John Carmack

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="37ad4c03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><A HREF="top_programmers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Programmers"><B>Programmers</B></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><B>home</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="bill_gates.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bill Gates"><B>Bill Gates</B></A><B>   |   </B><B>John Carmack</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="linus_torvalds.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Linus Torvalds"><B>Linus Torvalds</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="tim_berners_lee_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tim BernersLee "><B>Tim Berners-Lee </B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="bram_cohen.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bram Cohen"><B>Bram Cohen</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dennis Ritchie"><B>Dennis Ritchie</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="bjarne_stroustroup.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bjarne Stroustroup"><B>Bjarne Stroustroup</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="james_gosling.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="James Gosling"><B>James Gosling</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="richard_bartle.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Richard Bartle"><B>Richard Bartle</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="andi_gutmans.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Andi Gutmans"><B>Andi Gutmans</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="yuji_naka.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yuji Naka"><B>Yuji Naka</B></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="dave_cutler.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dave Cutler"><B>Dave Cutler</B></A></div> <div> John Carmack</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="349" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="337"><div> <B>John Carmack</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 190 WIDTH="337"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Carmack_E3_2006.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_C"><B><IMG SRC="228a8a80.jpg" border=0 width="168" height="168" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="101"><div> <B>Born</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="233"><div> <B>August 20, 1970  (age 38)</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roeland_Park,_Kansas" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roeland_Par"><B>Roeland Park, Kansas</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 32 WIDTH="101"><div> <B>Occup</B><B>ation</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <B>Technical Director, </B><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software"><B>id Software</B></A></div> <div> <B>Founder, </B><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_Aerospace" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_A"><B>Armadillo Aerospace</B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="101"><div> <B>Spouse(s)</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="233"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Anna_Kang" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_A"><B>Katherine Anna Kang</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="101"><div> <B>Children</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="233"><div> <B>1</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> John D. Carmack II (born August 20, 1970) is an <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Stat">American</A> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_programmer" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_progra">game programmer</A>, and the co-founder of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A>. Carmack was the lead programmer of the id computer games <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_K">Commander Keen</A>, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein">Wolfenstein 3D</A>, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(video_game)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(video">Doom</A>, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake">Quake</A>, and the sequels to Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein.</div> <div> Though Carmack is best known for his innovations in 3D graphics, he is also a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocketry" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocketry">rocketry</A> enthusiast and the founder and lead engineer of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_Aerospace" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_A">Armadillo Aerospace</A>.</div> <div> Biography</div> <div> Youth</div> <div> Carmack, son of local television news reporter Stan Carmack, grew up in the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Metropolitan_Area" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City">Kansas City Metropolitan Area</A> where he became interested in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer">computers</A> at an early age. He attended <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawnee_Mission_School_District" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawnee_Mis">Shawnee Mission East High School</A> in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Village,_Kansas" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Vil">Prairie Village, Kansas</A> and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raytown_South_High_School" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raytown_Sou">Raytown South High School</A> in nearby <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raytown,_Missouri" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raytown,_Mi">Raytown, Missouri</A>. As reported in David Kushner's <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_">Masters of Doom</A>, "when Carmack was 14, he broke into a school to steal <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II">Apple II</A> computers, was arrested, and sent for psychiatric evaluation (the report mentions "no empathy for other human beings"). Carmack was then sentenced to a year in a juvenile home. ... he was asked "if you had not been caught, would you consider doing it again?" he answered "probably" but when the therapist presented this evaluation he neglected to repeat "if you had not been caught" from his statement". After scoring a 1500 on the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT">SAT</A> (780 Math, 720 Verbal), he attended the -Kansas City" <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Missouri%E2%80%93Kansas_City" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_">University of Missouri-Kansas City</A> for two semesters before withdrawing to work as a freelance programmer.</div> <bR> <div> Game programming</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A>, a computer company in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreveport,">Shreveport, Louisiana</A>, hired Carmack to work on <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk_G-S" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk_G-">Softdisk G-S</A> (an <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIgs" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIgs">Apple IIGS</A> publication), uniting him with <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Romero" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Romero">John Romero</A> and other future key members of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A> such as <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carmack" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Carm">Adrian Carmack</A> (not related). Later, this team would be placed by Softdisk in charge of a new, but short-lived, bi-monthly game subscription product called Gamer's Edge for the IBM PC (MS-DOS) platform. In 1990, while still at Softdisk, Carmack, Romero, and others created the first of the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_K">Commander Keen</A> games, a series which was published by <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms">Apogee Software</A>, under the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware">shareware</A> distribution model, from 1991 onwards. Afterwards, Carmack left Softdisk to co-found <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A>, where he remains.</div> <div> He has pioneered or popularised the use of many techniques in computer graphics, including "<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adaptive_tile_refresh&action=edit&redlink=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl">adaptive tile refresh</A>" for <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_K">Commander Keen</A>, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raycasting" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raycasting">raycasting</A> for Hovertank 3-D, Catacomb 3-D, and Wolfenstein 3-D, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_space_partitioning" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_spac">binary space partitioning</A> which Doom became the first game to use, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_caching" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_cac">surface caching</A> which he invented for Quake, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_volume" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_volu">Carmack's Reverse</A> (formally known as z-fail stencil shadows) which he devised for Doom 3, and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaTexture" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaTexture">MegaTexture</A>, used in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_Territory:_Quake_Wars" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_Terri">Enemy Territory: Quake Wars</A>. While he was not the first to discover Carmack's Reverse, he developed it independently without knowing of the prior research done on the subject.</div> <div> Carmack's engines have also been licensed for use in other influential first-person shooters such as <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_(computer_game)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_(">Half-Life</A>, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Dut">Call of Duty</A> and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor_(computer_game)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Ho">Medal of Honor</A>.</div> <div> When Carmack was on vacation with his wife, he ended up playing some games on her cellphone, and he considered that the games weren't any good. He then decided he was going to make a good mobile game. When he got back from his vacation he revealed that he had started working on <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_RPG" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_RPG">Doom RPG</A>. </div> <div> Games</div> <bR> <div> Titles are listed below in reverse chronological order.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="603" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> Date of Release</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> Title</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> Developer</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> Publisher</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> Credited for</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> TBA</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_4" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_4">Doom 4</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> Bethesda/Zenimax softworks</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> TBD</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="74"><div> TBA</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_(video_game)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_(video">Rage</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_">Electronic Arts</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> TBD</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> August 18, 2009</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_(video_game)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein">Wolfenstein</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Softw">Raven Software</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_">Activision Blizzard</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> TBD</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 88 WIDTH="74"><div> September 28, 2007</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_Territory:_Quake_Wars" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_Terri">Enemy Territory: Quake Wars</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_Damage" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash_Dama">Splash Damage</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision">Activision</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> May 1, 2006</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcs_%26_Elves" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcs_%26_El">Orcs & Elves</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fountainhead_Entertainment&action=edit&redlink=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl">Fountainhead Entertainment</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_">Electronic Arts</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> producer/programmer/writer</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> October 18, 2005</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_4" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_4">Quake 4</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Softw">Raven Software</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision">Activision</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> technical director</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> September 13, 2005</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_RPG" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_RPG">Doom RPG</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fountainhead_Entertainment&action=edit&redlink=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl">Fountainhead Entertainment</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> producer/programmer</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> April 3, 2005</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3:_Resurrection_of_Evil" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3:_Res">Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve_Softw">Nerve Software</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision">Activision</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> technical director</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> August 3, 2004</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3">Doom 3</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision">Activision</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> technical director</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> November 19, 2001</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Castle_Wolfenstein" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_C">Return to Castle Wolfenstein</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision">Activision</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> technical director</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> December 15, 2000</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_III:_Team_Arena" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_III:_">Quake III: Team Arena</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision">Activision</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> December 2, 1999</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_III_Arena" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_III_A">Quake III Arena</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision">Activision</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> December 9, 1997</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_II" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_II">Quake II</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision">Activision</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> March 31, 1997</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_64" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_64">Doom 64</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Games" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Game">Midway Games</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Games" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Game">Midway Games</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> June 22, 1996</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake">Quake</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> May 31, 1996</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strife_(video_game)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strife_(vid">Strife</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Entertainment" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Enter">Rogue Entertainment</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> Velocity</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> engine programmer</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> October 30, 1995</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexen:_Beyond_Heretic" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexen:_Beyo">Hexen: Beyond Heretic</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Softw">Raven Software</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> 3D engine</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="74"><div> 1996</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Doom" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Doom">Final Doom</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT_Interactive" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT_Interact">GT Interactive</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> December 23, 1994</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heretic_(video_game)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heretic_(vi">Heretic</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Softw">Raven Software</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> engine programmer</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> October 10, 1994</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_II:_Hell_on_Earth" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_II:_He">Doom II: Hell on Earth</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT_Interactive" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT_Interact">GT Interactive</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> December 10, 1993</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(video_game)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(video">Doom</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> 1993</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowcaster" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowcaste">Shadowcaster</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Softw">Raven Software</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_Systems" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_Syst">Origin Systems</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> 3D engine</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> September 18, 1992</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear_of_Destiny_(video_game)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear_of_De">Spear of Destiny</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FormGen" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FormGen">FormGen</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> software engineer</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> May 5, 1992</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein">Wolfenstein 3D</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms">Apogee Software</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> 1991</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacomb_3-D" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacomb_3-">Catacomb 3-D</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 110 WIDTH="74"><div> 1991</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_K">Commander Keen: Aliens Ate My Babysitter!</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FormGen" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FormGen">FormGen</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 88 WIDTH="74"><div> December 15, 1991</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_K">Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy!</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms">Apogee Software</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 88 WIDTH="74"><div> 1991</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_K">Commander Keen: Keen Dreams</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> 1991</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Knights" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Knig">Shadow Knights</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> design/programming</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> 1991</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Rover_2" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Rove">Rescue Rover 2</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programmer</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> 1991</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Rover" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_Rove">Rescue Rover</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programmer</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> 1991</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovertank_3D" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovertank_3">Hovertank 3D</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 88 WIDTH="74"><div> 1991</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Dave_in_the_Haunted_Mansion" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_D">Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 110 WIDTH="74"><div> December 14, 1990</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_K">Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms">Apogee Software</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 88 WIDTH="74"><div> 1990</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Slordax:_The_Unknown_Enemy&action=edit&redlink=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl">Slordax: The Unknown Enemy</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programming</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> 1990</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catacomb_II&action=edit&redlink=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl">Catacomb II</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> developer</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="74"><div> 1990</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacomb_(video_game)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacomb_(v">Catacomb</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> programmer</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 88 WIDTH="74"><div> 1990</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dark_Designs_II:_Closing_the_Gate&action=edit&redlink=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl">Dark Designs II: Closing the Gate</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> programmer/designer</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 88 WIDTH="74"><div> 1990</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dark_Designs:_Grelminar%27s_Staff&action=edit&redlink=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl">Dark Designs: Grelminar's Staff</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> John Carmack</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> developer</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> 1990</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> Tennis</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> John Carmack</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softdisk">Softdisk</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> developer</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="74"><div> 1990</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="99"><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wraith:_The_Devil%27s_Demise&action=edit&redlink=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl">Wraith: The Devil's Demise</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> John Carmack</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> Nite Owl Productions</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> developer</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="74"><div> 1989</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shadowforge&action=edit&redlink=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl">Shadowforge</A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="96"><div> John Carmack</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="123"><div> Nite Owl Productions</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#F9F9F9 WIDTH="181"><div> developer</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Armadillo Aerospace</div> <div> Main article: <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_Aerospace" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_A">Armadillo Aerospace</A></div> <div> Around the year 2000, Carmack became interested in rocketry, a hobby of his youth. Reviewing how much money he was spending on customizing Ferraris, he realized he could do significant work in rocketry and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace">aerospace</A>. He began by giving financial support to a few local amateur groups before starting <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_Aerospace" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_A">Armadillo Aerospace</A>He taught himself aerospace engineering and is the lead engineer of the company. Since then he has made steady progress toward his goals of suborbital space flight and eventual orbital vehicles.</div> <bR> <div> Free software</div> <bR> <div> Carmack is a well-knownadvocate of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source">open source software</A>, and has repeatedly voiced his opposition to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_pa">software patents</A>, which he equates to "mugging someone". He has also contributed to open source projects, such as starting the initial port of the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_Sy">X Window System</A> to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Server" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Se">Mac OS X Server</A> and working to improve the OpenGL drivers for Linux through the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_GLX" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_GLX">Utah GLX</A> project.</div> <div> Carmack released the source code for Wolfenstein 3D in 1995 and the Doom source code in 1997. When the source code to Quake was leaked and circulated among the Quake community underground in 1996, a programmer unaffiliated with id Software used it to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Quake_port" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Quake">port </A><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Quake_port" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Quake">Quake</A><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Quake_port" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Quake"> to Linux</A>, and subsequently sent the patches to Carmack. Instead of pursuing legal action, id Software, at Carmack's behest, used the patches as the foundation for a company-sanctioned <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux">Linux</A> port. id Software has since publicly released the source code to Quake, Quake 2 and most recently Quake 3, all under the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General">GNU General Public License</A> (GPL). The Doom source code was also re-released under the GPL in 1999.</div> <div> The <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_4" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_4">id Tech 4</A> ( <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3">Doom 3</A> Engine ) will also be <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source">open source</A>. At <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuakeCon" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuakeCon">QuakeCon</A> 2007, Carmack said to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LinuxGames&action=edit&redlink=1" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?titl">LinuxGames</A>: "I mean I won't commit to a date, but the Doom 3 stuff will be open source."</div> <div> Carmack is also noted for his generous contributions to charities and gaming communities. Some of the recipients of Carmack's <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charitable_organization" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charitable_">charitable</A> contributions include his former high school, promoters of open source software, opponents of software patents, and game enthusiasts. In 1997 he gave away one of his <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari">Ferraris</A> (a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_328_GTS" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_328">328</A> model) as a prize to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Fong" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Fong">Dennis Fong</A>, the winner of the Quake "Red Annihilation" tournament.</div> <div> Personal life</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Carmack.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_C"><IMG SRC="22bc4d30.jpg" border=0 width="196" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <div> Carmack during the 2005 <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansari_X_PRIZE" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansari_X_PR">X PRIZE</A> Cup in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cruces,">Las Cruces</A> and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamogordo,_New_Mexico" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamogordo,">Alamogordo, New Mexico</A></div> <div> Carmack met his wife <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Anna_Kang" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_A">Katherine Anna Kang</A> at <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuakeCon" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuakeCon">QuakeCon</A> 1997 when she visited id's offices. As a bet, Kang challenged Carmack to sponsor the first All Female Quake Tournament if she was able to produce a significant number of participants. At the time, female FPS computer gamers were more myth than reality. Kang's tournament, actually organized and run by Frank Cabanski and the Quake Clanring while Kang took credit, had over 600+ registered female gamers trying to win a trip for 2 to California to win $2,000+ worth of prizes.Among them were Kornelia, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Case" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Case">KillCreek</A>, and the PMS Clan: some of the most famed female players at the time Kornelia won. Carmack and Kang married in January 2000 and had a son in 2004. Carmack has a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog">blog</A> (previously a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_protocol" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_prot">.plan</A>), and also occasionally posts comments to <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot">Slashdot</A>. In 2008, Carmack autographed a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS">Nintendo DS</A> for <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%27s_Play_(charity)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%27s_P">Child's Play</A>. Due to a misunderstanding from the heads of the charity, it was instead offered as a prize in a contest. This mistake has since been rectified: the signed product was recovered and will be put on eBay to raise money for the charity. The prize has been replaced with a regular DS. </div> <div> Professional philosophy</div> <bR> <div> As a game developer, Carmack stands apart from many of his contemporaries by avoiding commitment to a final release date for any game he is developing. Instead, when asked for a release date on a new title, Carmack will usually reply that the game will be released "when it's done." Employees at <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Realms">Apogee</A>, in their past years the publishers of games by id Software, adopted this business practice as well. </div> <div> Recognition</div> <div> In 1999, Carmack appeared as number 10 in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magaz">Time</A>'s list of the 50 most influential people in technology. </div> <div> On March 22, 2001, Carmack became the fourth person to be inducted into the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Interactive_Arts_and_Sciences%27_Hall_of_Fame" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_">Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame</A>, an honor bestowed upon those who have made revolutionary and innovative achievements in the video and computer game industry. </div> <div> In 2003, Carmack was one of the subjects of the book <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom:_How_Two_Guys_Created_an_Empire_and_Transformed_Pop_Culture" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_">Masters of Doom</A>, a chronicle of id Software and its founders. </div> <div> In 2005, the film <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(film)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(film)">Doom</A> featured a character named Dr. Carmack, in recognition of Carmack who co-created the original game. </div> <div> In March 2006, Carmack was added to the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_of_Game" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_of_Gam">Walk of Game</A>, an event that recognizes the developers and games with the most impact on the industry. </div> <div> In January 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada, John Carmack and id Software were awarded with two <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Awards" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Awards">Emmy Awards</A>. The Science, Engineering & Technology for Broadcast Television, which includes broadcast, cable and satellite distribution, and secondly, Science, Engineering and Technology for Broadband and Personal Television, encompassing interactive television, gaming technology, and for the first time, the Internet, cell phones, private networks, and personal media players. <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software">id Software</A> is the very first independent game developer to be awarded an Emmy since the Academy began honoring technology innovation in 1948. </div> <div> In September 2007, Carmack appeared on Discovery Channel Canada Daily Planet, featuring his rocket designs along with the Armadillo Aerospace team. </div> <div> In 2008 Carmack was honored at the 59th Annual <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_%26_Engineering_Emmy_Award" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_">Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards</A> for Quake's pioneering role of user modifiability. He is the only <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_designer" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_design">game designer</A> ever honored twice by the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Academy_of_Television_Arts_%26_Sciences" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ac">National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences</A>, having been given an Emmy Award in 2007 for his creation of the 3D technology that underlies modern <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooter" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooter">shooter</A> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game">video games</A>. Along with <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Daglow" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Daglow">Don Daglow</A> of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormfront_Studios" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormfront_">Stormfront Studios</A> and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Morhaime" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Morhai">Mike Morhaime</A> of <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_En">Blizzard Entertainment</A>, Carmack is one of only three game developers to accept awards at both the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and at the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_Interactive_Arts_%26_Sciences" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_of_">Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences</A> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Achievement_Awards" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive">Interactive Achievement Awards</A>. </div> <div> In October 2008, John Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace won the $350,000 Level One X-Prize Lunar Lander Challenge. </div> <bR> <div>  References</div> <bR> <div> Masters of Doom by David Kushner. Quoted in <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekly_Standard" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekly_">The Weekly Standard</A>, </div> <div> Snider, Mike (18 July), "<A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/bonus/2007-07-16-q&a-id_N.htm?csp=34" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/bonus/2007-">Q&A with id Software's Kevin Cloud and Steve Nix</A>", <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today">USA Today</A>, <A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/bonus/2007-07-16-q&a-id_N.htm?csp=34" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/bonus/2007-">http://www.usatoday.com/tech/bonus/2007-07-16-q&a-id_N.htm?csp=34</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=151312&cid=12701745" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1513">"Are video game patents next?"</A> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot">Slashdot</A> article </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.penny-arcade.com/2008/01/07" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.penny-arcade.com/2008/01/07">Penny Arcade</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/896/896763p6.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/896/89676">Carmack's 2008 keynote at QuakeCon</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread.php?p=654680#post654680" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread">Forum reply posted by George Broussard of 3DRealms</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/digital/digital50/10.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.time.com/time/digital/digital">Time</A><A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/digital/digital50/10.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.time.com/time/digital/digital"> Digital 50</A> from <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magaz">Time</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.walkofgame.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.walkofgame.com">Walk of Game</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.emmyonline.org/releases/pdf/58th_Tech_Eng_winners.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.emmyonline.org/releases/pdf/5">Emmy Awards</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://kotaku.com/342028/2008-tech-emmy-winners" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://kotaku.com/342028/2008-tech-emmy-">2008 Tech Emmy Winners</A> from Kotaku.com </div> <div> <A HREF="http://gizmodo.com/5069551/armadillo-wins-lunar-lander-challenge-level-1-crashes-on-2" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://gizmodo.com/5069551/armadillo-win">"Armadillo Wins Lunar Lander Challenge Level 1, Crashes On 2"</A> from gizmodo.com </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>