List of id Software games
id Software is an American video game developer based in Dallas, Texas. It was founded in February 1991 by four members of the software company Softdisk: programmers John Carmack and John Romero, game designer Tom Hall, and artist Adrian Carmack. The founders, along with business manager Jay Wilbur, had previously developed the 1990 personal computer game Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons as "Ideas from the Deep" while still employees of Softdisk.[1] After its founding, id developed further shareware computer games in the Commander Keen series for Apogee Software, as well as a series of small games for Softdisk, before releasing the "grandfather of first-person shooters", Wolfenstein 3D, in 1992 through both shareware and retail.[2] It was followed by Doom (1993), considered one of the most significant and influential titles in video game history, which id self-published in shareware before releasing for retail through GT Interactive.[3][4][5] GT Interactive published a sequel, Doom II (1994) and the two companies split publishing duties on id's final self-published or shareware game, Quake (1996).[6][7]
The company has focused primarily on further computer and mobile games in the Doom and Quake series since 1993, with the exceptions of Orcs & Elves (2006) and Rage (2011). It has released seven Doom games and five Quake titles in total. These games have been published through retail primarily by Activision, EA Mobile, and Bethesda Softworks. Additionally, id published three games in the Heretic series by Raven Software in 1994–1997, before ceasing its publishing operations.[8][9][10] In 2009, id was purchased by ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda.[11] The company's latest release as of 2018 was Doom VFR (2017), a first-person shooter for HTC Vive and PlayStation VR virtual reality headsets, and other first-person shooters, Quake Champions, Rage 2, and Doom Eternal, are forthcoming.[12][13][14][15]
Games
Title | Details |
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Original release date: December 14, 1990[16] |
Release years by system: 1990 – MS-DOS[16] |
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Original release date: 1991[20] |
Release years by system: 1991 – MS-DOS[20] |
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Original release date: April 1991[20] |
Release years by system: 1991 – MS-DOS[20] |
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Original release date: 1991[20] |
Release years by system: 1991 – MS-DOS[20] 2008 – Mobile phones[23] |
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Original release date: 1991[20] |
Release years by system: 1991 – MS-DOS[20] |
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Original release date: 1991[20] |
Release years by system: 1991 – MS-DOS[20] 2013 – Android[24] 2015 – Windows, Linux[25] 2016 – macOS[25] 2019 – Nintendo Switch[26] |
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Rescue Rover 2 Original release date: 1991[20] |
Release years by system: 1991 – MS-DOS[20] |
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Original release date: 1991[20] |
Release years by system: 1991 – MS-DOS[20] |
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Original release date: November 1991[20] |
Release years by system: 1991 – MS-DOS[20] |
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Original release date: December 15, 1991[27] |
Release years by system: 1991 – MS-DOS[27] |
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Original release date: December 1991[27] |
Release years by system: 1991 – MS-DOS[27] |
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Original release date: May 5, 1992[28] |
Release years by system: 1992 – MS-DOS[28] 1994 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Mac OS, Atari Jaguar, Acorn Archimedes[29][30] 1995 – 3DO[31] 1998 – Apple IIGS, PC-98[29] 2002 – Game Boy Advance[32] 2009 – Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, iOS[33][34][35] 2012 – Web browsers[36] |
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Original release date: December 10, 1993[38] |
Release years by system: 1993 – MS-DOS, AmigaOS[39] 1994 – 32X, Atari Jaguar, Mac OS[b][39][41] 1995 – Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation, Windows[39] 1996 – 3DO[39] 1997 – Sega Saturn[39] 2001 – Game Boy Advance[39] 2006 – Xbox 360[39] 2009 – iOS[39] 2012 – PlayStation 3[42] |
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Original release date: October 10, 1994[47] |
Release years by system: 1994 – MS-DOS, Mac OS[b][48] 1995 – PlayStation[49] 2002 – Game Boy Advance[48] 2003 – Tapwave Zodiac[48] 2005 – Xbox[42] 2010 – Xbox 360[48] 2012 – PlayStation 3[42] |
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Original release date: June 22, 1996[53] |
Release years by system: 1996 – MS-DOS[54] 1997 – Mac OS, Sega Saturn[54] 1998 – Nintendo 64, AmigaOS[54][55] 1999 – Linux[c][57] 2005 – Mobile phones[58] |
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Original release date: December 9, 1997[66] |
Release years by system: 1997 – Windows[67] 1999 – Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Linux, macOS[67][68] 2005 – Xbox 360[69] |
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Original release date: December 5, 1999[74] |
Release years by system: 1999 – Windows, Linux, macOS[74][75] 2000 – Dreamcast[74] 2001 – PlayStation 2[74] 2010 – Xbox 360[74] |
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Original release date: August 3, 2004[77] |
Release years by system: 2004 – Windows, Linux[77] 2005 – macOS, Xbox[77] 2012 – PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 (BFG Edition) 2015 – Android (BFG Edition)[78] |
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Original release date: September 19, 2005[80] |
Release years by system: 2005 – Mobile phones[80] |
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Original release date: May 2006[81] |
Release years by system: 2006 – Mobile phones[81] 2007 – Nintendo DS[81] |
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Original release date: Q3 2008[82] |
Release years by system: 2008 – Mobile phones[82] 2009 – iOS[82] |
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Original release date: November 23, 2009[83] |
Release years by system: 2009 – Mobile phones, BlackBerry[83] 2010 – iOS, Windows Mobile[84] |
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Original release date: August 6, 2010[85] |
Release years by system: 2010 – PC[85] |
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Rage: Mutant Bash TV Original release date: November 18, 2010[87] |
Release years by system: 2010 – iOS[87] |
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Original release date: October 4, 2011[88] |
Release years by system: 2011 – Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360[88] 2012 – macOS[89] |
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Original release date: May 13, 2016[93] |
Release years by system: 2016 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One[93] 2017 – Nintendo Switch[93] |
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Original release date: December 1, 2017[12] |
Release years by system: 2017 – Windows, PlayStation 4[12] |
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Original release date: May 14, 2019[14] |
Release years by system: 2019 – Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
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Original release date: August 10, 2018[13] |
Release years by system: TBA – Windows[13] |
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Original release date: March 20, 2020[95] |
Release years by system: 2020 – Stadia, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, web browser[96][15] TBA – Nintendo Switch |
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Published games
Shortly after the release of its sole self-published game, Doom, in 1993, id briefly moved into publishing works by other developers. The only titles it published were a trilogy of games by Raven Software, which use modified versions of game engines developed by id and featured id employees as producers. A fourth game, Strife, was briefly under development by Cygnus Studios and was to be published by id; after a few months it was cancelled.[97] It was later finished by Rogue Entertainment and published by Velocity in 1996.[98]
Title | Details |
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Original release date: December 23, 1994[8] |
Release years by system: 1994 – MS-DOS[8] 1999 – Mac OS[99] |
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Original release date: October 30, 1995[102] |
Release years by system: 1995 – MS-DOS[102] 1997 – Mac OS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64[9] |
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Original release date: August 31, 1997[10] |
Release years by system: 1997 – Windows[10] 2002 – macOS[104] |
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Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h As Ideas from the Deep developed Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons while still employees of Softdisk using Softdisk computers, after id Software was founded they agreed to develop nine games for the company. One, ScubaVenture: The Search for Pirate's Treasure, was developed on their behalf by Apogee Software instead.[20]
- ^ a b Unofficial ports of Doom and Doom II to Linux were released by id programmer Dave Taylor in 1994; they were hosted by id but not supported or made official.[40]
- ^ An unofficial port of Quake to Linux was released by former id programmer Dave Taylor in 1996.[56]
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