id Software archive

A collection of information about id software and their games.

Timeline

Event	Date	Sources
Company founded in Shreveport, Louisiana.	1991-02-01
The company moves from Shreveport, Louisiana to Madison, Wisconsin.	1991-09-??
The company moves from Madison, Wisconsin to Mesquite, Dallas, Texas.	1992-04-01
Co-founder/co-owner John Romero leaves id	1996-08-08	[1]
Internal strife at id leads to the dismissal of Paul Steed.	2000-06-01	[1] [2]
id moves to a new office	2000-06-09	[1]
ZeniMax Media Inc. announces that it has acquired id Software.	2009-06-24	[1]
John Carmack resigns from id.	2013-11-22	[1]
Tim Willits resigns from id.	2019-07-18	[1] [2]

Articles / Interviews

Article / Interview	Date	Publisher	Sources / Mirrors
The Egos at Id	1996-08-01	Wired Magazine	[1]
Braindrain at id. Mood 'Dark and Gloomy'	1997-01-18	Wired Magazine	[1]
Electric Play interviews John Carmack	1997	Electric Play	[1]
John Carmack interviewed by DR_Bone, Clan Dark Requiem	1997-01-08	Blues News	[1] [2]
Boot Magazine Interviews John Carmack & Brian Hook	1997-11-25	Boot Net	[1]
id Software's owner and lead programmer talks about Quake III Arena	1999-06-30	Computer Games Online	[1]
John Carmack responds to questions from Firing Squad	1999-09-28	Firing Squad	[1] [2]
John Carmack responds to questions from Firing Squad #2	1999-10-02	Firing Squad	[1]
Slashdot asks, John Carmack Answers	1999-10-15	Slashdot	[1]
John Carmack interview by Firing Squad	2000-02-09	Firing Squad	[1] [2]
John Carmack interview at Quakecon 2000	2000-08-04	Stomped	[1] [2]
Knee deep in the Voodoo	2000-11-11	Voodoo Extreme	[1] [2]
Q & A with John Carmack by GameSpy	2002-05-23	GameSpy	[1] [2]
John Carmack on DOOM3 rendering	2002-06-06	Beyond3D	[1]
GameSpy @ QuakeCon 2003 - A Conversation With John Carmack	2003-08-16	GameSpy	[1]
DooM III Preview - PC ZONE	2003-10-22	Computer and Video Games	[1]
Doom 3, basketball and the future of everything	2003-10-31	Computer and Video Games	[1]
Interview with id Software's John Carmack on Doom3	2004-08-10	Beyond3D	[1]
"Meet the Graphics Guy" - PC Gamer interviews John Carmack on the future of iD	2006-01-01	PC Gamer	[1] [2]
MegaTexture Q&A	2006-05-01	Gamer Within	[1] [2]
CES 2007: John Carmack And Todd Hollenshead Speak	2007-01-09	Game Informer	[1]
QuakeCon 2007: John Carmack Talks Rage, id Tech 5 And More	2007-08-03	Game Informer	[1]
John Carmack on the Nintendo DS	2007-11-08	IGN	[1]
The id Mobile Interview	2007-11-15	GameSpy	[1]
Carmack on id Mobile, Crap Games, and Why iPod Sucks	2007-11-15	GameDaily	[1]
1UP Interviews John Carmack on id Mobile	2007-11-16	1UP	[1]
Gamasutra interviews John Carmack and Katherine Anna Kang	2007-11-23	Gamasutra	[1] [2]
John Carmack on id Tech 6, Ray Tracing, Consoles, Physics and more	2008-05-12	PC Perspective	[1]
Carmack frees Quake	2008-06-25	GamesRadar	[1] [2]
Quake Live: Frantic and Free	2008-07-11	GameSpy	[1]
id Software's John Carmack and Marty Stratton Talk Quake Live, PC Gaming, and More	2008-07-13	Shacknews	[1]
E3 '08: Carmack IDs Quake Live	2008-07-13	GameSpot	[1]
E3 2008: The John Carmack Interview	2008-07-15	Maximum PC	[1]
Quelling The Rage	2008-08-01	Gamasutra	[1]
Building Quake Live: Carmack Speaks	2009-02-26	Gamasutra	[1] [2]
GameTales: Cray 6400	2010-01-31	John Romero	[1]
GameTales: id Answering Machine	2010-02-14	John Romero	[1]
Primal Rage: a conversation with Carmack, and a look at id’s latest	2010-11-30	Ars Technica	[1]
In-depth: Functional programming in C++	2012-04-30	Gamasutra	[1]
Quake modeling legend Paul Steed passes away	2012-08-13	Geek.com	[1] [2]
John Carmack on inlined code	2014-09-26	Jonathan Blow	[1]
Obituary: Jan Paul van Waveren, longtime id Software programmer	2017-01-31	Gamasutra	[1]
Multiplayer-Only Maps	2017-08-30	John Romero	[1] [2]

Transcripts

Transcript	Date
John Carmack 2004 Keynote Address
John Carmack 2005 Keynote Address
John Carmack 2011 Interview

John Carmack's plan files

• Markdown
• Ascii
• PDFs

Source code

Game	Year of game release
Catacomb	1990
Commander Keen	1990
Hovertank 3D	1991
Wolfenstein 3D	1992
DOOM	1993
Quake	1996
Quake II	1997
Quake III: Arena	1999
DOOM 3	2004
DOOM 3 BFG Edition	2012

Audio

Audio	Date
John Carmack at CPL 1998	1998-07-23 [1]
Quakecon 2008 Interview by 1up.com	2008-08-01 [1]
John Romero, full 2 hour interview from Matt Chat	2010-02-27 [1]
Quakecon 2011 Interview by pcper.com	2011-08-12 [1]

Videos

Video	Date
Wolfenstein 3D - id Software and Apogee interview	1992
id Software - Answering machine - June 1992	1992-06-??
A Visit to id Software (November 1993)	1993-11-??
Doom 2: Hell On Earth Trailer	1994-??
id Software Interview Quake 1996	1996
QuakeWorld Launch Event	1996-09-19
Legends of Game Design - John Romero, Chris Roberts, and Nolan Bushnell	1997-04-27 [1]
The Quake 3 Rendering Engine - GDC 1999 - Brian Hook	1999-?? [1]
MacWorld San Francisco 1999	1999-??
John Carmack QuakeCon 2000, Part 1/2	2000-??
John Carmack QuakeCon 2000, Part 2/2	2000-??
John Carmack - Interview (2000)	2000-08-?? [1]
Doom 3 Legacy	2001-??
John Carmack Announcing Doom 3 at MacWorld 2001	2001-??
John Carmack inducted into hall of fame 1/3	2001-03-22 [1]
John Carmack inducted into hall of fame 2/3	2001-03-22 [1]
John Carmack inducted into hall of fame 3/3	2001-03-22 [1]
John Carmack - Doom 3 Engine Technology Interview, Part 1/4	2001-08-?? [1]
John Carmack - Doom 3 Engine Technology Interview, Part 2/4	2001-08-??
John Carmack - Doom 3 Engine Technology Interview, Part 3/4	2001-08-??
John Carmack - Doom 3 Engine Technology Interview, Part 4/4	2001-08-??
ATI Radeon 9700 Promotion - John Carmack	2002?
John Carmack QuakeCon 2002 Keynote	2002-??
QuakeCon 2002 Doom 3 Interview	2002-08-??
Todd Hollenshead Interview (QuakeCon 2002)	2002-08-??
John Romero, Tom Hall, Monkeystone Games	2003?
id Software - Doom 3 Team Development Story, Part 1/3	2004 [1]
id Software - Doom 3 Team Development Story, Part 2/3	2004 [1]
id Software - Doom 3 Team Development Story, Part 3/3	2004 [1]
John Carmack DOOM 3 Keynote - Quakecon 2004	2004-??-??
John Carmack GDC 2004 Keynote	2004-??
John Carmack QuakeCon 2005 Keynote	2005-??
Quake 4 PC Games Interview - Todd Hollenshead Video	2005-05-17 [1]
John Carmack QuakeCon 2006	2006-??
John Carmack QuakeCon 2006 Keynote	2006-??
Inside id software	2006-09-13 [1]
John Carmack QuakeCon 2007 Keynote	2007-??
John Romero - Talks About Old Days	2007 [1]
G4tv.com - Id Software interview	2007?
John Carmack demonstrates ID Tech 5 at WWDC 2007	2007-06-11 [1]
Tim Willits on id, John Carmack and game/level design	2007-10-29 [1]
John Carmack QuakeCon 2008 Keynote	2008-??
John Carmack Interview QuakeCon 2008	2008-??
John Carmack QuakeCon 2009 Keynote	2009-08-14 [1]
Matt Chat 54: Quake with John Romero	2010-??
John Carmack QuakeCon 2010 Keynote	2010-08-13 [1]
1UP's Cross Country Tour: id Software Office Tour	2010-09-06
John Romero & Tom Hall - GDC 2011 (Doom Post Mortem)	2011-03
John Carmack E3 2011	2011-06-?? [1]
John Carmack QuakeCon 2011 Keynote	2011-08-06
John Carmack QuakeCon 2011 Keynote Q&A	2011-08-06
QuakeCon 2011: 20 Years of id Software	2011-08-09
John Carmack Interview: GPU Race, Intel Graphics, Ray Tracing and Voxels and more (pcper.com)	2011-08-12
John Carmack QuakeCon 2012 Keynote	2012-08-03
Rage Tim Willits interview (uncut)	2012-10-18
Doom 20th Anniversary Event Video	2013-??
id Software 20th Anniversary Feature	2013-??
John Carmack Quakecon 2013 Keynote	2013-08-02 [1]
Principles of Lighting and Rendering with John Carmack at QuakeCon 2013	2013-08-02 [1]
John Carmack - Twenty Years after Doom	2014-04-25 [1]
John Romero - id Software's early days - GDC 2016	2016-??
John Carmack receives the BAFTA Fellowship at BAFTA Games Awards 2016	2016-04-07 [1]
Quake Rocket Jumping Interview	2018-02-28 [1]
DOOM’s Development: A Year of Madness	2018-06-27
Joe Rogan Experience #1342 - John Carmack	2019-08-28

Misc

• John Carmack's Slashdot posts
• Masters of Doom

Thanks

• id software for creating so many legendary games in such a short time.
• John Carmack archive for providing a lot of the content (.plan files, interviews, slashdot archive) and dates.
• rebelCoder for archiving/finding and uploading a huge amount of videos to youtube.