Carmack basically invented the FPS genre as we know it.
As much as I appreciate System Shock and the 3D Engine used by Looking Glass, ID Software's Doom took the world by storm and demonstrated that the ShareWare publishg model could make real money.
Carmack was the brains behind the raycasting Doom engine and Doom could not exist without him.
FPS took off partly because the development costs were lower, assuming that you already had an engine.
Carmack basically invented the FPS genre as we know it.
As much as I appreciate System Shock and the 3D Engine used by Looking Glass, ID Software's Doom took the world by storm and demonstrated that the ShareWare publishg model could make real money.
Carmack was the brains behind the raycasting Doom engine and Doom could not exist without him.
FPS took off partly because the development costs were lower, assuming that you already had an engine.