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====== DOOM ====== | ====== DOOM ====== | ||
- | Doom is a series of first-person shooters created by id Software. Each part focuses on a nameless marine acting on behalf of Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) and fighting against hordes of demons and undead. | + | ==== First-person shooters ==== |
+ | Doom is a series of first-person shooters created by id Software. Each part focuses on a nameless marine acting on behalf of Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) and fighting against hordes of demons and the undead. | ||
The first part of the series, released in 1993, is considered to be the pioneer of FPS (first-person shooter) games, although other titles representing the genre have been created before. Nevertheless, | The first part of the series, released in 1993, is considered to be the pioneer of FPS (first-person shooter) games, although other titles representing the genre have been created before. Nevertheless, | ||
- | + | ==== Doom Was Once The Most Installed Software ==== | |
- | ====== Doom Was Once The Most Installed Software ====== | + | |
Windows 95 was the second most-installed piece of software on computers in 1995; DOOM was the first. [([[https:// | Windows 95 was the second most-installed piece of software on computers in 1995; DOOM was the first. [([[https:// | ||
+ | ==== Guns Modeled After Toys ==== | ||
+ | As the group was running on a strict spending plan, they couldn' | ||
- | ====== Guns Modeled After Toys ====== | + | ==== Gabe Newell ==== |
- | + | The team assembled by Microsoft to create the Windows 95 port of Doom was headed by Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve. Valve is known for creating Half-Life, Portal, and many other games. [([[https:// | |
- | As the group was running on a strict spending plan, they couldn' | + | |
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- | ====== Gabe Newell ====== | + | |
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- | The team assembled by Microsoft to create the Windows 95 port of Doom was headed by Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve. Valve is known for creating Half-Life, Portal and many other games. [([[https:// | + | |
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- | ====== Network Overloads ====== | + | |
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The rising prominence of Doom was so great at the time that it caused an extreme drop in efficiency in organizations and college campuses far and wide. | The rising prominence of Doom was so great at the time that it caused an extreme drop in efficiency in organizations and college campuses far and wide. | ||
+ | Representatives would utilize organization time to play the multiplayer together, which eased back down and even over-burden the organizations. This turned out to be such a tremendous issue that organizations and colleges had to set rules for both when and how long individuals could play the game, with some venturing to impede its utilization altogether. [([[https:// | ||
- | Representatives would utilize organization time to play the multiplayer together, which eased back down and even over-burden the organizations. This turned out to be such a tremendous issue that organizations and colleges had to set rules for both when and how long individuals could play the game, with some venturing to impede its utilization all together. [([[https:// | + | {{tag> |
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