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Monday, August 18, 2003
Carmack speaks to GameSpy
GameSpy has a rather short but great interview of John Carmack at this years QuackCon. They asked him a few questions about Doom 3, Quake 4, him building a rocket, and the future of Id.Here is a quote from the article:
"GameSpy: As a triple-A company, can id work on any smaller ideas?
John Carmack: I thought it would be kind of neat if we took the DOOM renderer, and we had a team take previous games-don't touch the game, just revamp it graphically. Just take Quake II, and just use the DOOM engine to make brand new graphic models and everything. But don't spend time messing with the gameplay because we know that is pretty good. Just release it as Quake II Remix with brand new graphics technology and sell it at a middle-level price instead of a boutique price.
I thought that was a pretty good idea."
Personally I think it would be a cool thing to do. Long as they keep the prices cheap, like in the $20 range. No way I'd pay more for such old games, even with pretty, new graphics.
on 08/18/2003 at 10:16 AM