John Carmack
Updated: 12/30/2019 by Computer Hope
Name: John Carmack
Born: August 20, 1970, in Roeland Park, Kansas USA
Computer-related contributions
- American game programmer, Founder, and technical director of Id Software best known for his innovations in 3D graphics.
- Carmack was the lead programmer of the id computer games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, Rage, and their sequels.
Honors and awards
- Game Developers Conference Lifetime Achievement award (2010).
- Awarded 2 Emmy Awards (2007).
- Named among the 50 most influential people in technology by Time Magazine (1999).
Quotes
"Everybody's saturated with the marketing hype of next-generation consoles. They are wonderful, but the truth is that they are as powerful as a high end PC is right now."