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Tom Hall

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Tom Hall, born in Wisconsin, is an American video game designer best known as a co-founder of id Software and a designer on classic titles such as Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Commander Keen. He was also a co-founder of Ion Storm, together with his friend and colleague John Romero. Within this atlas Tom Hall is credited as the director of W. These details are drawn from the English Wikipedia article Tom Hall, which this entry cites as its source.

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Tom Hall is an American video game designer best known as a co-founder of id Software and designer on classic titles such as Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Commander Keen.
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He and designer Tom Hall designed the game, built on Carmack's engine, to be fast and violent, unlike other computer games on the market at the time.
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