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ROMERO HAD QUIT OVER FRUSTRATION WITH CARMACK’S BELIEF THAT TECH SHOULD COME FIRST

In the early days, id Software was all about ego. It wasn’t unique in that regard: Like practically all of its contemporaries, id was founded by kids of the late ’70s and early ’80s, for whom game development had started as a bedroom hobby. Without college courses or internships, theirs had been a self-directed education—driven by the thrill of getting light to move across a screen.

Knowledge was shared, through computer clubs and magazines, but games of the time were not made through teamwork—instead they were the godlike