id Tech 1

game engine developed by id Software
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id Tech 1

Summary

id Tech 1 is a free software[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (265 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • id Tech 1 is the creator of John Carmack[3].
  • id Tech 1's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • id Tech 1's instance of is recorded as game engine[5].
  • id Tech 1's instance of is recorded as source-available software[6].
  • Doom is named after id Tech 1[7].
  • id Tech 1's follows is recorded as Wolfenstein 3D engine[8].
  • id Tech 1's followed by is recorded as Q181202[9].
  • id Tech 1's developer is recorded as id Software[10].
  • id Tech 1's part of the series is recorded as id Tech[11].
  • id Tech 1's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[12].
  • id Tech 1's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[13].
  • id Tech 1's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[14].
  • id Tech 1's programmed in is recorded as assembly language[15].
  • id Tech 1's Commons category is recorded as Doom engine[16].
  • id Tech 1's platform is recorded as Classic Mac OS[17].
  • id Tech 1's platform is recorded as Q200912[18].
  • id Tech 1's platform is recorded as Q10677[19].
  • id Tech 1's platform is recorded as Game Boy Advance[20].
  • id Tech 1's platform is recorded as Atari Jaguar[21].
  • id Tech 1's platform is recorded as Linux[22].
  • id Tech 1's platform is recorded as Q47604[23].
  • id Tech 1's publication date is recorded as +1993-12-10T00:00:00Z[24].
  • id Tech 1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/023km7[25].
  • id Tech 1's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/id-Software/DOOM[26].
  • id Tech 1's MobyGames group ID is recorded as 3d-engine-id-tech-1[27].

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Authorship and Creation

id Tech 1 is the creator of John Carmack[3].

Publication

id Tech 1's publication date is recorded as +1993-12-10T00:00:00Z[24]. Its part of the series is recorded as id Tech[11].

Subject and Themes

id Tech 1's part of the series is recorded as id Tech[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

id Tech 1's follows is recorded as Wolfenstein 3D engine[8]. Its followed by is recorded as Q181202[9].

Why It Matters

id Tech 1 ranks in the top 2% of free_software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (265 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_id-tech-1_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{id Tech 1}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/id-tech-1}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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