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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 - The first episode of Commander Keen (Marooned on Mars) is released.
• February 1, 1991 - id Software is officially formed.
• May 5, 1992 - Wolfenstein 3D is released.
• September 1992 - The making of Doom begins.

1993

• February - Doom 0.2 alpha released privately.
• March - A Doom alpha never released to testers.
• April 2 - Doom 0.4 alpha released privately.
• May 22 - Doom 0.5 alpha released privately.
• October - Doom Pre-Beta demo released.
• December 10 - Doom 0.99 (aka 1.0) shareware is released.

1994

• January 26 - The first version of the Doom Editing Utilities is released.
• March 7 - The first public third-party PWAD, the Origwad, is released.Template:Ig2
• October 10 - Doom II is released.
• December 23 - Heretic is released.

1995

• April 30 - Ultimate Doom is released.
• June - The first Doom novel is published.
• October 30 - Hexen is released.
• December 26 - The Master Levels for Doom II are released.

1996

• May 31 - Strife is released.
• June 17 - Final Doom is released.
• June 22 - Quake is released.
• Chex Quest is released in boxes of Chex cereal.
• Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel is released.
• id Anthology is released, along with the infamous Doom comic contained within.

1997

• March 31 - Doom 64 is released.
• May 1 - The Doom Music album is released.
• Fall - The Depths of Doom Trilogy combination pack is released.
• September - Reaper Miniatures releases a line of Doom miniatures.
• December 23 - The Doom source code is released.
• Hacx is released.

1998

• March 13 - The Doom news site Doomworld is founded.

1999

• January 11 - Raven Software releases the source code for Heretic and Hexen.
• April 20 - The Columbine High School Massacre occurs.
• October 3 - The source code for Doom is re-released under the General Public Licence (GPL) by John Carmack, thanks to persuasion by Andrew "Linguica" Stine.

2000

• June 2 - The Doom news site New Doom is founded.

2001

• September - The Ultimate Doom Trilogy: Collector's Edition combination pack is released, incudes all four official Doom IWADs and Doom95.
• October 26 - The Game Boy Advance version of Doom is released.

2002

• October 23 - The Game Boy Advance version of Doom II is released.

2003

• January 29 - The Ultimate Doom Trilogy: Collector's Edition combination pack is re-released with Doom 3 promotion material.
• May 6 - Masters of Doom, by David Kushner, is published.

2004

• August 3 - Doom 3 is made available in the US.
• Doom: The Boardgame is released.

2005

• January 5 - The Doom Wiki begins.
• April 4 - Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil is released.
• September 13 - Doom RPG is released.
• October 18 - Quake 4 is released.
• October 21 - Doom movie premieres in the US.
• Doom: The Boardgame Expansion Set is released.

2006

• February 7 - Doom movie DVD is released, along with a series of merchandise based on it.
• July 11 - Prey is released in the US.
• September 27 - Ultimate Doom is released on the Xbox 360 Live Arcade worldwide.

2007

• August 3 - Every Doom game is released on Steam, along with various Doom and Doom 3 engine games.
• September 28 - Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is released.

2008

• February 26 - The first Doom 3 novel, Doom 3: Worlds on Fire is published.
• May 7 - id Software announces that Doom 4 is being developed.
• September 4 - Raven Software rereleases the source code for Heretic and Hexen under the GNU GPL.

2009

• March 31 - The second Doom 3 novel, Doom 3: Maelstrom is published.
• June 24 - id Software purchased by ZeniMax Media.
• June 26 - Doom Resurrection is released for the iPhone OS.
• August 18 - Wolfenstein is released in the US.
• October 31 - Doom Classic, a port of Ultimate Doom, is released for the iPhone OS.

2010

• February 8 - The sequel to Doom RPG titled Doom II RPG is released.
• February 28 - BioShock level designer Jean-Paul LeBreton publishes a noted design analysis on Doom and releases Arcadia Demade, a Doom II version of a BioShock level.[1]
• May 26 - Doom II is released on the Xbox 360 Live Arcade in the US along with the included new episode, No Rest for the Living.
• September - Doom is delisted from the XBLA.

2011

• February 17 - Doom Wiki forked from Wikia Inc.
• May 10 - Brink is released in the US.
• September 5 - Doom Wiki relaunched at doomwiki.org.
• October 4 - Rage is released in the US.
• November 22 - the Doom 3 source code is released.

2012

• January 18 - The Xbox 360 Doom returns to Xbox Live Arcade after over a year of absence caused by licensing issues.
• October 16 - Doom 3: BFG Edition is released on the US market. The international market follows three days later.
• November 3 to December 3 - On Steam, the Doom Pack Complete and Super id Software Pack compilation have been removed, and the Doom Classic Complete and Doom 3 Pack introduced. The Master Levels are no longer bundled with Doom II.
• November 20, 2012 - The compilation pack Doom Classic Complete is released on the PlayStation Network.

See also

• Versions of Doom and Doom II
• PWADs by year