Since the inception and birth of the FPS, the gaming public at large has been treated to a variety of interpretations and expansions of the experience as gaming technology accelerated onwards and upwards. The impact DOOM made can simply never be overstated, from defining the FPS genre, to showcasing the PC as a viable gaming platform. Originally planned to be a title licensed to the ‘Alien’ franchise, these negotiations were scrapped at the last minute as iD Software felt they would have more creative freedom over the design and direction of their game.
The influence of the ‘Alien’ film series simply cannot be overstated in the field of video games, specifically first person shooters even to the point where a handful of guys from Shreveport, Louisiana, with their small development team known as iD Software churned out the genre-defining DOOM.
