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Commander Keen was id's first big success. After the Keen engine, id would go on to develop the Wolfenstein 3D engine, the Wolfenstein 3D slopes engine, Doom engine, Quake, Quake II and Quake III engines, Doom 3 technology ( id Tech 4), the MegaTexture technology, and the upcoming id Tech 5. id quickly became famous for their game engines which were frequently licensed to other developers.
For Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, distinct sequels were created for the retail market (based on the same engine and assets), but starting with Quake the more conventional retail model was adopted from the outset. id would start by selling the first title of their trilogies through shareware than sell the next two via mail order. Id first sold their games in the same way they sold Commander Keen, through shareware distribution with Apogee Software.
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The three agreed and on February 1, 1991, id Software was born. Carmack, Hall and Romero were able to get away with it and form their own studio if they provided a game for Softdisk every 2 months. However, they were able to reach an agreement. Soon after this, Softdisk learned of the three's plans. The game was released on Decemand was published by Scott Miller's Apogee Software. They "borrowed" the Softdisk computers and started development on platformer, Commander Keen. Miller suggested the three making shareware games to start out with. Once Romero caught on, Miller realized this was necessary or Softdisk would become aware of the three. Miller began to contact John Romero through a series of fan letters. However, this caught the attention of Scott Miller of Apogee Software. Unfortunately, Nintendo turned down the trio. 3 on the PC, hoping to license the game to Nintendo.
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Unknown to Softdisk, the three men designed a full carbon copy of Super Mario Bros. When Romero saw Carmack and Hall's creation, he knew that Carmack had made something special. 3 using stock images from co-worker John Romero's game, Dangerous Dave. Carmack and co-worker Tom Hall worked through the night developing a replica of the first level of Super Mario Bros. At a board meeting at Softdisk in 1990, John Carmack introduced a groundbreaking technique to develop rapid side-scrolling graphics on a PC. Id Software's history starts at Softdisk, an Apple II disk magazine company.
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