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Robert Duffy (programmer)
Robert Allen Duffy is an American video game programmer who has been working for id Software since 1999. In 1999, Duffy created the map editor for Quake III Arena. Since 2013, Duffy has been serving as the Chief Technology Officer of id Software. Credits Robert Duffy's programming work consists mostly of id Software titles, ports of classics like ''Doom'' and ''Wolfenstein 3D'' are ported over to their respective platforms by other developers. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Duffy, Robert Living people 1963 births ...
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Doom 3
''Doom 3'' is a 2004 survival horror first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by Activision. ''Doom 3'' was originally released for Microsoft Windows on August 3, 2004, adapted for Linux later that year, and ported by Aspyr Media for Mac OS X in 2005. Developer Vicarious Visions ported the game to the Xbox, releasing it on April 3, 2005. ''Doom 3'' is set on Mars in 2145, where a military-industrial conglomerate has set up a scientific research facility into fields such as teleportation, biological research, and advanced weapons design. The teleportation experiments open a gateway to Hell, resulting in a catastrophic invasion of the Mars base by demons. The player controls a space marine who fights through the base to stop the demons attacking Mars and reaching Earth. ''Doom 3'' is the first reboot of the ''Doom'' series, ignoring the events of the previous games. ''Doom 3'' utilizes the id Tech 4 game engine, which has since been licensed out to ...
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Doom (2016 Video Game)
''Doom'' is a 2016 first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the first major installment in the Doom (franchise), ''Doom'' series since 2004's ''Doom 3''. Players take the role of an unnamed space marine, known as the "Doom Slayer", as he battles demonic forces from Hell that have been unleashed by the Union Aerospace Corporation within their energy-mining facility on Mars. The gameplay returns to a faster pace with more open-ended levels, closer to the first two games than the slower survival horror approach of ''Doom 3''. It also features environment traversal, character upgrades, and the ability to perform executions known as "glory kills". ''Doom'' was announced as ''Doom 4'' in 2008, and that version underwent an extensive development cycle with different builds and designs before the game was restarted in 2011 and revealed as simply ''Doom'' in 2014. It was tested by customers who pre-ordered the 2014 Bethesda game ''Wol ...
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Doom 3 BFG Edition
''Doom 3: BFG Edition'' is a Video game remaster, remastered version of ''Doom 3'', released worldwide in October 2012 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The ''BFG (weapon), BFG Edition'' features enhanced graphics, better audio (with more horror effects), a checkpoint save system, and support for 3D displays and head-mounted displays (HMD). The game also includes the previous expansion, ''Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, Resurrection of Evil'', and a new single-player expansion pack called ''The Lost Mission''. Additionally, it includes copies of the original ''Doom (1993 video game), Doom'' (the ''Official versions of Doom#The Ultimate Doom, Ultimate Doom'' edition with the add-on fourth episode, "Thy Flesh Consumed"), and ''Doom II'' with the expansion ''Doom II: Hell on Earth#No Rest for the Living, No Rest for the Living'', previously available for the Xbox 360. The ''BFG Edition'' also features the ability to use the flashlight while holding a weapon, in the fo ...
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Rage (video Game)
''Rage'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks, released in November 2010 for iOS, in October 2011 for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360, and in February 2012 for macOS, OS X. It was first shown as a tech demo at the 2007 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and was announced at the QuakeCon. ''Rage'' uses id Software's id Tech 5 game engine and is the final game released by the company under the supervision of founder John Carmack. ''Rage'' is set in a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic near future, following the impact of the asteroid 99942 Apophis on Earth. Players take control of Nicholas Raine, a soldier put into hibernation in an underground shelter who emerges into the wasteland a century later, and finds himself a wanted man by an oppressive organization known as The Authority. The game has been described as similar to the movie ''Mad Max 2'', and video games such as ...
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Splash Damage
Splash Damage Ltd. is a British video game developer specialising in multiplayer first-person shooter video games. The studio is best known as the creators of '' Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory'' and '' Enemy Territory: Quake Wars''. History Formation (2001) Splash Damage was formed in May or June 2001 by the creators of mods such as ''Quake 3 Fortress,'' who was then joined by a number of modders from the Team Fortress and Quake 3 modding scene''.'' The studio began life working with Now TV and Gamer.tv, providing both custom maps and an in-game television production solution. Splash Damage staff also worked to produce and present over 150 TV shows based on Quake III Arena Capture the Flag, creating editing tools and virtual cameras, and editing in-game footage. Enemy Territory Era (2002–2007) In March 2002, Splash Damage partnered with Games Domain to produce a number of multiplayer maps for their online gaming service. One of these was the map Operation Market Garden ...
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Quake Wars
''Enemy Territory: Quake Wars'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Splash Damage and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was first released in the PAL region on September 28, 2007, and later in North America on October 2. It is a spinoff of the ''Quake'' series and the successor to 2003's '' Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory''. ''Quake Wars'' is a prequel set in the same universe as '' Quake II'' and '' Quake 4''. New features include the addition of controllable vehicles and aircraft as well as multiple AI deployables, asymmetric teams, much bigger maps and the option of computer-controlled bot opponents. Unlike ''Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory'', ''Quake Wars'' is a commercial release rather than a free download. ''Enemy Territory: Quake Wars'' received mostly positive reviews upon release, with a more mixed reception for the console versions. Since 2011, the rights to the game have reverted to Zeni ...
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Raven Software
Raven Software Corporation is an American video game developer based in Wisconsin and founded in 1990. In 1997, Raven made an exclusive publishing deal with Activision and was subsequently acquired by them. After the acquisition, many of the studio's original developers, largely responsible for creating the '' Heretic'' and '' Hexen: Beyond Heretic'' games, left to form Human Head Studios. History id Software Raven Software was founded in 1990 by brothers Brian and Steve Raffel. Originally a three-person company, they were discovered by John Romero, co-founder of id Software, who collaborated with Raven to make games using their game engine beginning with '' ShadowCaster''. Raven then started making games with id Software and even briefly moved to the same street as id Software. They used id's engines for many of their games, such as '' Heretic,'' '' Hexen: Beyond Heretic'' and ''Hexen II''. In 2005 and 2009, Raven developed two games from id's catalog: ''Quake 4'' and '' Wolf ...
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Quake 4
''Quake 4'' is a 2005 military science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the fourth title in the Quake (series), ''Quake'' series, after the multiplayer ''Quake III Arena'', and a sequel to ''Quake II''. Raven Software collaborated with id Software, who supervised the development of the game as well as provided the id Tech 4 engine upon which it was built. The game has an increased emphasis on single-player gameplay compared to previous installments; its multiplayer mode does not support playable bots. ''Quake 4'' Release to manufacturing, went gold in early October 2005 and was released on October 18 for Microsoft Windows, and later for Linux and OS X, Xbox 360. A special DVD Collectors Edition was released, including promotional material and the game ''Quake II'' with its expansions, ''The Reckoning'' and ''Ground Zero''. The Xbox 360 version of ''Quake 4'' is based on the Special Collectors Edition, and inclu ...
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Wolfenstein 3D
''Wolfenstein 3D'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software and FormGen. Originally released on May 5, 1992, for DOS, it was inspired by the 1981 Muse Software video game ''Castle Wolfenstein'', and is the third installment in the '' Wolfenstein'' series. In ''Wolfenstein 3D'', the player assumes the role of Allied spy William "B.J." Blazkowicz during World War II as he escapes from the Nazi German prison Castle Wolfenstein and carries out a series of crucial missions against the Nazis. The player traverses each of the game's levels to find an elevator to the next level or kill a final boss, fighting Nazi soldiers, dogs, and other enemies with knives and a variety of guns. ''Wolfenstein 3D'' was the second major independent release by id Software, after the ''Commander Keen'' series of episodes. In mid-1991, programmer John Carmack experimented with making a fast 3D game engine by restricting the gameplay and viewpoint to ...
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Id Software
id Software LLC () is an American video game developer based in Richardson, Texas. It was founded on February 1, 1991, by four members of the computer company Softdisk: programmers John Carmack and John Romero, game designer Tom Hall, and artist Adrian Carmack. id Software made important technological developments in video game technologies for the PC (running MS-DOS and Windows), including work done for the '' Wolfenstein'', ''Doom'', and '' Quake'' franchises. id's work was particularly important in 3D computer graphics technology and in game engines that are used throughout the video game industry. The company was involved in the creation of the first-person shooter (FPS) genre: ''Wolfenstein 3D'' is often considered to be the first true FPS; ''Doom'' is a game that popularized the genre and PC gaming in general; and '' Quake'' was id's first true 3D FPS. On June 24, 2009, ZeniMax Media acquired the company. In 2015, they opened a second studio in Frankfurt, Germany. ...
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Doom (1993 Video Game)
''Doom'' (stylized as ''DOOM'') is a 1993 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by id Software for MS-DOS. Players assume the role of a space marine, popularly known as Doomguy, fighting their way through hordes of invading demons from hell. Id began developing ''Doom'' after the release of their previous FPS, ''Wolfenstein 3D'' (1992)''.'' It emerged from a 3D game engine developed by John Carmack, who wanted to create a science fiction game inspired by ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and the films '' Evil Dead II'' and ''Aliens.'' The first episode, comprising nine levels, was distributed freely as shareware; the full game, with two further episodes, was sold via mail order. An updated version with an additional episode and more difficult levels, ''The Ultimate Doom'', was released in 1995 and sold at retail. ''Doom'' is one of the most significant games in video game history, frequently cited as one of the greatest games ever made. It sold an estimated 3.5 million copies by 19 ...
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