"By hacking its engine and designing new levels, Doom's diehard fans helped make it the most popular PC game o all time. Now they are recruits in the real-world deathmatch between Doom creators John Carmack and John Romero."

Archiving the history of the video game Quake 2: created by id Software; customized by the Quake 2 community.
"By hacking its engine and designing new levels, Doom's diehard fans helped make it the most popular PC game o all time. Now they are recruits in the real-world deathmatch between Doom creators John Carmack and John Romero."
"id Software blitzed the PC gaming world with Doom, and did it all over again with Quake. With the arrival of Quake 2, id were sure to make sure they had a landing party in Australia, in the form of Paul Steed and Tim Willits, who were only too happy to tell some war stories..."
"ALIEN SCUM CAN KISS THE BUTT OF MY RAILGUN. Orders come in from the brass this morning. Tonight, I'll be on the C-30K Marine Carrier with the rest of 101st Spaceborne. A little hypersleep, a couple thousand gallons of rationed I.V. Nourishment, a few hundred light years, and we'll be knee-deep in Strogg blood."
"Te reta a jugar a QUAKE II — Donde? Cuando? Si quieres experimentar la sensacion de jugar en red local al mejor juego de rol en primera persona, y ademas enfrentarte a la Redaccion de OK PC Gamer, pasate por Cybergame. Si eres uno de los 3 mejores jugadores y traes un ejemplar de OK PC Gamer, conseguiras un juego Quake II por gentileza de Proein. Donde? Sta. Feliciana 14, (junto a la Glorieta de Bilbao) en Madrid. Cuando? 30 de Diciembre de 1997, de 20:30 a 22:30 horas. Vale descuento de 200 pesetas para jugar una hora en Cybergame."
John Romero, para aquellos que todavía no lo conozcan, es el creador de juegos tan sangrientos y famosos como Doom, Doom II, Hexen y Quake. Hasta ahora ha desarrollado su trabajo en la compañía Id Software, pero ha decidido ir por otro lado y ese cambio es algo que nos interesa. Está preparando Daikatana, juego en el que ha querido reflejar un poco más el estilo de Doom y Doom II.