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id Software

Taking its name from Freud's primal instinct-driven face of the human psyche, id Software is, by general acknowledgement, one of the coolest game shops in the world.

Responsible for some of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed video games of all time, id's ferociously independent staff of artists, programmers and designers, have been rocking the gaming world from Mesquite, Texas. id was founded after the withdrawal of 3 members from Softdisk Publishing in 1991, John and Adrian Carmack and John Romero. In 1992, the company produced Wolfenstein 3D, the first 3D game which came after a lot of predicaments.

In 1993 they presented Doom, which was the game that changed the interface of the next games and which was downloaded 15.000.000 times from the Internet.

Doom received the "Award for technical excellence" from PC Magazine.

In 1994, id circulated "Doom 2: Hell on Earth" in America and Britain which sold 2.000.000 copies. After two years, in 1994, id released Quake with its outstanding graphics machine, which proved to be the first steps in multiplayer gaming. Quake 2 followed a year later, having beautiful graphics as well, brilliant lighting effects and supporting 32 players in multiplayer mode which took the title of the best 3D shooter of the year.

You can see featured games by id Softweare in their web site. Some of the most important games id ever produced are listed below:

Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars (1990)
Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes (1990)
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars (1990)
Rescue Rover (1991)
Paganitzu (1991)
Keen Dreams (1991)
Hovertank (1991)
Dognapped (1991)
Dark Designs II: Closing the Gate (1991)
Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion (1991)
Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle (1991)
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine (1991)
Commander Keen 6: Aliens ate My Baby Sitter (1991)
Wolfenstein 3D (1992)
Spear of Destiny (1992)
Night Raid (1992)
Doom (1993)
Rise of the Triad: Dark War (1994)
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders (1994)
DOOM II: Hell on Earth (1994)
The Ultimate Doom (1995),
Hexen (1995)
Quake (1996)
Final Doom (1996)
Quake II (1997)
Quake III: Arena (1999)
Quake III: Team Arena (2000)
Doom 3 (2004)

Some Doom 3 screenshots