John Romero
American game designer; co-founded id Software and designed Doom and Quake; runs Romero Games in Ireland.
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id Software (designer)
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- John Romero is an American video game developer, born in Colorado Springs in 1967.
- He co-founded id Software in 1991 and designed its early games, including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Doom II and Quake, which with John Carmack’s programming popularised the first-person shooter; he is credited with coining the multiplayer term “deathmatch”.
- He left id in 1996 and co-founded Ion Storm, where he directed Daikatana (2000), then Monkeystone Games, Gazillion Entertainment and Loot Drop.
- In August 2015 he and his wife Brenda Romero founded Romero Games, which published SIGIL (2019) and Empire of Sin (2020).
- He became an Irish citizen in December 2023.
Key facts
- Born
- 28 October 1967, Colorado Springs, Colorado1
- id Software
- Co-founder (1991) and designer; left in 19961
- Games
- Wolfenstein 3D (1992), Doom (1993), Doom II (1994), Hexen (1995), Quake (1996), Daikatana (2000)1
- Later companies
- Ion Storm (1996 to 2001), Monkeystone Games (2001), Gazillion Entertainment (2005 to 2010), Loot Drop (2010)1
- Romero Games
- Founded with Brenda Romero on 11 August 2015; SIGIL (2019), Empire of Sin (2020)1
- Autobiography
- Doom Guy: Life in First Person (2023)1
- Citizenship
- Irish citizen from 19 December 20231
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