The game's popularity prompted Bill Gates to consider buying id Software briefly and led for Microsoft to develop a Windows 95 port of "Doom", their team led by a then-employee Gabe Newell, to promote the operating system as a gaming platform.
The game's popularity prompted Bill Gates to consider buying id Software briefly and led for Microsoft to develop a Windows 95 port of "Doom", their team led by a then-employee Gabe Newell. This was to promote the operating system as a gaming platform.