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Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days ago

id Software released its first game 35 years ago today, John Carmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine — Commander Keen title brought smooth scrolling to PCs

www.tomshardware.com

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id Software released its first game 35 years ago today, John Carmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine — Commander Keen title brought smooth scrolling to PCs

www.tomshardware.com

Agent_Karyo@piefed.world to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days ago
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Apogee shareware model would set the stage for early 90s PC gaming with Wolfenstein 3D, and Doom to benefit.
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    The pogo stick was… interesting

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      Those games made me want to get a real pogo stick. I still have it lying around somewhere.

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        Please, think of your knees before you find it

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        I think we only had the shareware version, not the full one. I remember the screenshots from the full version when you completed it, and really wanted to play the rest!

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