GAME DESIGNER

John Romero

1967 - Today

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Alfonso John Romero (born October 28, 1967) is an American video game developer. He co-founded id Software and designed their early games, including Wolfenstein 3D (1992), Doom (1993), Doom II (1994), Hexen (1995) and Quake (1996). His designs and development tools, along with programming techniques developed by the id programmer John Carmack, popularized the first-person shooter (FPS) genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Romero has received more than 2,592,133 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. John Romero is the 33rd most popular game designer (down from 26th in 2019), the 8,748th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,357th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Game Designer.

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  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, John Romero ranks 33 out of 77. Before him are Eiji Aonuma, Will Wright, Scott Cawthon, Masahiro Sakurai, John Carmack, and Hideki Kamiya. After him are Steve Jackson, Ed Boon, Ron Gilbert, Yuji Naka, David Cage, and Tetsuya Nomura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, John Romero ranks 269. Before him are Chris Barnes, Hossein Shahabi, Ľubomír Luhový, María Corina Machado, Titiyo, and Pieter Huistra. After him are Yael Abecassis, Ron Livingston, Gaston Browne, Nathalie Tauziat, Yoko Shimomura, and Melora Hardin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Romero ranks 8,748 out of 20,380. Before him are Lloyd Fredendall (1883), Morten Lauridsen (1943), Steve Anderson (1906), G. Gordon Liddy (1930), John F. Kelly (1950), and Gerry Goffin (1939). After him are Craig Bierko (1964), Mike Dunleavy (1961), Earl Young (1941), David Frankel (1959), Lucille La Verne (1872), and R. C. Sproul (1939).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, John Romero ranks 10. Before him are Gary Gygax (1938), Dave Arneson (1947), Carol Shaw (1955), Will Wright (1960), Scott Cawthon (1971), and John Carmack (1970). After him are Steve Jackson (1953), Ed Boon (1964), Ron Gilbert (1964), Roberta Williams (1953), Todd Howard (1971), and Jordan Mechner (1964).

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