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From: noman@kuhn.ecn.purdue.edu (Syed Noman Ahmad)

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Subject: Tom Hall leaving 3DRealms/Apogee too. !!!???

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Date: 15 Aug 1996 18:59:13 +0100

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From the latest news section, at http://www.gamespot.com..

"...Gamespot has learned that Apogee's Tom Hall is leaving the company

to join Dream Design..."

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WOW!!!

For people who don't know yet, Dream Design will be John Romero's

new game startup.

So two of the four original founders of id software are reuniting?

As both Romero and Hall are excellent game designers, we may see

some really well designed games in the future. Tom Hall left id before

DOOM came as he wanted some more interactive elements and a rudimentary

plot in DOOM. He is one of the chief designers of Duke Nukem 3D and has

been a substantial force in "Prey"'s development.

Tom Hall will be the fourth person to leave Prey Design team. No wonder

3DRealms are starting to project late 97 as the potential release date

for that great looking game.

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Noman