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Everything from Wolf3d to Quake3 has a special place in our household's hearts. My dad brought the original iD games to mine and my sister's attention when we were still kids. The first time we played co-op Doom as a family on LAN is one of those memories that's been seared onto my brain - taking down a Cyberdemon together was too much fun!

Quake had a similar impact because that's when we migrated from keyboard to mouse for looking around - given it was truly 3D and all. But I have to say that the Cyberdemon > Shambler, despite how cuddly the Shambler looked.

Happy Birthday Quake!




>that's when we migrated from keyboard to mouse for looking around

I did one year earlier in Descent ;-)


Hadn't made that leap at that point. I was still using A/Z for looking up/down in Descent - also a great game btw.


Descent and Descent II is why I owned a flightstick.

Ahh, multiplayer was so much fun.


Descent is why I broke a flightstick hat switch. Customer service knew what was up as soon as I described the problem.




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