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'''''John Romero''''' is an American game designer and the co-founder of [[id Software]]. He is best known for creating the Wolfenstein and Doom series of games.
 
'''''John Romero''''' is an American game designer and the co-founder of [[id Software]]. He is best known for creating the Wolfenstein and Doom series of games.
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In his early days of game programming, Romero mostly used the [[PC Speaker]] to make brief sound effects. He also programmed an audio tool used in several of [[id Software]]'s games. He contributed his voice to several German soldiers in [[Wolfenstein 3D (DOS)]] with [[Tom Hall]], and some screams from this port were used in later games as well.
  
 
==Gameography==
 
==Gameography==
Most of his works is just reused enemy German screams from [[Wolfenstein 3D (DOS)]] recorded by him (athough he wasn't the programmer who used it for the game itself).
 
 
 
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! Released
 
! Released
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| 1992-05-05
 
| 1992-05-05
 
| [[Wolfenstein 3D (DOS)]]
 
| [[Wolfenstein 3D (DOS)]]
| Enemy Screams
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| Voice Action
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1992-09-18
 
| 1992-09-18
 
| [[Spear of Destiny (DOS)]]
 
| [[Spear of Destiny (DOS)]]
| Enemy Screams
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| Voice Action
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 1994-??-??
 
| 1994-??-??
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| 2008-05-19
 
| 2008-05-19
 
| [[Voxelstein 3D (W32)]]
 
| [[Voxelstein 3D (W32)]]
| Enemy Screams
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| Voice Action
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 2012-05-05
 
| 2012-05-05
 
| [[Wolfenstein 3D (WEB)]]
 
| [[Wolfenstein 3D (WEB)]]
| Enemy Screams
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| Voice Action
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 2012-06-10
 
| 2012-06-10
 
| [[Wolfram (W32)]]
 
| [[Wolfram (W32)]]
| Enemy Screams
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| Voice Action
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| 2013-??-??
 
| [[Wolfenstein 3D (AND)]]
 
| Enemy Screams
 
 
|}
 
|}
  

Revision as of 05:05, 4 August 2018

John Romero
John Romero.jpg
Born 1967-10-28
Birth Place Colorado-Springs, Colorado, USA
Nationality American   USA.svg

John Romero is an American game designer and the co-founder of id Software. He is best known for creating the Wolfenstein and Doom series of games.

In his early days of game programming, Romero mostly used the PC Speaker to make brief sound effects. He also programmed an audio tool used in several of id Software's games. He contributed his voice to several German soldiers in Wolfenstein 3D (DOS) with Tom Hall, and some screams from this port were used in later games as well.

Gameography

Released Title Sample
1992-05-05 Wolfenstein 3D (DOS) Voice Action
1992-09-18 Spear of Destiny (DOS) Voice Action
1994-??-?? Wolfenstein 3D (SNES) Sound Effects
2008-05-19 Voxelstein 3D (W32) Voice Action
2012-05-05 Wolfenstein 3D (WEB) Voice Action
2012-06-10 Wolfram (W32) Voice Action

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