Romero Games Format PC Release 2019

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