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John Romero Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 25, 2006 3:05am PDT

Related Topics – Quake, John Romero

The Quake Expo site has posted part 1 and part 2 of a Q&A with John Romero, asking the designer about everything Quake 1. Thanks Blues News.

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He's been talking about Quake 1 since before Quake 1 was released. I think he was a great designer on that project, but his work since has been ho-hum as evidenced by the fact that nearly nobody asks him what he's up to beyond Quake 1.

Either way, I'm going to read the interview just because Quake 1 was such a momentous game.

Jul 25, 2006 9:23am PDT

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He's been talking about Quake 1 since before Quake 1 was released. I think he was a great designer on th... : dengar65
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- John Romero is the Al Bundy of the gaming world...Al's 4 touchdowns for Polk High is Romero's Quake 1. He... : limabone-jlp

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If anyone here hasn't, you should go read 'Masters of Doom' right now! It's a total 'I remember when...' trip that's chock full of stuff like this. The only bad thing is all of it doesn't seem that long ago!

Jul 25, 2006 1:34pm PDT

If anyone here hasn't, you should go read 'Masters of Doom' right now! It's a total 'I remember when...... : zen2k

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Remembering back to all the pre-quake previews and qtest, it really does make sense about the game having been changed 7 months prior to release. I know a lot of stuff got cut that Romero had us all excited about, but ultimately it wound up pretty neat.

Jul 25, 2006 9:38am PDT

Remembering back to all the pre-quake previews and qtest, it really does make sense about the game having... : Rich McNinch

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John Romero: I don't think we did a very good job balancing the damage on Quake's weapons. DOOM's is perfection.

Quake really did fluke alot of its sucess in terms of gameplay. The instant fast switching weapons due to lack of time to put in animations, the weapons - although unbalanced, are just awesome, the rocketjumping, air physics.. the list goes on.

Zoid should also be credited for his work on QuakeWorld, he achieved so much.. people should put him almost on par with Romeo, JC with regard to QW's success.

Jul 25, 2006 4:13am PDT

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- I totally agree. Zoid gave us CTF which was phenomenal. I played late in the night, that was those were t... : bloodsh0t

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Romero making us his bitch's jokes aside, that interview was pretty interesting.

Jul 25, 2006 3:44am PDT

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Romero making us his bitch's jokes aside, that interview was pretty interesting. : soggybagel
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  Yeah I agree, interesting about the music... I really loved the NIN stuff (and played through single play... : ravvy
  - Agreed...the music is one of the best aspects of Quake. I can't imagine playing without it. It's probably : speon

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Ok, I turned to the comments before reading the interviews to post some witty slam on the Romero, but prior posts made me want to read the interview, which I have now done. And I have to agree, a very interesting read.

It's amazing what a jumbled mess the development of Quake was. If not for Quakeworld and the QuakeC I wonder if people would remember quake so fondly.

Jul 25, 2006 7:49am PDT

Ok, I turned to the comments before reading the interviews to post some witty slam on the Romero, but pri... : ezanga

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Any interview that includes an screenshot of the Quake 1 dragon is bound to be good.

Jul 25, 2006 7:24am PDT

Any interview that includes an screenshot of the Quake 1 dragon is bound to be good. : zehh

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This interview is fantastic. Great questions and responses.

Jul 25, 2006 6:02am PDT

This interview is fantastic. Great questions and responses. : valiance

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Those were awesome interviews. :)

Jul 25, 2006 4:07am PDT

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Those were awesome interviews. :) : wild falcon
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- I agree. So much trivia but great all the same. : johnsto