The Archives Random pictures from my gaming past, present....and FUTURE? http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/wolfnotwearingpants/13705498_niuGC-Ti.jpg http://romero.smugmug.com/gallery/480_BdMqY/ 2008-09-08T16:22:33Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Adrian's in his room (which he shared with Kevin Cloud) and you can see here that he was modeling the Baron of Hell out of clay himse ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Adrian's in his room (which he shared with Kevin Cloud) and you can see here that he was modeling the Baron of Hell out of clay himse ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#14482_rE9zd" title="This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Adrian's in his room (which he shared with Kevin Cloud) and you can see here that he was modeling the Baron of Hell out of clay himse ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/adrianbaron01/14482_rE9zd-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Adrian's in his room (which he shared with Kevin Cloud) and you can see here that he was modeling the Baron of Hell out of clay himse ..." title="This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Adrian's in his room (which he shared with Kevin Cloud) and you can see here that he was modeling the Baron of Hell out of clay himse ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/adrianbaron01/14482_rE9zd-Th-2.jpg This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. This is the DOOM chainsaw sitting in a bucket, ready to be scanned by Kevin to create the image of the chainsaw in DOOM. The reason it ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. This is the DOOM chainsaw sitting in a bucket, ready to be scanned by Kevin to create the image of the chainsaw in DOOM. The reason it ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#14483_DgizU" title="This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. This is the DOOM chainsaw sitting in a bucket, ready to be scanned by Kevin to create the image of the chainsaw in DOOM. The reason it ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/doomchainsaw/14483_DgizU-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. This is the DOOM chainsaw sitting in a bucket, ready to be scanned by Kevin to create the image of the chainsaw in DOOM. The reason it ..." title="This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. This is the DOOM chainsaw sitting in a bucket, ready to be scanned by Kevin to create the image of the chainsaw in DOOM. The reason it ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/doomchainsaw/14483_DgizU-Th-2.jpg This picture was taken just after the Ion Storm office was built-out at the top of the Chase Tower in downtown Dallas in January 1998. The floor is all terrazzo, with game posters on the wa ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This picture was taken just after the Ion Storm office was built-out at the top of the Chase Tower in downtown Dallas in January 1998. The floor is all terrazzo, with game posters on the wa ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#14484_8ZDnQ" title="This picture was taken just after the Ion Storm office was built-out at the top of the Chase Tower in downtown Dallas in January 1998. The floor is all terrazzo, with game posters on the wa ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/ionlobby/14484_8ZDnQ-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="121" alt="This picture was taken just after the Ion Storm office was built-out at the top of the Chase Tower in downtown Dallas in January 1998. The floor is all terrazzo, with game posters on the wa ..." title="This picture was taken just after the Ion Storm office was built-out at the top of the Chase Tower in downtown Dallas in January 1998. The floor is all terrazzo, with game posters on the wa ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/ionlobby/14484_8ZDnQ-Th-2.jpg This picture was taken near the end of Quake 1's development period in 1996. American is sitting at his desk, checking out my map E2M1 (with the original Quake interface for the Base theme, ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This picture was taken near the end of Quake 1's development period in 1996. American is sitting at his desk, checking out my map E2M1 (with the original Quake interface for the Base theme, ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#14485_qaozR" title="This picture was taken near the end of Quake 1's development period in 1996. American is sitting at his desk, checking out my map E2M1 (with the original Quake interface for the Base theme, ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Q1devamerican/14485_qaozR-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="97" alt="This picture was taken near the end of Quake 1's development period in 1996. American is sitting at his desk, checking out my map E2M1 (with the original Quake interface for the Base theme, ..." title="This picture was taken near the end of Quake 1's development period in 1996. American is sitting at his desk, checking out my map E2M1 (with the original Quake interface for the Base theme, ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Q1devamerican/14485_qaozR-Th-2.jpg This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Tom's busy working on a map in my map editor, DoomEd, but don't worry - you won't be able to make out anything on the screen! Tom sta ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Tom's busy working on a map in my map editor, DoomEd, but don't worry - you won't be able to make out anything on the screen! Tom sta ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#14486_hzjmr" title="This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Tom's busy working on a map in my map editor, DoomEd, but don't worry - you won't be able to make out anything on the screen! Tom sta ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/tomid1993/14486_hzjmr-Th-2.jpg" width="103" height="150" alt="This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Tom's busy working on a map in my map editor, DoomEd, but don't worry - you won't be able to make out anything on the screen! Tom sta ..." title="This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. Tom's busy working on a map in my map editor, DoomEd, but don't worry - you won't be able to make out anything on the screen! Tom sta ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/tomid1993/14486_hzjmr-Th-2.jpg Left to right: Tom Hall, Jay Wilbur, John Romero This picture was taken just after the Summer Shareware Seminar awards in 1992. We got awards for two categories that both related to our s ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Left to right: Tom Hall, Jay Wilbur, John Romero This picture was taken just after the Summer Shareware Seminar awards in 1992. We got awards for two categories that both related to our s ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#5075539_fKgkQ" title="Left to right: Tom Hall, Jay Wilbur, John Romero This picture was taken just after the Summer Shareware Seminar awards in 1992. We got awards for two categories that both related to our s ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/tomjayjohnSSSkeen1992/5075539_fKgkQ-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Left to right: Tom Hall, Jay Wilbur, John Romero This picture was taken just after the Summer Shareware Seminar awards in 1992. We got awards for two categories that both related to our s ..." title="Left to right: Tom Hall, Jay Wilbur, John Romero This picture was taken just after the Summer Shareware Seminar awards in 1992. We got awards for two categories that both related to our s ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/tomjayjohnSSSkeen1992/5075539_fKgkQ-Th-1.jpg This is the great Bobby Prince, our music composer between 1991-1994. He did the music for Commander Keen 4, 5, 6, Catacomb 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, DOOM, DOOM II. In this pic ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is the great Bobby Prince, our music composer between 1991-1994. He did the music for Commander Keen 4, 5, 6, Catacomb 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, DOOM, DOOM II. In this pic ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#10004695_AHMwh" title="This is the great Bobby Prince, our music composer between 1991-1994. He did the music for Commander Keen 4, 5, 6, Catacomb 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, DOOM, DOOM II. In this pic ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/bobbyprince1992/10004695_AHMwh-Th-1.jpg" width="118" height="150" alt="This is the great Bobby Prince, our music composer between 1991-1994. He did the music for Commander Keen 4, 5, 6, Catacomb 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, DOOM, DOOM II. In this pic ..." title="This is the great Bobby Prince, our music composer between 1991-1994. He did the music for Commander Keen 4, 5, 6, Catacomb 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, DOOM, DOOM II. In this pic ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/bobbyprince1992/10004695_AHMwh-Th-1.jpg Both Shawn Green and myself are big heavy metal maniacs! During DOOM we used to listen to lots of Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Dokken, Metallica, etc. and here we are going ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Both Shawn Green and myself are big heavy metal maniacs! During DOOM we used to listen to lots of Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Dokken, Metallica, etc. and here we are going ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#12524823_HBRQ8" title="Both Shawn Green and myself are big heavy metal maniacs! During DOOM we used to listen to lots of Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Dokken, Metallica, etc. and here we are going ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/romeroandshawnairguitar/12524823_HBRQ8-Th-1.jpg" width="127" height="150" alt="Both Shawn Green and myself are big heavy metal maniacs! During DOOM we used to listen to lots of Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Dokken, Metallica, etc. and here we are going ..." title="Both Shawn Green and myself are big heavy metal maniacs! During DOOM we used to listen to lots of Alice in Chains, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Dokken, Metallica, etc. and here we are going ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/romeroandshawnairguitar/12524823_HBRQ8-Th-1.jpg Yes, this is the clay model of the DoomGuy that Adriani created! One pose, folks, or it breaks into a silly mess. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Yes, this is the clay model of the DoomGuy that Adriani created! One pose, folks, or it breaks into a silly mess.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#12524824_7ZqPn" title="Yes, this is the clay model of the DoomGuy that Adriani created! One pose, folks, or it breaks into a silly mess."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/claydoomguy/12524824_7ZqPn-Th-1.jpg" width="128" height="150" alt="Yes, this is the clay model of the DoomGuy that Adriani created! One pose, folks, or it breaks into a silly mess." title="Yes, this is the clay model of the DoomGuy that Adriani created! One pose, folks, or it breaks into a silly mess." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/claydoomguy/12524824_7ZqPn-Th-1.jpg This is me, Kevin and Adrian posing for a pic during DOOM II development. I'm always looking nutty in pics - cause i'm nutty! <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is me, Kevin and Adrian posing for a pic during DOOM II development. I'm always looking nutty in pics - cause i'm nutty!</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#12524825_GBbAL" title="This is me, Kevin and Adrian posing for a pic during DOOM II development. I'm always looking nutty in pics - cause i'm nutty!"><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/doomromerokevinadrian/12524825_GBbAL-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="This is me, Kevin and Adrian posing for a pic during DOOM II development. I'm always looking nutty in pics - cause i'm nutty!" title="This is me, Kevin and Adrian posing for a pic during DOOM II development. I'm always looking nutty in pics - cause i'm nutty!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/doomromerokevinadrian/12524825_GBbAL-Th-1.jpg Here are some Asian versions of DOOM and Wolfenstein. Since piracy was so insanely rampant over there, we sold the rights to sell copies to the biggest pirates for $1 per copy - that way we ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here are some Asian versions of DOOM and Wolfenstein. Since piracy was so insanely rampant over there, we sold the rights to sell copies to the biggest pirates for $1 per copy - that way we ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#12524826_s3xuv" title="Here are some Asian versions of DOOM and Wolfenstein. Since piracy was so insanely rampant over there, we sold the rights to sell copies to the biggest pirates for $1 per copy - that way we ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/foreignboxes/12524826_s3xuv-Th-1.jpg" width="141" height="150" alt="Here are some Asian versions of DOOM and Wolfenstein. Since piracy was so insanely rampant over there, we sold the rights to sell copies to the biggest pirates for $1 per copy - that way we ..." title="Here are some Asian versions of DOOM and Wolfenstein. Since piracy was so insanely rampant over there, we sold the rights to sell copies to the biggest pirates for $1 per copy - that way we ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/foreignboxes/12524826_s3xuv-Th-1.jpg This is my wife Raluca's favorite monster in DOOM II - the Mancubus. This is the model that Greg Punchatz created and we used a video camera to scan it in (8 rotations), clean up the pixels ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is my wife Raluca's favorite monster in DOOM II - the Mancubus. This is the model that Greg Punchatz created and we used a video camera to scan it in (8 rotations), clean up the pixels ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#12524879_K2jT2" title="This is my wife Raluca's favorite monster in DOOM II - the Mancubus. This is the model that Greg Punchatz created and we used a video camera to scan it in (8 rotations), clean up the pixels ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/modelmancubus/12524879_K2jT2-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="This is my wife Raluca's favorite monster in DOOM II - the Mancubus. This is the model that Greg Punchatz created and we used a video camera to scan it in (8 rotations), clean up the pixels ..." title="This is my wife Raluca's favorite monster in DOOM II - the Mancubus. This is the model that Greg Punchatz created and we used a video camera to scan it in (8 rotations), clean up the pixels ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/modelmancubus/12524879_K2jT2-Th-2.jpg Here's Greg's model of the Revenant for DOOM II. He's a favorite of mine because I just LOVE the punching sound - it makes me laugh every time! Yes, I made sure the sound made me laugh. :) <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's Greg's model of the Revenant for DOOM II. He's a favorite of mine because I just LOVE the punching sound - it makes me laugh every time! Yes, I made sure the sound made me laugh. :)</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#12524880_momuY" title="Here's Greg's model of the Revenant for DOOM II. He's a favorite of mine because I just LOVE the punching sound - it makes me laugh every time! Yes, I made sure the sound made me laugh. :)"><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/modelrevenant/12524880_momuY-Th-1.jpg" width="144" height="150" alt="Here's Greg's model of the Revenant for DOOM II. He's a favorite of mine because I just LOVE the punching sound - it makes me laugh every time! Yes, I made sure the sound made me laugh. :)" title="Here's Greg's model of the Revenant for DOOM II. He's a favorite of mine because I just LOVE the punching sound - it makes me laugh every time! Yes, I made sure the sound made me laugh. :)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/modelrevenant/12524880_momuY-Th-1.jpg Here's a closeup of Greg's latex and metal model of the Spiderdemon. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's a closeup of Greg's latex and metal model of the Spiderdemon.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#12524881_Npr63" title="Here's a closeup of Greg's latex and metal model of the Spiderdemon."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/modelspiderdemonclose/12524881_Npr63-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="144" alt="Here's a closeup of Greg's latex and metal model of the Spiderdemon." title="Here's a closeup of Greg's latex and metal model of the Spiderdemon." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/modelspiderdemonclose/12524881_Npr63-Th-1.jpg This is a picture of the Shreveport lakehouse that id Software started in. Tom took this pic of John Carmack and myself while we were working on the Super Mario 3 demo for Nintendo - so thi ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is a picture of the Shreveport lakehouse that id Software started in. Tom took this pic of John Carmack and myself while we were working on the Super Mario 3 demo for Nintendo - so thi ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#12744636_YqNFR" title="This is a picture of the Shreveport lakehouse that id Software started in. Tom took this pic of John Carmack and myself while we were working on the Super Mario 3 demo for Nintendo - so thi ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/romerocarmackmariodemo/12744636_YqNFR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="This is a picture of the Shreveport lakehouse that id Software started in. Tom took this pic of John Carmack and myself while we were working on the Super Mario 3 demo for Nintendo - so thi ..." title="This is a picture of the Shreveport lakehouse that id Software started in. Tom took this pic of John Carmack and myself while we were working on the Super Mario 3 demo for Nintendo - so thi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:38:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/romerocarmackmariodemo/12744636_YqNFR-Th.jpg Here's another id lakehouse pic - this is me and Jay Wilbur in the swimming pool in the backyard. Why was I wearing sunglasses in the pool? They were prescription and I ran out of contact ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's another id lakehouse pic - this is me and Jay Wilbur in the swimming pool in the backyard. Why was I wearing sunglasses in the pool? They were prescription and I ran out of contact ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#12744710_kZhx7" title="Here's another id lakehouse pic - this is me and Jay Wilbur in the swimming pool in the backyard. Why was I wearing sunglasses in the pool? They were prescription and I ran out of contact ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/johnandjay1990/12744710_kZhx7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Here's another id lakehouse pic - this is me and Jay Wilbur in the swimming pool in the backyard. Why was I wearing sunglasses in the pool? They were prescription and I ran out of contact ..." title="Here's another id lakehouse pic - this is me and Jay Wilbur in the swimming pool in the backyard. Why was I wearing sunglasses in the pool? They were prescription and I ran out of contact ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/johnandjay1990/12744710_kZhx7-Th.jpg In Spear of Destiny (1992), I put a secret screen in the game that could only be reached by a secret keypress in the menu system. The original screen (320x200) is in the upper right-hand co ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />In Spear of Destiny (1992), I put a secret screen in the game that could only be reached by a secret keypress in the menu system. The original screen (320x200) is in the upper right-hand co ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#13705498_niuGC" title="In Spear of Destiny (1992), I put a secret screen in the game that could only be reached by a secret keypress in the menu system. The original screen (320x200) is in the upper right-hand co ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/wolfnotwearingpants/13705498_niuGC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="In Spear of Destiny (1992), I put a secret screen in the game that could only be reached by a secret keypress in the menu system. The original screen (320x200) is in the upper right-hand co ..." title="In Spear of Destiny (1992), I put a secret screen in the game that could only be reached by a secret keypress in the menu system. The original screen (320x200) is in the upper right-hand co ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/wolfnotwearingpants/13705498_niuGC-Th.jpg It's the "Bad Ad", the one that got a generation of gamers and journalists hating me! Suck it down. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />It's the "Bad Ad", the one that got a generation of gamers and journalists hating me! Suck it down.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#35901498_5THPz" title="It's the "Bad Ad", the one that got a generation of gamers and journalists hating me! Suck it down."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/bitchad/35901498_5THPz-Th.jpg" width="109" height="150" alt="It's the "Bad Ad", the one that got a generation of gamers and journalists hating me! Suck it down." title="It's the "Bad Ad", the one that got a generation of gamers and journalists hating me! Suck it down." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/bitchad/35901498_5THPz-Th.jpg The October 2005 issue of Computer Gaming World had an editorial on the backpage and it had a cool little graphic montage. Here it is, magnified. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />The October 2005 issue of Computer Gaming World had an editorial on the backpage and it had a cool little graphic montage. Here it is, magnified.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#35901501_mASpP" title="The October 2005 issue of Computer Gaming World had an editorial on the backpage and it had a cool little graphic montage. Here it is, magnified."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/daikatanamontage/35901501_mASpP-Th.jpg" width="147" height="150" alt="The October 2005 issue of Computer Gaming World had an editorial on the backpage and it had a cool little graphic montage. Here it is, magnified." title="The October 2005 issue of Computer Gaming World had an editorial on the backpage and it had a cool little graphic montage. Here it is, magnified." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/daikatanamontage/35901501_mASpP-Th.jpg Computer Gaming World, October 2005, back page article. I still don't understand what the article is supposed to be saying... I'll react to the inaccuracies in the article right here: ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Computer Gaming World, October 2005, back page article. I still don't understand what the article is supposed to be saying... I'll react to the inaccuracies in the article right here: ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#35901502_cXU7r" title="Computer Gaming World, October 2005, back page article. I still don't understand what the article is supposed to be saying... I'll react to the inaccuracies in the article right here: ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/cgwbackpageromero2005/35901502_cXU7r-Th-1.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="Computer Gaming World, October 2005, back page article. I still don't understand what the article is supposed to be saying... I'll react to the inaccuracies in the article right here: ..." title="Computer Gaming World, October 2005, back page article. I still don't understand what the article is supposed to be saying... I'll react to the inaccuracies in the article right here: ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/cgwbackpageromero2005/35901502_cXU7r-Th-1.jpg Back in 1982, just before moving to England during my sophomore year of high school (10th grade), I wrote a book about how to program Apple II arcade games and the school paper wrote about i ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Back in 1982, just before moving to England during my sophomore year of high school (10th grade), I wrote a book about how to program Apple II arcade games and the school paper wrote about i ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#35901504_4bfmo" title="Back in 1982, just before moving to England during my sophomore year of high school (10th grade), I wrote a book about how to program Apple II arcade games and the school paper wrote about i ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/newspaperarticle/35901504_4bfmo-Th.jpg" width="77" height="150" alt="Back in 1982, just before moving to England during my sophomore year of high school (10th grade), I wrote a book about how to program Apple II arcade games and the school paper wrote about i ..." title="Back in 1982, just before moving to England during my sophomore year of high school (10th grade), I wrote a book about how to program Apple II arcade games and the school paper wrote about i ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/newspaperarticle/35901504_4bfmo-Th.jpg Here's an old article from PC Gamer's February 2005 issue. I guess they weren't a fan of the old look and my infrequent postings. I never claimed to be some current news site! Heh. I ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's an old article from PC Gamer's February 2005 issue. I guess they weren't a fan of the old look and my infrequent postings. I never claimed to be some current news site! Heh. I ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#51215335_EzYjW" title="Here's an old article from PC Gamer's February 2005 issue. I guess they weren't a fan of the old look and my infrequent postings. I never claimed to be some current news site! Heh. I ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/pcgamerblogger/51215335_EzYjW-Th-1.jpg" width="112" height="150" alt="Here's an old article from PC Gamer's February 2005 issue. I guess they weren't a fan of the old look and my infrequent postings. I never claimed to be some current news site! Heh. I ..." title="Here's an old article from PC Gamer's February 2005 issue. I guess they weren't a fan of the old look and my infrequent postings. I never claimed to be some current news site! Heh. I ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/pcgamerblogger/51215335_EzYjW-Th-1.jpg Here's a PC Gamer article about the Masters of DOOM book, February 2003. John Carmack and I had to sign off on the accuracy of the book before Random House would publish it. It's all tru ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's a PC Gamer article about the Masters of DOOM book, February 2003. John Carmack and I had to sign off on the accuracy of the book before Random House would publish it. It's all tru ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#51225989_SFU5Y" title="Here's a PC Gamer article about the Masters of DOOM book, February 2003. John Carmack and I had to sign off on the accuracy of the book before Random House would publish it. It's all tru ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/PCGamerMOD/51225989_SFU5Y-Th.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Here's a PC Gamer article about the Masters of DOOM book, February 2003. John Carmack and I had to sign off on the accuracy of the book before Random House would publish it. It's all tru ..." title="Here's a PC Gamer article about the Masters of DOOM book, February 2003. John Carmack and I had to sign off on the accuracy of the book before Random House would publish it. It's all tru ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/PCGamerMOD/51225989_SFU5Y-Th.jpg This is a picture from 1997 after a hardcore Quake1 deathmatch session with my friend Noel Stephens at Ion Storm (the 30th floor, a year before we moved up to the 55th floor). The rule th ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is a picture from 1997 after a hardcore Quake1 deathmatch session with my friend Noel Stephens at Ion Storm (the 30th floor, a year before we moved up to the 55th floor). The rule th ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#51229480_farLr" title="This is a picture from 1997 after a hardcore Quake1 deathmatch session with my friend Noel Stephens at Ion Storm (the 30th floor, a year before we moved up to the 55th floor). The rule th ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/noelnromerosmashed/51229480_farLr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="This is a picture from 1997 after a hardcore Quake1 deathmatch session with my friend Noel Stephens at Ion Storm (the 30th floor, a year before we moved up to the 55th floor). The rule th ..." title="This is a picture from 1997 after a hardcore Quake1 deathmatch session with my friend Noel Stephens at Ion Storm (the 30th floor, a year before we moved up to the 55th floor). The rule th ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/noelnromerosmashed/51229480_farLr-Th.jpg PC Gamer, May 2003, Most Controversial Game article. Not bad for a 10 year old game! <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />PC Gamer, May 2003, Most Controversial Game article. Not bad for a 10 year old game!</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#51231040_X3tsQ" title="PC Gamer, May 2003, Most Controversial Game article. Not bad for a 10 year old game!"><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/MostControversialGame2/51231040_X3tsQ-Th.jpg" width="109" height="150" alt="PC Gamer, May 2003, Most Controversial Game article. Not bad for a 10 year old game!" title="PC Gamer, May 2003, Most Controversial Game article. Not bad for a 10 year old game!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/MostControversialGame2/51231040_X3tsQ-Th.jpg This was probably the biggest article printed about Ion Storm and our games over the years. I thought it turned out pretty good. Four double-page mini-articles to follow. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This was probably the biggest article printed about Ion Storm and our games over the years. I thought it turned out pretty good. Four double-page mini-articles to follow.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#57838610_Txkh2" title="This was probably the biggest article printed about Ion Storm and our games over the years. I thought it turned out pretty good. Four double-page mini-articles to follow."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/incite-Cover/57838610_Txkh2-Th.jpg" width="112" height="150" alt="This was probably the biggest article printed about Ion Storm and our games over the years. I thought it turned out pretty good. Four double-page mini-articles to follow." title="This was probably the biggest article printed about Ion Storm and our games over the years. I thought it turned out pretty good. Four double-page mini-articles to follow." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/incite-Cover/57838610_Txkh2-Th.jpg Hahaha - we're gonna make everyone eat their words! GULP! We ate ours. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Hahaha - we're gonna make everyone eat their words! GULP! We ate ours.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#57838611_Q5ZdM" title="Hahaha - we're gonna make everyone eat their words! GULP! We ate ours."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/incite-pg1/57838611_Q5ZdM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Hahaha - we're gonna make everyone eat their words! GULP! We ate ours." title="Hahaha - we're gonna make everyone eat their words! GULP! We ate ours." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/incite-pg1/57838611_Q5ZdM-Th.jpg Here's the Daikatana article <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's the Daikatana article</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#57838613_Z8ec2" title="Here's the Daikatana article"><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/incite-pg2/57838613_Z8ec2-Th.jpg" width="150" height="104" alt="Here's the Daikatana article" title="Here's the Daikatana article" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/incite-pg2/57838613_Z8ec2-Th.jpg Nice article about Tom's Anachronox <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Nice article about Tom's Anachronox</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#57838615_bvFky" title="Nice article about Tom's Anachronox"><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/incite-pg3/57838615_bvFky-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Nice article about Tom's Anachronox" title="Nice article about Tom's Anachronox" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/incite-pg3/57838615_bvFky-Th-1.jpg Nice article about Warren's Deus Ex. Most people don't know this but Warren named the game Deus Ex so most people would mispronounce it "Do Sex". Deus Ex is short for Deus Ex Machina - T ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Nice article about Warren's Deus Ex. Most people don't know this but Warren named the game Deus Ex so most people would mispronounce it "Do Sex". Deus Ex is short for Deus Ex Machina - T ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#57838608_kPmRe" title="Nice article about Warren's Deus Ex. Most people don't know this but Warren named the game Deus Ex so most people would mispronounce it "Do Sex". Deus Ex is short for Deus Ex Machina - T ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/incite-pg4/57838608_kPmRe-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="Nice article about Warren's Deus Ex. Most people don't know this but Warren named the game Deus Ex so most people would mispronounce it "Do Sex". Deus Ex is short for Deus Ex Machina - T ..." title="Nice article about Warren's Deus Ex. Most people don't know this but Warren named the game Deus Ex so most people would mispronounce it "Do Sex". Deus Ex is short for Deus Ex Machina - T ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T15:39:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/incite-pg4/57838608_kPmRe-Th-1.jpg March 2006 PC Zone article helping people catch up on what I've been doing. This text was posted online on computersandvideogames.com in a two part series. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />March 2006 PC Zone article helping people catch up on what I've been doing. This text was posted online on computersandvideogames.com in a two part series.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#61539989_GuEQz" title="March 2006 PC Zone article helping people catch up on what I've been doing. This text was posted online on computersandvideogames.com in a two part series."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/pcformatpg1/61539989_GuEQz-Th.png" width="106" height="150" alt="March 2006 PC Zone article helping people catch up on what I've been doing. This text was posted online on computersandvideogames.com in a two part series." title="March 2006 PC Zone article helping people catch up on what I've been doing. This text was posted online on computersandvideogames.com in a two part series." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T16:47:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/pcformatpg1/61539989_GuEQz-Th.png This is the real meat of the PC Zone article here. The pic of me at the bottom was taken by Rhaluka when I visited her in Bucharest. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is the real meat of the PC Zone article here. The pic of me at the bottom was taken by Rhaluka when I visited her in Bucharest.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#61540074_DJq4i" title="This is the real meat of the PC Zone article here. The pic of me at the bottom was taken by Rhaluka when I visited her in Bucharest."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/pcformatpg2/61540074_DJq4i-Th-1.png" width="107" height="150" alt="This is the real meat of the PC Zone article here. The pic of me at the bottom was taken by Rhaluka when I visited her in Bucharest." title="This is the real meat of the PC Zone article here. The pic of me at the bottom was taken by Rhaluka when I visited her in Bucharest." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-24T16:07:37Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/pcformatpg2/61540074_DJq4i-Th-1.png I had lunch with Warren Robinett (author of Adventure on the 2600, Rocky's Boots, co-founder of The Learning Company) recently along with my friends Jeff Buchanan (left front) and Chris Maye ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />I had lunch with Warren Robinett (author of Adventure on the 2600, Rocky's Boots, co-founder of The Learning Company) recently along with my friends Jeff Buchanan (left front) and Chris Maye ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63500098_5kNR6" title="I had lunch with Warren Robinett (author of Adventure on the 2600, Rocky's Boots, co-founder of The Learning Company) recently along with my friends Jeff Buchanan (left front) and Chris Maye ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/LunchWithWarren/63500098_5kNR6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I had lunch with Warren Robinett (author of Adventure on the 2600, Rocky's Boots, co-founder of The Learning Company) recently along with my friends Jeff Buchanan (left front) and Chris Maye ..." title="I had lunch with Warren Robinett (author of Adventure on the 2600, Rocky's Boots, co-founder of The Learning Company) recently along with my friends Jeff Buchanan (left front) and Chris Maye ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T06:04:54Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/LunchWithWarren/63500098_5kNR6-Th.jpg 2006-02-01 14:25:16 Here's my old id Software business card. Since I did so many things (biz stuff, packaging guidance, exec producing, coding, level design, game design, audio, product mastering, etc.) I just ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's my old id Software business card. Since I did so many things (biz stuff, packaging guidance, exec producing, coding, level design, game design, audio, product mastering, etc.) I just ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63499541_YQUZ3" title="Here's my old id Software business card. Since I did so many things (biz stuff, packaging guidance, exec producing, coding, level design, game design, audio, product mastering, etc.) I just ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/bizcardid/63499541_YQUZ3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="85" alt="Here's my old id Software business card. Since I did so many things (biz stuff, packaging guidance, exec producing, coding, level design, game design, audio, product mastering, etc.) I just ..." title="Here's my old id Software business card. Since I did so many things (biz stuff, packaging guidance, exec producing, coding, level design, game design, audio, product mastering, etc.) I just ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T06:47:38Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/bizcardid/63499541_YQUZ3-Th.jpg Here's our Ideas From The Deep business card that Lane and I created back in 1989. The company is still around now after 17 years! http://www.ifd.com <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's our Ideas From The Deep business card that Lane and I created back in 1989. The company is still around now after 17 years! http://www.ifd.com</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63499546_cFzXk" title="Here's our Ideas From The Deep business card that Lane and I created back in 1989. The company is still around now after 17 years! http://www.ifd.com"><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/bizcardifd/63499546_cFzXk-Th.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Here's our Ideas From The Deep business card that Lane and I created back in 1989. The company is still around now after 17 years! http://www.ifd.com" title="Here's our Ideas From The Deep business card that Lane and I created back in 1989. The company is still around now after 17 years! http://www.ifd.com" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T06:38:13Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/bizcardifd/63499546_cFzXk-Th.jpg Here's my Ion Storm business card. All of Ion's corporate identity, game packaging for ALL our games, etc. was designed by Sasha Shor - the same woman who designed the Quake logo, font, pac ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's my Ion Storm business card. All of Ion's corporate identity, game packaging for ALL our games, etc. was designed by Sasha Shor - the same woman who designed the Quake logo, font, pac ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63499556_ZXTu8" title="Here's my Ion Storm business card. All of Ion's corporate identity, game packaging for ALL our games, etc. was designed by Sasha Shor - the same woman who designed the Quake logo, font, pac ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/bizcardion/63499556_ZXTu8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="85" alt="Here's my Ion Storm business card. All of Ion's corporate identity, game packaging for ALL our games, etc. was designed by Sasha Shor - the same woman who designed the Quake logo, font, pac ..." title="Here's my Ion Storm business card. All of Ion's corporate identity, game packaging for ALL our games, etc. was designed by Sasha Shor - the same woman who designed the Quake logo, font, pac ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T07:14:41Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/bizcardion/63499556_ZXTu8-Th.jpg This was the front of my Midway business card which I made myself because I didn't like the normal boring card design they had. This one's more fun! <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This was the front of my Midway business card which I made myself because I didn't like the normal boring card design they had. This one's more fun!</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63500274_pyXUK" title="This was the front of my Midway business card which I made myself because I didn't like the normal boring card design they had. This one's more fun!"><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Midway-Biz-Card-3/63500274_pyXUK-Th.jpg" width="88" height="150" alt="This was the front of my Midway business card which I made myself because I didn't like the normal boring card design they had. This one's more fun!" title="This was the front of my Midway business card which I made myself because I didn't like the normal boring card design they had. This one's more fun!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T06:38:49Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Midway-Biz-Card-3/63500274_pyXUK-Th.jpg And here's the back of the card. I decided to put a bunch of my published titles on the back in case anyone was wondering. Usually when you get a business card from someone you only get th ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />And here's the back of the card. I decided to put a bunch of my published titles on the back in case anyone was wondering. Usually when you get a business card from someone you only get th ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63500261_RJVpT" title="And here's the back of the card. I decided to put a bunch of my published titles on the back in case anyone was wondering. Usually when you get a business card from someone you only get th ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Midway-Biz-Card-3-back/63500261_RJVpT-Th.jpg" width="88" height="150" alt="And here's the back of the card. I decided to put a bunch of my published titles on the back in case anyone was wondering. Usually when you get a business card from someone you only get th ..." title="And here's the back of the card. I decided to put a bunch of my published titles on the back in case anyone was wondering. Usually when you get a business card from someone you only get th ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T07:04:06Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Midway-Biz-Card-3-back/63500261_RJVpT-Th.jpg We had a mini Softdisk reunion in the summer of 2003 at Tom Hall's house. From left to right are: Tom, Rhonda Reimers, Lane Roathe, me, Jim Weiler, Carolyn Drain, Fender Tucker. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />We had a mini Softdisk reunion in the summer of 2003 at Tom Hall's house. From left to right are: Tom, Rhonda Reimers, Lane Roathe, me, Jim Weiler, Carolyn Drain, Fender Tucker.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63500967_kBA54" title="We had a mini Softdisk reunion in the summer of 2003 at Tom Hall's house. From left to right are: Tom, Rhonda Reimers, Lane Roathe, me, Jim Weiler, Carolyn Drain, Fender Tucker."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/sdreunionmed/63500967_kBA54-Th.jpg" width="150" height="94" alt="We had a mini Softdisk reunion in the summer of 2003 at Tom Hall's house. From left to right are: Tom, Rhonda Reimers, Lane Roathe, me, Jim Weiler, Carolyn Drain, Fender Tucker." title="We had a mini Softdisk reunion in the summer of 2003 at Tom Hall's house. From left to right are: Tom, Rhonda Reimers, Lane Roathe, me, Jim Weiler, Carolyn Drain, Fender Tucker." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T05:50:06Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/sdreunionmed/63500967_kBA54-Th.jpg I organized the Apple II Reunion of 2004 at the house of John Garcia (owner of Novalogic, coder of Zaxxon on the Apple II) and invited many Apple II alumni. Steve Wozniak graced us with his ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />I organized the Apple II Reunion of 2004 at the house of John Garcia (owner of Novalogic, coder of Zaxxon on the Apple II) and invited many Apple II alumni. Steve Wozniak graced us with his ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63500969_oW6UC" title="I organized the Apple II Reunion of 2004 at the house of John Garcia (owner of Novalogic, coder of Zaxxon on the Apple II) and invited many Apple II alumni. Steve Wozniak graced us with his ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/sandiego2004-apple2party/63500969_oW6UC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I organized the Apple II Reunion of 2004 at the house of John Garcia (owner of Novalogic, coder of Zaxxon on the Apple II) and invited many Apple II alumni. Steve Wozniak graced us with his ..." title="I organized the Apple II Reunion of 2004 at the house of John Garcia (owner of Novalogic, coder of Zaxxon on the Apple II) and invited many Apple II alumni. Steve Wozniak graced us with his ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T06:15:07Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/sandiego2004-apple2party/63500969_oW6UC-Th.jpg Here's a picture of John Garcia and Steve Wozniak. I even got the G4 video team over to do a story on the reunion. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's a picture of John Garcia and Steve Wozniak. I even got the G4 video team over to do a story on the reunion.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63500976_ctK2d" title="Here's a picture of John Garcia and Steve Wozniak. I even got the G4 video team over to do a story on the reunion."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/1003908/63500976_ctK2d-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Here's a picture of John Garcia and Steve Wozniak. I even got the G4 video team over to do a story on the reunion." title="Here's a picture of John Garcia and Steve Wozniak. I even got the G4 video team over to do a story on the reunion." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T06:28:31Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/1003908/63500976_ctK2d-Th.jpg 2004-07-04 21:46:16 This is the lapel button that attendees had to wear to get in. The security was very, very tight but luckily everyone got in. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is the lapel button that attendees had to wear to get in. The security was very, very tight but luckily everyone got in.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63501006_qEh9a" title="This is the lapel button that attendees had to wear to get in. The security was very, very tight but luckily everyone got in."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Proof-2/63501006_qEh9a-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="This is the lapel button that attendees had to wear to get in. The security was very, very tight but luckily everyone got in." title="This is the lapel button that attendees had to wear to get in. The security was very, very tight but luckily everyone got in." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-25T06:44:52Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Proof-2/63501006_qEh9a-Th.jpg Here's the front of the inviation I made for the event. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's the front of the inviation I made for the event.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63501074_3wZCz" title="Here's the front of the inviation I made for the event."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/invite-front/63501074_3wZCz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Here's the front of the inviation I made for the event." title="Here's the front of the inviation I made for the event." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-15T18:00:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/invite-front/63501074_3wZCz-Th.jpg The back of the invitation. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />The back of the invitation.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#63501078_qgZdo" title="The back of the invitation."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/invite-back/63501078_qgZdo-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="The back of the invitation." title="The back of the invitation." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-08T01:04:59Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/invite-back/63501078_qgZdo-Th.jpg This is the original id Software lake house in Shreveport, LA - the place where we started the company. Located on Lakeshore Drive, this is what the house looks like today. Back in 1990, ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is the original id Software lake house in Shreveport, LA - the place where we started the company. Located on Lakeshore Drive, this is what the house looks like today. Back in 1990, ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#104397957_8qFU8" title="This is the original id Software lake house in Shreveport, LA - the place where we started the company. Located on Lakeshore Drive, this is what the house looks like today. Back in 1990, ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07010041/104397957_8qFU8-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This is the original id Software lake house in Shreveport, LA - the place where we started the company. Located on Lakeshore Drive, this is what the house looks like today. Back in 1990, ..." title="This is the original id Software lake house in Shreveport, LA - the place where we started the company. Located on Lakeshore Drive, this is what the house looks like today. Back in 1990, ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-11T22:14:55Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07010041/104397957_8qFU8-Th-1.jpg 2000-07-01 17:31:11 Another view of 7450 Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport, LA. The house was right on Cross Lake and had a moor and boat dock off the back. There's a huge backyard as well. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Another view of 7450 Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport, LA. The house was right on Cross Lake and had a moor and boat dock off the back. There's a huge backyard as well.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#104398016_u7Pab" title="Another view of 7450 Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport, LA. The house was right on Cross Lake and had a moor and boat dock off the back. There's a huge backyard as well."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07010043/104398016_u7Pab-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Another view of 7450 Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport, LA. The house was right on Cross Lake and had a moor and boat dock off the back. There's a huge backyard as well." title="Another view of 7450 Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport, LA. The house was right on Cross Lake and had a moor and boat dock off the back. There's a huge backyard as well." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-11T21:45:03Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07010043/104398016_u7Pab-Th.jpg 2000-07-01 17:32:43 Here's a view of Cross Lake and the island we used to go kneeboarding around. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's a view of Cross Lake and the island we used to go kneeboarding around.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#104397628_wQMye" title="Here's a view of Cross Lake and the island we used to go kneeboarding around."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07010047/104397628_wQMye-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Here's a view of Cross Lake and the island we used to go kneeboarding around." title="Here's a view of Cross Lake and the island we used to go kneeboarding around." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-11T22:51:12Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07010047/104397628_wQMye-Th.jpg 2000-07-01 17:39:08 The extremely venerable Softdisk headquarters - it looks like a dump. The streets on both sides went up a hill and the streets behind the building were even with the roof......which is wher ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />The extremely venerable Softdisk headquarters - it looks like a dump. The streets on both sides went up a hill and the streets behind the building were even with the roof......which is wher ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#104397912_VVCwG" title="The extremely venerable Softdisk headquarters - it looks like a dump. The streets on both sides went up a hill and the streets behind the building were even with the roof......which is wher ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07020012/104397912_VVCwG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The extremely venerable Softdisk headquarters - it looks like a dump. The streets on both sides went up a hill and the streets behind the building were even with the roof......which is wher ..." title="The extremely venerable Softdisk headquarters - it looks like a dump. The streets on both sides went up a hill and the streets behind the building were even with the roof......which is wher ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-11T21:51:32Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07020012/104397912_VVCwG-Th.jpg 2000-07-02 15:17:10 There it is - all in blue! Uhhmmmmm.....it looks like a prison... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />There it is - all in blue! Uhhmmmmm.....it looks like a prison...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#104397850_rujV9" title="There it is - all in blue! Uhhmmmmm.....it looks like a prison..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07020011/104397850_rujV9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="There it is - all in blue! Uhhmmmmm.....it looks like a prison..." title="There it is - all in blue! Uhhmmmmm.....it looks like a prison..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-11T21:32:46Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07020011/104397850_rujV9-Th.jpg 2000-07-02 15:17:00 This is the roof of Softdisk where everyone parked. The tall building to the right is the Fairmont Apartments. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is the roof of Softdisk where everyone parked. The tall building to the right is the Fairmont Apartments.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#104397675_zeYF4" title="This is the roof of Softdisk where everyone parked. The tall building to the right is the Fairmont Apartments."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07010074/104397675_zeYF4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This is the roof of Softdisk where everyone parked. The tall building to the right is the Fairmont Apartments." title="This is the roof of Softdisk where everyone parked. The tall building to the right is the Fairmont Apartments." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-11T21:57:25Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07010074/104397675_zeYF4-Th.jpg 2000-07-01 18:00:00 The view of Softdisk's roof then the street going down to the lower Softdisk parking lot entrance. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />The view of Softdisk's roof then the street going down to the lower Softdisk parking lot entrance.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#104397724_vJ85X" title="The view of Softdisk's roof then the street going down to the lower Softdisk parking lot entrance."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07020007/104397724_vJ85X-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The view of Softdisk's roof then the street going down to the lower Softdisk parking lot entrance." title="The view of Softdisk's roof then the street going down to the lower Softdisk parking lot entrance." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-11T21:28:18Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/07020007/104397724_vJ85X-Th.jpg 2000-07-02 15:16:27 The is one of the "legendary" letters that Scott Miller (CEO of 3D Realms; back then Apogee Software) wrote me trying to get me to contact him so we could work together. You'll see he change ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />The is one of the "legendary" letters that Scott Miller (CEO of 3D Realms; back then Apogee Software) wrote me trying to get me to contact him so we could work together. You'll see he change ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#114410905_GPmJu" title="The is one of the "legendary" letters that Scott Miller (CEO of 3D Realms; back then Apogee Software) wrote me trying to get me to contact him so we could work together. You'll see he change ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/scottmillerfakeletter/114410905_GPmJu-Th.jpg" width="119" height="150" alt="The is one of the "legendary" letters that Scott Miller (CEO of 3D Realms; back then Apogee Software) wrote me trying to get me to contact him so we could work together. You'll see he change ..." title="The is one of the "legendary" letters that Scott Miller (CEO of 3D Realms; back then Apogee Software) wrote me trying to get me to contact him so we could work together. You'll see he change ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T20:10:03Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/scottmillerfakeletter/114410905_GPmJu-Th.jpg Here's the letter Scott wrote me just after we got in touch over the phone about possibly doing some work with him. You can see that I told him they don't go through personal mail and it wa ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's the letter Scott wrote me just after we got in touch over the phone about possibly doing some work with him. You can see that I told him they don't go through personal mail and it wa ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#116378763_9wEEf" title="Here's the letter Scott wrote me just after we got in touch over the phone about possibly doing some work with him. You can see that I told him they don't go through personal mail and it wa ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/img042/116378763_9wEEf-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Here's the letter Scott wrote me just after we got in touch over the phone about possibly doing some work with him. You can see that I told him they don't go through personal mail and it wa ..." title="Here's the letter Scott wrote me just after we got in touch over the phone about possibly doing some work with him. You can see that I told him they don't go through personal mail and it wa ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-12T18:12:23Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/img042/116378763_9wEEf-Th.jpg Here's the first offical letter written from id Software to Apogee Software detailing our plans to develop the first Commander Keen trilogy. The signatures are: John Romero, John Carmack, T ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's the first offical letter written from id Software to Apogee Software detailing our plans to develop the first Commander Keen trilogy. The signatures are: John Romero, John Carmack, T ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#114954842_XW5By" title="Here's the first offical letter written from id Software to Apogee Software detailing our plans to develop the first Commander Keen trilogy. The signatures are: John Romero, John Carmack, T ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/ifdletter/114954842_XW5By-Th-1.gif" width="112" height="150" alt="Here's the first offical letter written from id Software to Apogee Software detailing our plans to develop the first Commander Keen trilogy. The signatures are: John Romero, John Carmack, T ..." title="Here's the first offical letter written from id Software to Apogee Software detailing our plans to develop the first Commander Keen trilogy. The signatures are: John Romero, John Carmack, T ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-02T02:28:18Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/ifdletter/114954842_XW5By-Th-1.gif This is the view of the parking lot of the apartment complex we lived in while id Software was in Madison, Wisconsin. This picture was taken in 2006 but it looks like it did back in 1991. ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is the view of the parking lot of the apartment complex we lived in while id Software was in Madison, Wisconsin. This picture was taken in 2006 but it looks like it did back in 1991. ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#114682958_SpHAb" title="This is the view of the parking lot of the apartment complex we lived in while id Software was in Madison, Wisconsin. This picture was taken in 2006 but it looks like it did back in 1991. ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/madisonromeroapt/114682958_SpHAb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="This is the view of the parking lot of the apartment complex we lived in while id Software was in Madison, Wisconsin. This picture was taken in 2006 but it looks like it did back in 1991. ..." title="This is the view of the parking lot of the apartment complex we lived in while id Software was in Madison, Wisconsin. This picture was taken in 2006 but it looks like it did back in 1991. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-27T17:46:15Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/madisonromeroapt/114682958_SpHAb-Th.jpg 2006-11-15 16:57:44 This is a view of the complex from the street. My apartment was visible from this location.....don't look for it too hard - it looks just like all the others. And is a piece of shit. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is a view of the complex from the street. My apartment was visible from this location.....don't look for it too hard - it looks just like all the others. And is a piece of shit.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#114683010_YeBEv" title="This is a view of the complex from the street. My apartment was visible from this location.....don't look for it too hard - it looks just like all the others. And is a piece of shit."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/madisonapts/114683010_YeBEv-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="This is a view of the complex from the street. My apartment was visible from this location.....don't look for it too hard - it looks just like all the others. And is a piece of shit." title="This is a view of the complex from the street. My apartment was visible from this location.....don't look for it too hard - it looks just like all the others. And is a piece of shit." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-01T20:08:01Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/madisonapts/114683010_YeBEv-Th-1.jpg 2006-11-15 16:52:55 Right in the middle of the picture is the apartment where John Carmack lived and id Software worked. It was a 3 bedroom apartment so John was upstairs and all the id equipment was downstairs ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Right in the middle of the picture is the apartment where John Carmack lived and id Software worked. It was a 3 bedroom apartment so John was upstairs and all the id equipment was downstairs ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#114683046_Qawpm" title="Right in the middle of the picture is the apartment where John Carmack lived and id Software worked. It was a 3 bedroom apartment so John was upstairs and all the id equipment was downstairs ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/madisoncarmackapt/114683046_Qawpm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Right in the middle of the picture is the apartment where John Carmack lived and id Software worked. It was a 3 bedroom apartment so John was upstairs and all the id equipment was downstairs ..." title="Right in the middle of the picture is the apartment where John Carmack lived and id Software worked. It was a 3 bedroom apartment so John was upstairs and all the id equipment was downstairs ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T23:33:12Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/madisoncarmackapt/114683046_Qawpm-Th.jpg 2006-11-15 16:55:51 Here's a nice piece of ancient history - some of Ultima 5's C64 tile drawing code! Dr. Cat was the guy doing the Apple to C64 port and a note by Dallas Snell was written telling him to use ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's a nice piece of ancient history - some of Ultima 5's C64 tile drawing code! Dr. Cat was the guy doing the Apple to C64 port and a note by Dallas Snell was written telling him to use ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#116377421_bgRtg" title="Here's a nice piece of ancient history - some of Ultima 5's C64 tile drawing code! Dr. Cat was the guy doing the Apple to C64 port and a note by Dallas Snell was written telling him to use ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Ultima5TileCode/116377421_bgRtg-Th.jpg" width="114" height="150" alt="Here's a nice piece of ancient history - some of Ultima 5's C64 tile drawing code! Dr. Cat was the guy doing the Apple to C64 port and a note by Dallas Snell was written telling him to use ..." title="Here's a nice piece of ancient history - some of Ultima 5's C64 tile drawing code! Dr. Cat was the guy doing the Apple to C64 port and a note by Dallas Snell was written telling him to use ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-12T18:07:08Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Ultima5TileCode/116377421_bgRtg-Th.jpg Here's the cover to my CPC Ultima 1 copy. CPC stands for California Pacific Computer, the original publisher of Akalabeth and Ultima 1. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />Here's the cover to my CPC Ultima 1 copy. CPC stands for California Pacific Computer, the original publisher of Akalabeth and Ultima 1.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#116377463_qAHC3" title="Here's the cover to my CPC Ultima 1 copy. CPC stands for California Pacific Computer, the original publisher of Akalabeth and Ultima 1."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Ultima1CPCBook/116377463_qAHC3-Th.jpg" width="97" height="150" alt="Here's the cover to my CPC Ultima 1 copy. CPC stands for California Pacific Computer, the original publisher of Akalabeth and Ultima 1." title="Here's the cover to my CPC Ultima 1 copy. CPC stands for California Pacific Computer, the original publisher of Akalabeth and Ultima 1." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-12T18:08:36Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Ultima1CPCBook/116377463_qAHC3-Th.jpg This is my poor CPC U1 disk! Top Of The Orchard to ya! <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is my poor CPC U1 disk! Top Of The Orchard to ya!</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#116377472_2aHe3" title="This is my poor CPC U1 disk! Top Of The Orchard to ya!"><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Ultima1CPCDisk/116377472_2aHe3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="140" alt="This is my poor CPC U1 disk! Top Of The Orchard to ya!" title="This is my poor CPC U1 disk! Top Of The Orchard to ya!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-12T17:59:24Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/Ultima1CPCDisk/116377472_2aHe3-Th.jpg This is a page from my notepad while I worked at Origin Systems back in 1987-88. <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is a page from my notepad while I worked at Origin Systems back in 1987-88.</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#114411764_9DycP" title="This is a page from my notepad while I worked at Origin Systems back in 1987-88."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/originnotepad/114411764_9DycP-Th.jpg" width="97" height="150" alt="This is a page from my notepad while I worked at Origin Systems back in 1987-88." title="This is a page from my notepad while I worked at Origin Systems back in 1987-88." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-11T19:15:41Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/originnotepad/114411764_9DycP-Th.jpg This is a transfer disk circa 1991 from when we were working on various games for Softdisk and were still passing around data without a network. I had a different disk for each project with ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is a transfer disk circa 1991 from when we were working on various games for Softdisk and were still passing around data without a network. I had a different disk for each project with ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#266674115_xNfz7" title="This is a transfer disk circa 1991 from when we were working on various games for Softdisk and were still passing around data without a network. I had a different disk for each project with ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/romerosfortress/266674115_xNfz7-Th.jpg" width="146" height="150" alt="This is a transfer disk circa 1991 from when we were working on various games for Softdisk and were still passing around data without a network. I had a different disk for each project with ..." title="This is a transfer disk circa 1991 from when we were working on various games for Softdisk and were still passing around data without a network. I had a different disk for each project with ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-11T06:59:05Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/romerosfortress/266674115_xNfz7-Th.jpg This is an old Penny Arcade from 1998 <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is an old Penny Arcade from 1998</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#273173027_6ygQu" title="This is an old Penny Arcade from 1998"><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/19990903h/273173027_6ygQu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="68" alt="This is an old Penny Arcade from 1998" title="This is an old Penny Arcade from 1998" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-08T21:02:47Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/19990903h/273173027_6ygQu-Th.jpg This is the original DOOM 2 box painting by Julie Bell. I loved the pose but the Cyberdemon looks like a bull. We chose to work with BROM for the final cover that you see on the DOOM 2 box ... <p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com">Romero</a><br />This is the original DOOM 2 box painting by Julie Bell. I loved the pose but the Cyberdemon looks like a bull. We chose to work with BROM for the final cover that you see on the DOOM 2 box ...</p><p><a href="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/480_BdMqY#368956905_cvxpX" title="This is the original DOOM 2 box painting by Julie Bell. I loved the pose but the Cyberdemon looks like a bull. We chose to work with BROM for the final cover that you see on the DOOM 2 box ..."><img src="http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/dm2box/368956905_cvxpX-Th.jpg" width="117" height="150" alt="This is the original DOOM 2 box painting by Julie Bell. I loved the pose but the Cyberdemon looks like a bull. We chose to work with BROM for the final cover that you see on the DOOM 2 box ..." title="This is the original DOOM 2 box painting by Julie Bell. I loved the pose but the Cyberdemon looks like a bull. We chose to work with BROM for the final cover that you see on the DOOM 2 box ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-09-08T16:24:49Z Romero http://romero.smugmug.com http://romero.smugmug.com/Video-Games/The-Archives/dm2box/368956905_cvxpX-Th.jpg