# the facts John Romero, the creator of DOOM, said that id Software was actually working with pirates to distr

# the facts

John Romero, the creator of DOOM, said that id Software was actually working with pirates to distribute the game.

In Taiwan, piracy was so widespread that the developers contacted the largest local distributors and offered them to purchase the official DOOM boxes very cheaply to distribute the shareware version.

According to Romero, the developers understood that anyone could still copy the game, so they didn't see the point of spending time and money on piracy. #game