Timeline

Below is a timeline of Doom-related events.

Before 1993

 * October 28, 1967 - John Romero is born
 * August 20, 1970 - John Carmack is born
 * December 14, 1990 - First episode of Commander Keen (Marooned on Mars) released
 * February 1, 1991 - id Software officially formed
 * May 5, 1992 - Wolfenstein 3D is released

1993

 * December 10 - Doom 1.0 is released

1994

 * January 15 - Heretic is released
 * January 26 - the first version of the Doom Editing Utilities is released
 * March 7 - The first public third-party PWAD is released
 * September 30 - Doom II is released

1995

 * April 30 - Ultimate Doom is released
 * September 30 - Hexen is released
 * December 26 - Master Levels for Doom II is released

1996

 * May 31 - Final Doom & Strife are released

1997

 * Fall - Depths of Doom Trilogy combination pack is released
 * December 23 - The Doom source code is released

2003

 * January 29 - Ultimate Doom Trilogy: Collector's Edition combination pack is released
 * May 6 - Masters of Doom, by David Kushner, is published

2004

 * August 3 - Doom 3 is made available in the US