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Subject: id releases a press release concerning John Romero's departure

Date: 12 Aug 1996 15:07:17 +0100

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DERIVED DIRECTLY FROM IDSOFTWARES PRESS RELEASE PAGE :

id Software's John Romero to Start New Computer Gaming Company

Mesquite, TX, August 8, 1996 -- id Software, developers of the hit computer

games DOOM and QUAKE, announced today that co-owner and game designer

John Romero will be leaving the company in an amicable split. Romero, who has

been with id Software since the company was founded in February 1991, plans to

start his own game company, tentatively named Dream Design.

"John has been intergral to the incredible growth and notoriety of id

Software," said Jay Wilbur, id Software's biz guy. "We wish him the best of

luck and can't wait

to see his creations."

According to Romero, "This new venture will allow me to focus on different

types of games in addition to the first-person action genre. id has the most

powerful 3D

technology in the industry and I will definitely be licensing it. I plan on

working with id first as a licensing partner; perhaps more in the future. I

wish id well and will

miss working with all my friends and partners."

id Software, founded in 1991, is a software development company located in

Mesquite, Texas. id's team of talented developers continue to make gaming

history by

creating and publishing one sensational action game after another. Wolfenstein

3D, DOOM, DOOM II, Heretic, HEXEN and QUAKE have created a frenzied

demand worldwide and have managed to consistently break shareware and retail

sales records at home and abroad

NOTE: More information available through Lori Mezoff at Technology Solutions,

Inc. (212-696-2000, ext. 202 or lmezoff@tsipr.com)

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