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John Carmack

Founder of id Software; lead programmer of Doom, Quake, and others.

Date of birth: 20 August 1970 edit

Current residence: Mesquite, Texas (?) edit

Important software John Carmack has worked on:

Timeline:

Year Event
1990 First Commander Keen game released
1991 Co-founded id Software
1992 Wolfenstein 3D released
1993 Doom released
1995 Source code for Wolfenstein 3D released
1996 Quake released
1997 Source code for Doom released
1999 Appeared as #10 on Time Magazine's Digital 50
2000 Founded Armadillo Aerospace
2001 Inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame

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