![]() ![]() After cutting its teeth on the "Marathon" trilogy, Bungie would later become famous for its "Halo" video games. "Marathon" incorporated many of the features pioneered in "Doom," such as cutting-edge (at the time) graphics, while adding some new features of its own, such as letting players look up or down by moving the mouse. "Doom" is considered the first game to employ networked multiplayer, but "Marathon," released a year later by developer Bungie Software for the Macintosh computer, was the first to do it well. Here are 10 games that just wouldn't exist if "Doom" hadn't paved the way. The game was called "Doom," and everything from its blocky 8-bit graphics to its frenzied premise might seem ridiculous to modern viewers, but the game's impact on modern first-person shooters - and modern video games in general - cannot be overstated. Twenty years ago this week, a studio called id Software released a first-person shooter game featuring a space marine who must shoot his way through a demon-infested Mars base. ![]() ![]() How 'Doom' Inspired the First-Person-Shooter Game 20 Years Ago ![]()
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