John Romero Quotes (18 Quotes)

I completely love playing and designing games and always will. I am so into games that I listen to game music all day. That may sound strange, but you can guarantee I'm a hardcore gamer and would never let you down by designing a crappy title.

There are too many games being developed by people that have no business creating games.

It is very important to lead the field and innovate in game design.

I think DOOM had just the right mix of elements that keep people coming back to it: great monsters, excellent weapons with great balance, a spooky environment and extreme speed.

I started creating games in 1979 and got my first real programming job at Origin Systems in 1987. I am completely self-taught, no school.

With out-of-state people relocating and local renters joining the ranks of first-time homebuyers, the lots are expected to go fast. Pricing will be in the 180,000-200,000 range.

If you walk into CompUSA or Babbage's and see the vast array of game titles on the shelf, chances are that 95 of those titles are not worth playing.

When news of my new game somehow gets out, I think everyone will be a bit shocked.

I'm creating the kind of games that I like right now. I'm not being held back by technology.

The game-playing market today is pretty sizable.

I believe this is the first time in history that Hispanic organizations nationwide are coming together to take a stand on immigration reform.

I live way out in the country, in truck-country.

I started looking at what I was going to do next, so I looked around on the net and I saw there was an opportunity for an MMO, there was a person starting an MMO so I contacted him. We talked for hours on the phone, we had a lot of common interests and ideas about this title and so basically this guy was really excited, brought me on as a co-founder of the company and I've been here for almost four months now.

We've recovered a hat and a sneaker identified as that of the individual we're looking for, ... The boy has not been found as of yet.

To win the game, you must kill me, John Romero.

In marketing I've seen only one strategy that can't miss - and that is to market to your best customers first, your best prospects second and the rest of the world last.

For the record, I'm co-founder of a new game company in the bay area and am much better off in many ways than I was at Midway. Much happier now.

We are at the point where game designers have become celebrities due to the size of the market they serve.