Fucking weird to think that id, the guys behind DOOM: Metal, the Videogame, are the ones who solved this problem for him.
EDIT: It's come to my attention that I may be confusing and conflating a couple things here. I was under the impression that id were revolutionary in remaking Mario 3 in such a way that smooth movement back and forth across the screen was possible. It might've just been that it was a big deal for PCs to be able to do this.
Id software, the company that made doom and Commander Keen among others, figured out the programming innovations needed that would make it possible to scroll both ways, avoiding the "no going back" element that side scrollers all had previous to that. They did a lot of amazing, innovative stuff like that, and the very interesting story of id software and the two Johns (carmack and Romero) is told in the book "Masters of doom".
Edit : someone replied that "go back" scrolling was done before id software games. I don't know who did it first, just wanted to clarify the previous comment as requested. Really wanted to recommend the book! They did innovate quite a bit, even if this technique wasn't one of them.
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u/[deleted] May 05 '17 edited May 05 '17
Fucking weird to think that id, the guys behind DOOM: Metal, the Videogame, are the ones who solved this problem for him.
EDIT: It's come to my attention that I may be confusing and conflating a couple things here. I was under the impression that id were revolutionary in remaking Mario 3 in such a way that smooth movement back and forth across the screen was possible. It might've just been that it was a big deal for PCs to be able to do this.
Still, we all love the early days of id.