Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of id Software games/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by The Rambling Man via FACBot (talk) 23:33, 21 February 2018 (UTC).

List of id Software games

 * Nominator(s):  Pres N  22:49, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

id Software burst onto the scene in 1991 as one of the most influential video game developers of the era: their first game, Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons, showed side-scrolling games as viable on the PC, and they followed it up with essentially inventing the first-person shooter genre with Wolfenstein 3D in 1992, only to eclipse themselves the next year with Doom, which was so popular that for years shooter games were called "Doom clones". After another hit with Quake in 1996, they slowed down, focusing mostly on further games (though high-selling ones) in the Doom and Quake series ever since. id's a ways away from being the face of the industry and run by rock stars like they were in 1994, but they're still a big name in the industry, and developed quite a few games over the last 25+ years. I started this list from scratch a couple months ago after I did the list of games by their first publisher, and I think it's ready to go. Thanks for reviewing! -- Pres N  22:49, 24 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support Courcelles (talk) 21:44, 25 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Support my concerns addressed. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:23, 2 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Support – Alright everything looks good to me. Great job on this! BeatlesLedTV (talk) 22:49, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

I've glossed over the list and it looks solid. I will take a more thorough look this weekend if I have some free time. Might write some more comments.
 * Comments by The1337gamer
 * Should Master Levels for Doom II by italicised in the Doom II notes as it is the name of an expansion?
 * I guess; as per the above it's a little awkward since it's not really a new plotline, but Doom II itself doesn't really have a plot either... I guess it's more than a set up unconnected levels, and not intended to be extra levels before/during/after Doom II itself, so... italicized.


 * Should Final Doom be mentioned in the Doom II notes?
 * Yes, that was an ommission. Added


 * Rage had a third DLC pack called The Scorchers.
 * Added

--The1337gamer (talk) 20:46, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Doom 3: BFG Edition was released for Android (Nvidia Shield exclusive) in 2015.
 * Added
 * Responded to all comments, thanks! -- Pres N  20:08, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * They also released Quake: The Offering and Quake II: Quad Damage, which were the mission packs bundled with the main game. Might be worth adding these in if you can find reliable sources on them. Regardless though, this list is good and I'm happy to support its nomination for FL. --The1337gamer (talk) 20:40, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Found sources, added. -- Pres N  18:24, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
 * have your concerns beend addressed? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:00, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ye. --The1337gamer (talk) 17:23, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Crikey, this takes me back to long-forgotten days of playing network deathmatch Doom and Quake with friends. Looks like a fine list to me, given the comments so far, so just a few questions:
 * Comments by Ritchie333
 * Should Doom not give a brief mention to the WAD culture, which (IIRC) was groundbreaking at the time, to have a game that was so customisation
 * The game's article should definitely do that as it was a big part of the game's legacy, but this list is focused on the official/semi-official releases by the company in question (id); the modding scene is outside the scope of the list or else all of these lists would have to go into detail about the legacy of every game in them.


 * Doom was ported to Linux by 1994, I remember playing it on kernel 1.1.59
 * It was, however, that was an unofficial port by a fan that id unofficially supported until/after id released the source code because Carmack/Romero were cool with that. id never actually published a commercial Linux version like they did a Mac version, so it's not listed in the same way that there's like 20 other unofficial ports (that Carmack/id devs personally helped out with at least somewhat) but id itself never publishing anything for that aren't listed


 * I'm pretty sure I was playing Quake on Linux no later than 1997; I seem to remember getting a Python script to patch a file in pak0.pak so it would run. I think 1999 was when the source code generally was released. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  18:56, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Same as above, with a twist- there was an unofficial version made for Linux that id was unofficially fine with, but unlike Doom id released an official Linux version in 1999 to correspond with the Linux ports of Quake II and Quake III at the same time
 * replied inline. -- Pres N  20:08, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I think the unofficial ports would be useful as a footnote - otherwise other people like me might look at them and think "that's wrong!" Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  20:11, 12 February 2018 (UTC)


 * are you content with the responses? The Rambling Man (talk) 10:00, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes I think so, but I'd still like to see the footnote about the Linux ports I mentioned, because as I recall (which is not a reliable source, of course!) the Linux ports of Doom and Quake were major news in the community at the time. There was a Linux book (sorry, can't remember the title and my google-fu on WorldCat is not up to snuff today) by Que Publishing c. 1994 which included the Doom port as a stock package on its CD and made a big song-and-dance about it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  13:25, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * footnotes added! Both ports were done by Dave Taylor, who was a programmer at id during Doom/Doom II/Quake. -- Pres N  16:42, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

In which case, it's Support from me Ritchie333 (talk) <sup style="color:#7F007F">(cont)  16:50, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

That's a support from everyone, then. -- Pres N  16:58, 21 February 2018 (UTC)


 * I'll trade it for my Habana list...! The Rambling Man (talk) 17:46, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Haha, roger that, I'll do an FLC pass this afternoon and make sure to hit that one. -- Pres N  17:48, 21 February 2018 (UTC)


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