The multiplayer aspect of DOOM transformed games, opening a path that has led to competitive gaming as we know it today. That’s why id is often credited with spawning competitive gaming. However, competitive gaming had been around for a while. The 1980s were incredibly active with arcade tournaments all over the nation. Even I competed in a tournament in 1981 at a local arcade, Video Bob’s, and it was packed full of kids and excitement. That said, our games did drastically change gameplay and unquestionably influenced competitive gaming. DOOM was used for the first modern computer-based
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