The Birth of 3D FPS Gaming

Before id Software, shooters were clunky labyrinth games with slow movement and weird controls.

Then these guys — John Carmack, John Romero, Tom Hall, Adrian Carmack —

figured out something nobody else had. They invented a new way of drawing graphics insanely

fast. Carmack called it raycasting. Basically? Trick the computer

into thinking a 2D map is a full 3D world. And boom — the first true 3D FPS experience

was born. In 1992 they released Wolfenstein 3D. And gamers LOST their minds.”

Smooth 3D corridors Fast-paced shooting Hidden rooms Music that slapped That iconic ‘Halt!’

guard yell “This wasn’t a game — it was adrenaline on a floppy disk.