General Information

John Carmack is a legend among the those that claim to be game programmers, but among the gaming community he is simply considered to be a god. His dedication and contributions to gaming technology have pioneered new frontiers in the first-person shooter genre. Despite the ever increasing competition in the development community, John Carmack's work continues to stand above the rest. His contribution that introduced 3D technology included the Quake 3 engine; however, his latest engine development in Doom III will be sure to revolutionize gaming and video technology.

He, along with Adrian Carmack (no relation), and Kevin Cloud co-own id Software, but John is also given the title of Technical Director. Other roles he has been titled with include, but are not limted to, Programming, and Support and Design. He has been credited as being a part of a game creation as early as 1990, while his most recent accomplishment is the highly anticipated and long awaited game, Doom III. Though employment is not implied, he has been credited with games developed by the following companies:

• id Software
• Softdisk Publishing
• Raven Software
• Stalker Entertainment
• Bullfrog
• Argo Games
• Gamers Edge
• The Developers of Incredible Power
• Parallax Software
• Croteam and David A. Palmer Productions

Academy of Interative Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame

In 2003, John Carmack's life-long work was recognized as he was inducted into the Acadamy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame.

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  introduction
  acceptance speech
  backstage interview

Games Credited With

• Commander Keen (2001), Activision, Inc.
• Quake III: Revolution (2001), Electronic Arts
• Serious Sam: The First Encounter (2001), Gathering of Developers, Gotham Games
• Quake III: Team Arena (2000), Activision, Inc.
• Quake III: Arena (1999), Activision, Inc., Sega
• Quake II (1997), Activision, Inc.
• Final Doom (1996), GT Interactive, Soft Bank, Williams Entertainment Inc.
• Quake (1996), id Software, Midway Games, Sega
• Hexen (1995), GT Interactive, id Software, Soft Bank
• The Ultimate Doom (1995), GT Interactive
• Descent (1994), Interplay, Soft Bank
• Doom 2: Hell On Earth (1994), Activision, Inc., GT Interactive
• Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders (1994), id Software
• Rise of the Triad: Dark War (1994), Apogee
• Doom (1993), Activision, Inc., Atari, Atari Corporation, GT Interactive, id Software, Sega, Soft Bank, Williams Entertainment Inc.
• Catacomb 3-D (1992), Gamer's Edge, Softdisk Publishing
• Night Raid (1992), Software Creations
• Spear of Destiny (1992), FormGen
• Wolfenstein 3-D (1992), Activision, Inc., Apogee, Atari, Atari Corporation, bam! Entertainment, Inc., GT Interactive, Imagineer
• Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle (1991), Apogee
• Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine (1991), Apogee
• Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter! (1991), FormGen
• Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion (1991), Softdisk Publishing
• Dark Designs II: Closing The Gate (1991), Softdisk Publishing
• Hovertank (1991), Softdisk Publishing
• Keen Dreams (1991), Softdisk Publishing
• Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars (1990), Apogee
• Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes (1990), Apogee
• Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die! (1990), Apogee
• Dark Designs I: Grelminar's Staff (1990), Softdisk Publishing
• Shadow Knights (1990), Softdisk Publishing

(Note: The above list may or may not include games he has actually contributed to. It also may be incomplete, as the source was © Moby Games).

Armadillo Aerospace Project

After creating a multitude of these popular computer games and tinkering with his personal fleet of Ferraris, John Carmack has decided to broaden his horizons by building a homemade spaceship that wins $10 million. This computer coding genius admits to being on an outrageous quest, but does indeed have the resources to back it up. The quest: Armadillo Aerospace. (read CNN's article here.)

Miscellaneous Interviews

  http://www.gamespy.com/interviews/april01/carmack/
  http://slashdot.org/interviews/99/10/15/1012230.shtml
  http://www.beyond3d.com/interviews/carmackdoom3/
  http://www.bluesnews.com/articles/carmackinterview.html
  http://www.gamers.com/news/1156460